Railway Officials Terrified by Lions
Scroes of lions and rhinoceroses are making the railway journey between Mombasa and Nairobi, in East Africa, a thrilling one for passengers…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1932
1,546 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 78
Two Killed Motor-bike Skids Girls Riding Pillion MELBOURNE
A motor cycle skidded at port Melbourne last night and struck an electric light standard. It killed a youth, Allen Nilsson, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Accident Lucky Escape BRISBANE
Seven persons were injured and others had remarkable escapes yesterday when a motor truck, conveying 13 passengers from Toowoomba to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mid-Summer Railway Excursions
Residents of country districts are being splendidly catered for by the Railway Department in the provision of frequent excursion trains at low…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Long-standing Records Broken On Australian-made Motor Cycle
At the Bargo Dirt Track, N.S.W., the following six long-established Australian records were recently smashed by a new bike—the Edwards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Youth and Girl Killed Motor Cycle Strikes Post. Melbourne
A motor cycle skidded on the Williamstown road, at Port Melbourne, last night, and Strack an electric light standard and hilled a youth a nd a girl,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail Man's Death Stepped in Front of Tram Perth
Rolling Brothers, a West Australian railway employee at Bunbury, hurried away from a conversation with a male yesterday morning. walked through a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a
A contractor charged at Grays, Essex, was alleged to have delivered 500 gallons of water instead pf petrol,: for which fee obtained £15 from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Near Train Wheels Thrown From Car Miraculous Escape Sydney
A car containing three persons was struck by a passenger train at a level crossing between Kurrajong and Richmond yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Railway Western Section to Open SYDNEY
The western section of the city railway between Central Railway Station and Wynyard Square will be opened for traffic on February 28…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threatened Japanese Attack Chinese Defend Railway and the Radio Station China's War Minister Resigns Shanghai
Frantic preparations are being made by the Chinese authorities to withstand the threatened attack by Japanese and the forcible occupation of Chinese areas around Shanghai…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Long-standing Records Broken On Australian-made Motor Cycle
At the Bargo Dirt Track. N.S.W., the following six long-established Australian records were recently smashed by a new bike--the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Smash. Offenders Sentenced Severe Penalties MOSCOW
The court of inquiry into the railway disaster near Moscow, when 68 persons were killed and 130 injured, sentenced the drivers of the trains "to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Armidale City Council. Signposts for Man Road. More About Appointment of Engineer. Ambulance Carnival in Town Hall Ground
That many motorists were passing through Armidale without seeing the business quarter was asserted by Alderman G. C. Mann, at the fortnightly meeting of the Armidale City Council, held on Monday night. Ald Mann declared that the sooner signposts were erected on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor World News and Notes
A contractor charged at Grays, Essex, was alleged to have delivered 500 gallons of water, instead of petrol, from which he obtained £15 from a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Moscow Rail Disaster Heavy Sentences On Railway Employees, Moscow
The Court of Inquire into the railway disaster, near Moscow, when 68 were killed and 136 injured, sentenced the drivers of the trains to ten and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Offer at Last Council's Electric Motor
At last the City Council has received an offer for its "white elephant" electric motor. Purchased for driving the crashing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Intolerable Burden District Badly Hit by Transport Act. Motor Services Suspended. Public Inconvenienced; Cause of Unemployment
In common with the rest of the State and the country districts in particular, the North is suffering severely from the effects of the State Government's Transport Act. In this district, the provisions of the Act are proving an intolerable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harbor Bridge Tolls SYDNEY
it was [?]ned yesterday the Government is drafting a bill to provide Hie tolls to be charged on the Harbor Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harbor Bridge Who is Designer ? Rival Claims
Although the State Government recognises that Dr. J. C. Bradfield is the designed of Sydney harbor bridge it is possible that the court will be asked to…
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