Motorist Charged With Rape
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A 20-year-old trainee nurse alleged in Canberra Court to-day that a motorist, on the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
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Railway Clerk's Body In Creek
James Robert Raine, 60, of Glebe-road, Adamstown, clerk at Cardiff railway workshops, was drowned in Winding…
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For having given a bribe to a constable, Cyril Eric Newell, 39, miner, was fined £5 at Newcastle Court today. An additional fine of £10…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Luigi Bernini, 30, of Kew, had his left foot severed by a train at Newport station…
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LONDON. — As an economy measure an unpainted coach built of aluminium alloy with a natural…
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Three persons were killed on the New South Wales roads at the week-end. All three fatal accidents…
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A new district motor registry office should be situated at Hamilton, Broadmeadow or Lambton, the President of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ganger Injured By Train
SYDNEY, Monday.âA railway ganger was seriously injured when he accidentally stepped into the path of an…
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SYDNEY.—Two men and a woman were fatally injured in suburban road accidents last night…
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A young motor cyclist seriously injured when his machine was involved in a collision with a car at…
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CAPE TOWN, Feb. 4. A.A.P.—Vic. Toweel in training for his return bout with Jimmy Carruthers, the world…
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LONDON: Women are much less likely to become road casualties than men, Mr. R. L. Moore, of the Road Research Laboratory, told the British Association psychology section…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Curfew Adds to Road Toll
SINGAPORE: Drivers who raced recklessly to beat the curfew were the cause of many of the 1849…
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The programme of permanent road works envisaged for this year was greater than any previously undertaken in any…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Alfred Joseph Taylor, 36, tram driver, of Marrickville, was fined £25 in Glebe Court…
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The last tram tracks in Maitland-road in the section Ivy-street, Islington, to Railway-street, Wickham, had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Trespass Prosecution Fails
The Railway Department failed to prove its case in Newcastle Court today when an employee of Bradford Cotton Mills was prosecuted for alleged trespass on railway property between Kotara and Adamstown. Charles Feighan, of…
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A seaman suffered extensive lacerations to an ankle and possible leg fracture last night when he was struck by a train…
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The Premier (Mr. Cahill) advised Lake Macquarie Shire Council that the Joint Coal Board could not vary its policy…
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The Premier (Mr. Cahill) advised Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night that the Joint Coal Board…
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