Motor Cycle Tragedy
On Wednesday night Mr. Herbert O'Keefe, son of the late Mr. John O'Keefe, of Barmedman, was killed when riding his motor cycle at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
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Railway Accident
Whilst encaged in his duties at the brakevan of No. 9 (paper train), Leading Porter Stun Anderson, of Young, slipped and fell between the…
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The attention of the authorities is directed to a dangerous hole that has developed in the overhead bridge near the Leeton railway station. This…
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A contract has been let by the Carrathool Shire Council for the forming of a new road from Wilbriggie railway station five miles towards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Suicide Was Remittance Man Sydney
Police ascertained that William Donald Haskett, who threw himself over the Harbor bridge on Saturday night, had been in receipt of £30 a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Conference at Jerilderie Discusses Railway Matters Narandera District Well Represented
The conference convened by the Jerilderie Shire Council to discuss the advisability of urging the authorities to alter the gauge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thieves Steal Money From Railway Station Sydney
Thieves broke into the Wauchope railway station early this morning and blew open the safe with gelignite, and stole between £6 to £7…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Low Pressure Motor Tyre
Since the introduction of the first pneumatic motor oar tyre there have been many changes in its design. If has advanced from a crude, unreliable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Border Railways Tocumwal-narandera Line Change to Victorian Gauge Outlet to Natural Market
Practically every public organisation between Narandera and Tocumwal was represented at the conference held at Jerilderie on Saturday to urge that…
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The Government has extended the concession of a 50 per cent rebate in motor taxation, which previously applied only to persons who cultivated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Racing Smash Former Sydney Resident Cape Town
Leslie Ellis. who lived for seven years in Sydney, was killed in a motor racing crash. He was driving a Fiat when the back tyre burst when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwaymen on Strike in Northern Ireland London
A strike of 5000 railway workers in Northern Ireland begun at midnight, though Belfast operatives have not joined them. The strikers recent the 6…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steering Gear Fails on Sharp Turn Motorist Fatally Injured Taree
When the steering gear of a motor car failed on a sharp turn on the Comboyne Mountains test night, the car fell 30 feet over the cliffs, turning over…
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Motorists who take an interest in the world's greatest motor cycle road races, the English Tourist Trophy contests, held annually on the Isle of Man,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Notes
Approximately [?]dy 1,120,000 motor cars have been produced in the United States of America during the first eight months of 1932. This,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ulster Railway Strike Train Wrecked Two Killed; Five Injured Dublin
Manned by a temporary crew which was maintaining a skeleton service owing to the railway strike in Ulster, the only train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Run Over by Train Child's Fortunate Escape Orange
Jack Andrews, aged 12 months, had an amazing escape from death at Amaroo to-day when a train passed over him. Four fingers of one hand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Employees' Picnic Annual Meeting Next Fixture on May 1
There was a large attendance of railway employees at the annual meeting held at the Railway and Tramway Institute on Sunday…
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The N.R.M.A., which is largely responsible for the organisation of the decorated cars, section or the great floral pageant, to be held in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sleeping Berths for Unemployed 12 Men Before Leeton Court for Trespassing on Railway Premises
"Guilty!" chorused a party of nine young men who lined up at the Leeton Court on Tuesday morning last before Messrs W. J. Adams and T…
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