Train Cut in Two Driver Was Unaware
When two goods trains collided near Northallerton, Yorkshire, recently, the driver of one was unaware that his train, had been cut in two…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
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Youth Killed by Train Mistook Roar for Flood Waters
SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Charles Stanley Warren (18), of Erskineville, died in the Illawarra Hospital, Coledale, this morning from a fracture of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Found Mutilated on Railway Ex-Mayoress of Kalgoorlie
PERTH, Tuesday:--Mrs. Annie Burton (68), of Subiaco, a former Mayoress of Kalgoorlie, was found mutilated on the railway line at Subiaco this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Christmas Traffic Another Record Achieved
SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Although no figures will be available for some time, the Secretary of Railways announced to-day that the number of travellers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Substantial Increase Xmas Railway Figures SYDNEY
Although no figures will be available for some time, the Secretary- of Railways announced to-day that the number of travellers by the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overcame Deficit Railway Dept. Scheme SYDNEY
A tremendous effort is to be made by the Railway Department early in the new year to encourage travel on. country lines in an attempt to turn the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Causes Air Mail Delays Boggy Aerodrome at Bagdad
LONDON, Tuesday:--Explaining the difficulties of maintaining a schedule in winter the India-bound mail plane from London, which left on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Rains in England Thames Rising Railway Blocked by Landslide
LONDON, Tuesday:-- Heavy rains were reported over most of England to-day, and there are widespread floods. The rain…
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After all the pessimistic forecasts for the holidays, the result has proved that provided even reasonable care is taken, roads can be crowded with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Used Search for Caesar's Battlefield London
An aeroplane has just been used to establish the site of one of Caesar's famous battles—the Battle of Alesia—in 52 B.C. in which he defeated and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Road Camber a Danger
The safety department of the N.R.M.A. suggests that many road accidents are caused through the failure of motor vehicles to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Good Roads Wanted for Land-locked Areas Much Remains to Be Done in Kyogle District Large Tracts Awaiting Exploitation
Excluding possibly Griffith and Leeton on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, no better opportunity exists at present in N.S.W. for the student of national, urban and rural development to augment his knowledge than at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City of Silent Cars Launceston Prohibits Motor Horns
LAUNCESTON, Thursday:-- Launceston to-day was a city of silence. The new traffic regulations were enforced for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring in 1936 Brighter Times Ahead
The president of the National Roade and Motorists' Association (Mr. J. C. Watson) said yesterday that there was no reason why the motoring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorist Remanded on £20 Bail Ballina
On the application of the police, and by the consent of the defendant, Cecil Russell, 29, was remanded at the Ballina Police Court yesterday until…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cyclonic Storm Mallee Crops and Roads Submerged
MELBOURNE, Friday:--While Melbourne sweltered in a heat wave, a severe storm late last night-visited the Mallee. Cyclonic wind, accompanied…
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LONDON, Thursday:--Ever since the was invented the number of the rod depths in Britain mounted until last year, when there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jumped in Front of Train ADELAIDE
Walter Dick (42), photographer, jumped in front of an oncoming train at Bowden to-day and was killed instantly. Dick was to have faced a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suicided Under Train Man Facing Charge of Blackmail
ADELAIDE, Friday:--This morning, Walter Tick (42), photographer, of Cronel Gardens, a married man, who was' due to appear in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Transport Consistent Development Service to Evans Head
The growth of Evans Head during the last few years has been remarkable and has been paralelled by the progress made by Mr. G. Wybrow with his road transport service…
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