Baton Charges Strikers Rush Guard Queensland Shearing Dispute Four Shots at Train
BRISBANE, Sunday.--Strikers at Emerald early on Saturday morning rushed the police guard around a railway carriage in which…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
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Abandoned Wrecked Motor Ship Total Loss Likely Injured Seaman Dies
SYDNEY, Sunday:--The British motor ship Enton, which has been ashore on a reef in the southeast coast of New Caledonia, 45…
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Rain caused the cancellation of sporting fixtures on Saturday. No play took place in the Sheffield Sheild match and the Albion Park races were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Total Loss Feared Motorship Abandoned SYDNEY
The British motorship Enton, which has been ashore on a reef at Kaure Pass, on the south-east coast of New Caledonia, 45 miles from Noumea, since…
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The special fruit train left Murwillumbah on Friday last with 1,157 cases of bananas for direct transit, to Sydney. An additional 423 eases were…
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VIENNA, Sunday.--An attempt to wreck the Ostend-Vienna express was discovered in the nick of time and the train, carrying hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Forth Bridge If It Could Speak? People and Ships
What a tale the Forth Bridge could unfold if it could speak! What a history of famous comings and goings of noted people and ships it could tell…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Near Disaster Express Train Obstruction on Line Engine Derailed Vienna
An attempt to wreck the Ostend-Vienna express was discovered in the nick of time and saved the train, carrying hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Strike Railwaymen's Decision
SYDNEY, Monday:--A mass meeting of members of the Australian Railways Union decided in favor of a general strike as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Floods Prospector Drowned Railway Service Dislocated Rails Inundated
BRISBANE, Monday.--A train carrying 350 passengers which was marooned at Innisfail owing to flood waters, was able to get to…
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MELBOURNE, Monday:--The price of motor oils will be increased this week probably by 6d. per gallon, and there are indications…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Strike. Stark Madness. Sydney
The General Secretary of the Railway Service Assciation, Mr. W. Fletcher, referring to the proposed strike as a protest against the ten per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poisonous Fumes Motorist Affected Carbon Monoxide Gas
Most people are aware that the deadly carbon monoxide gas. which accumulates when a motor car engine is allowed to run in a closed garage…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Strike Threat Railwaymen's Union Ten Per Cent. Cut "Workers Tricked" SYDNEY
A mass meeting of members of the Australian Railways Union decided in favour of a general strike as a protest against the 10…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist Killed Tram Wrecks Car MELBOURNE
Thomas Scott (35), fruiter, of Hawthorne road, Caulfield, met a shocking death to-day when the car in which he was travelling was struck by an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. RAILWAYS Estimated Deficit of £6,500,000
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--It is estimated a deficit of more than £6,500,000 will be shown on the working of the railways for thte…
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In the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. E. A. Mahoney, P.M., diaries Wickenden was charged with having failed to have an efficient…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The general Secretary of the Railway Service Association (Mr. Fletcher), referring to the proposed strike as a protest against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. World's Motor Speed Record. Beaten in Unofficial Test
DAYTONA BEACH (U.S.A.), Monday.--Malcolm Campbell attained an unofficial speed of approximately 240 miles an hour in a practice run…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cabinet's Decision Crown Employees to Get State Award Effect on Railways Sydney
After devoting lengthy consideration to the reduction of ten per cent, in the basic wage ordered by the Arbitration…
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