Killed by Train Overseer Inspecting Wires SYDNEY
William Henry Goon, a construction overseer of Leichhardt-street, Leichhardt, was killed instantly this morning while inspecting overhead wires near St. Peters,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1934
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Motorship Malaita Rough Maiden Voyage SYDNEY
After having encountered many violent storms on her journey from England, the new Burns, Philp motorship Malaita, 3310 tons, reached Sydney to-day. The average…
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The following handicaps for speedboat racing, to be held on the Toronto course on Saturday next, have been declared:—…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Urgent Appeal to the Minister. Mayfield Tram Extension Further Attempt to End Delay 'Phone Conversation
A further attempt to get work started on the Mayfield West tram extension was made to-day by the Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wangi Road Works
The Wangi Peninsula Progress Association has asked the Lake Macquarie Shire Council to have a road cleared from the end of Watkins-road, through the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →8 Suicides Since Bridge Fence Authorised SYDNEY
In the six weeks since the Government announced its intention of providing a protection fence on the Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jumped Off Bridge Man's Body Unidentified SYDNEY
A middle-aged man to-night jumped from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and was killed instantly. Police later recovered the body, bat so far have been unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Glen Innes Rain Road Traffic Delayed Glen Innes
One of the heaviest falls of rain in recent years wan experienced at Deepwater last night. Waterways were flooded, and traffic on the main Northern road was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Wrecking Attempts Another Was Made Last Night Stone on the Line Sydney
A suggestion has been made that Boy Scouts should be employed to assist the police in finding a person who on more than a dozen occasions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor-yacht Club Handicaps for To-morrow
On account of many boatowners being absent from the district during the holiday season, the popular speedboat racing at Toronto was suspended from…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Leg Amputated Newsboy Between Trams SYDNEY
Caught between two trams in Campbell-parade Bondi, to-night, Allen Waters, 14, a newsboy, of Hall-street, Bondi, suffered severe injuries. His left leg was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Interstate Motorists
A substantial increase in the number of visitors who motored from other States during the holidays is reported by the National Roads and Motorists'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Derailed in City
A derailment at the intersection of Hunter and Telford Streets, Newcastle, held up tram traffic to the suburbs just at the peak period yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burnt Motor-car Driver Leaves Hospital MELBOURNE
The police have now ascertained that the motor-car which was found burnt at Bromina last Tuesday, belonged to Herbert Adams, a bookmaker, who was the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Britain's Deadly Roads
More people have been killed and injured in motor-car accidents in England and. Wales in the first nine months of this year than in the same period of 1932…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roman Road
The traces of an hitherto undiscovered Roman road have now been followed through 10 miles of south London to a point on the Old Kent Road joining the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Goods Train Smash
A GANG OF FETTLERS had to run for their lives when two engines and nine trucks of the Forbes goods train leaped from the rails in a cutting near Orange. Some of the derailed trucks and an engine of a train waiting to carry passengers from the mail train on to Forbes, are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Injured Cyclist Found on Road
Believed to have been the victim of a hit-run driver, Jack Peet, 24, of Sunderland-street, Mayfield West, Newcastle, was found lying in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia's Lost Fast Bowler—Preventing Bridge Suicides
NO WONDER the "buttons" looked on in silent awe, while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclist Injured Found Lying on Road
Jack Peel, aged 24, a resident of Mayfield Newcastle was admitted last night to the Maitland Hospital, to which he was taken by the Maitland Ambulance,…
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