Wheat Receivals in Junee Railway District
Of the total wheat received in Junee railway district this season (4,196.879 bags), 790,643 bags have been dispatched. The greatest…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
2,028 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 102
Motor Train Burnt
At Griffith on Wednesday night, a motor train was burnt on the rails at the station. The petrol tank was being replenished preparatory to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plans for Royal Funeral King Edward to March Behind Coffin Procession From Westminster to Railway Station Bluejackets to Line Route Royal Train Will Reach Windsor at 12.15 p.m. To-morrow LONDON
The Royal funeral procession will leave Westminster Hall at 9.45 a.m. on Tuesday. The King, the Royal Princes and foreign monarchs will walk immediately behind the coffin and Queen Mary and the Royal ladies will drive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brobenah Road (To the Editor)
Sir—In your issue of Jan. 21 is brief report of Fruitgrowers' meeting including discussions on roads problem. As I was not present at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Worker's Fall Struck by Razor-edged Axe
Jack Hardman, aged 29 years, employed by Charles Hardy Ltd. on the construction of a bridge at Waimuru, near Young, suffered shocking injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Border Road Petition to the Government Arrangement for Picnic
At the last Adaminaby Council meeting that body undertook charge of a petition asking for the building of the Border-Road, and a picnic to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Correspondence Proposed Change of Railway Gauge (To the Editor)
Sir,—I have been wondering for a long time what has happened to the Committee formed for the purpose of [?] warding the splendid idea of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Notes Reducing Running Costs of Commercial Vehicles
Although many private motorists might not think it worth while to effect small economic in running costs and upkeep by specially…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle Races Marred by Accidents Sydney
There were many accidents in the tourist trophy motor cycle races at Hartley to-day. The course was covered with loose gravel and several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fireman on Royal Train Dies at Goulburn
The death has occurred at Goulburn of Alfred Charles King, aged 60 years, who was a fireman on the pilot engine which took the Royal train through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Employees Take French Leave to Attend Services Newcastle
A mass meeting of 650 employees of of railway workshops at Cardiff decided at noon to cease work for the remainder of the day in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed New Railway Brisbane
A proposal to build a railway from Mt. Isa to the Gulf of Carpentaria has been placed before the Queensland Government by the Mt. Isa Mines Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Company Dividend Melbourne
The Silverton Tramway Co. Ltd. to-day declared a dividend of 9d a share payable on February 20…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Accident On Whitton Road
A SINGER motor car driven by Mr. Jack Woods, left the road at a sharp turn on the way to Whitton on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Loose Gravel on Roads
The cause of coruuroy surfaces on gravel roads has never been satisfactory explained, and this strange function after heavy traffic still prevails…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Driver of King's Train
Mr. Thomas Hills, who was driver of the special train Which carried King George V. on the day of his coronation in 1911, died suddenly at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bridge Builders Adventures in the Hills
It was not an Impaling [?], but as a bridge it served [?] purpose. it was about four feet long by two feet broad and what it locked in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italian Struggle to Regain Lost Positions Attacks Repulsed Abyssinian Activities in Northern Zone Enemy Aeroplane in Flames Move in the South to Cut Off Invading Army LONDON
Ras Kassa reports that the Italians are striving to recapture their lost positions, ays the Addis Ababa correspondent of "The Times." Ras Kassa states that they are employing heavy artillery, but the Abyssinians have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Service to Public" Railway Department's Watchword Address to a Chamber of Commerce
"It has been my privilege to be associated with five administrations, each of which has had its own outlook and its own ideas; but,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney's U'ground Railway Sydney
Work will start shortly on the final link of the city underground railway system to connect St. James' station with Wynyard station via Circular…
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