Steel Roads South African Proposal Unlimited Life
The State Iron and Steel Corporation in Pretoria is making a careful study of a scheme for steel roads, and at the conclusion of the investigations will…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1935
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"Trainjumpers" Aggressive Train Crews Armed Melbourne
Lawlessness has been displayed by unemployed making for Mildura aboard freight trains, and the position has become so serious that the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →REVERSED Council's Decision Ballina-road Contract Ballina
After annulling the contract two weeks ago for the reconstruction of about two miles of the Ballina-Lismore road, because the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Removal of Stock INCINERATOR Wyrallah-Road to South Lismore
The removal of the Lismore Municipal Council's largs stock incinerator has been under consideration for some time and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From England to India Cold Wave's Grip Train Disasters in Yugoslavia
LONDON, Monday:--More snow fell throughout Britain to-day. Hundreds are ski-ing and to bogganing on the outskirts of London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Power of Brakes a Few Facts Some Motorists Strangely Ignorant
The ignorance displayed by some motor drivers in respect to the distance in which they think and state they can pull their motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unification of Railways N.s.w. Opposed More Urgent Works Waiting
SYDNEY, Tuesday:-- The Premier (Mr. Stevens) announced in the Legislative Assembly to-day, in reply to a question, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →E. Ballina Bridge Widening Proposed Ballina
Aldermen at the special meeting of the Ballina council last night were perturbed at the probable width of the new East Ballina bridge. It was stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Huge Bridge for Brisbane Australian Materials BRISBANE
The huge high-level bridge to be constructed across the Brisbane River in the heart of the city is to have a clear headway of 100 feet. Its length…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cycling Lismore Club Road Race Next
The weekly read race, under the auspices of the Lismore Club, will be run over the Boatharbour course n Saturday, commencing at 4 p.m., from Mackay's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Motor Truck Electricity Department. No Finality Beached
The Mullumbimby Municipal Council on Tuesday night last considered the tenders received for the purchase of a new truck for the Electricity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unification of Railways Federal Cabinet Not Deterred by Criticism
CANBERRA, Wednesday:--The criticism from the Chambers of Commerce and the Victorian and N.S.W. Governments has dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Urgent Works Govt. Opposed to Federal Scheme Railway Gauges SYDNEY
The Premier announced in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, in reply to a question, that the Government did not favour the unification of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →U. S. A. RAILWAYS Subsidies to Meet Air Competition WASHINGTON (By Mail)
Having paid in three years more than 78,000,000 dollars (£15,600,000) in payments on mail contracts for air lines, the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bridge Notes. Coraki Bridge Club
Coraki Bridge Club was due to open its 1935 sessions last (Thursday) evening with a single picot. By an oversight no announcement of the fact was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Train That Talks!
A talking headlight, whose beams relayed conversation from persons on the train to those on the platform, was demonstrated for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Passengers By Train CASINO
The dispute among the crew of the Inter-State steamer Canberra, caused the vessel to be tied up in Sydney, was responsible for two divisions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rappville Roads P.P.U. Requests RAPPVILLE
At the annual meeting of the Rappville branch of the Primary Producers' Union Mr. J. A. Cairns (vice-president) was chairman, in the absence…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Skidded Down Hill on Wet Rails One Goods Train Crashes Into Another
PERTH, Thursday:-- Skidding down a grade of 1 in 60 on wet rails, a779-ton goods train of 32 trucks and a van laden with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the Railway Commissioner Travels Vicious Suggestion Repudiated
In the issue of the "Railway Advocate," published on January 15, appeared the text of a Departmental document, containing instructions that certain…
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