Killed by Train "Jumping the Rattler"
Slipping under the wheels of a fast-moving train while attempting to "jump the rattler" to Newcastle a young man, believed to be Sydney…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
1,649 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 83
A King Plays Bridge Won by 150 DOLLARS
A recent issue of the "Aeroplane" quotes the following story from an Amercian source as being " a perfectly true story which deserves to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Accident Two Injured Sydney
When a motor car co[?]ded with a motor lorry at Lewisham this afternoon, Samuel Whitworth, aged 51 years, had his knee and arm fractured,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Registration Labels
In some instances uncertainty exists as to the necessity for presenting vehicles at District Motor Registries in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →RE-ORGANISATION Railways Works Branch Policy of Decentralisation
A number of country newspapers having expressed the view that the recently announced re-organisation of the Way and Works (Permanent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Kiled Railway Level Crossing
Three were killed when a petrol-electric motor-train travelling from Werribee to Melbourne crashed into a sedan motor-car a few miles on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Border Railways Victorian Gauge Proposed
Keen interest is being taken in the conference to be held at Jerilderie on January 28 to discuss a plan for the introduction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →£15,000,000 Scheme North Australian Railway
Negotiations between the Federal Government and the syndicate when has offered to build a railway from Perth to Birdum in return for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hauling the Wheat Railways at High Pressure
The problem of the railways in coping with the wheat haulage is shown in the following letter from Mr. T. J. Hartigan the new Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Stolen Wagga
On Thursday last Mr. W. H. Davidson, of Vailima, suffered a serious loss when his motor car was stolen from the parking area at the Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Railway Record Test of Locomotive Grate Reduced Coal Consumption
Claiming it an a record performance by any locomotive in New South Wales and most probably in Australia, details are given by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Reorganisation Way and Works Branch Policy of Decentralisation
A number of country newspapers having expressed the view that the recently announced reorganisation of the way and works (permanent way)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Reorganisation Decentralisation of Control Official Statement
A number of country newspaper having expressed the view that the recently announced reorganisation of the Way and Works (permanent way)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bourke to Darwin Reported Railway Scheme London
During the last three months reports have been trickling to London of an Australian plan, with English backing to the extent of £15,000,000 to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Fatality Nangus Man Killed When Returning Home for Week-end
Ingleby James Paton, aged 27 years, who leaves a wife and two children, was returning home with the first wages he had earned for many weeks,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Stolen
On Thursday last Mr. W. H. Davidson, of Vailima, suffered a serious loss when his motor car was stolen from the parking area at the Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes
Carbon monoxide, the deadly gas which is generated by motor car engines, is now being put to a practical use by an American chemist. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oaklands Train Delayed
Owing to a cloud-burst on Monday when over five inches of rain fell between Oaklands and Urana, a portion of the railway line was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leeton Rugby Footballer Killed by Train at Hornsby
Mr. W. Anderton, who played Rugby football at Leeton last season, met with a fatal accident at Hornsby one day last week. He had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence the Railway Conference (To the Editor)
Dear Sir,—I thank you for the prominence you gave my previous letter in your issue of 18th January, and would like to add a few further…
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