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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport
1,382 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 70
It has been estimated that the chances of a bad accident are three times as great after dark. It has been noticed that many drivers "overdrive" their headlights and in a emergency are unable to stop within the distance that their headlights show. Good lighting certainly cots down the night accident rate and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. John White, a seasonal worker at the Leeton Cannery, who resides at the Hotel Yanco, had a fall from his motor cycle on Sunday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Harden men. Leslie John Rostra and Kenneth Sheldrick. are in Murrumburrah District Hospital from injuries received…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Tuesday: The State council of the Australian Railways Union today decided to move to have migrants in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The N.R.M.A's chief engineer (Mr. C. H. Napthall) says that much damage is being done to new cars as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Thursday: The metropolitan tram strike is threatening to spread to, the railways, following a sensational…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Caltrops have sprung up in great profusion on vacant allotments and in many backyards since the heavy rain which fell recently, and they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The statements attributed to Mr. H. S. Roberton, M.L.A., regarding the Junee Railway Refreshment Rooms, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Here the massive Bristol Hercules power units in the mandley Page Hermes 4 airliner form a background for the Bristol 2-litre type 400 car which cade its debut in March '46. The high powered model has since proved itself one of the finest cars in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten trucks of a goods train were derailed near Binalong when a stack of secondhand bags fell from one of the trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday: Rail traffic on the Main Southern Line was delayed for more than five hours today when ten trucks of a goods train were derailed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Cowra lads had a lucky escape when their motor cycle crashed near Carcoar. The lads were Ken Matheson, owner of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne Municipal Councils are toying with the idea of following New York's use of rubber in asphaltic street mixtures. Manhattan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MAITLAND, Monday: A young woman told the Maitland Court today how she had jumped from the speeding Brisbane Express to escape the attentions of a man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Leeton Shire Council is forming and gravelling the load from Gogeldrie to Whitton along the northern side of the railway in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General satisfaction was expressed at the Council meeting on Thursday night over the fact that the new road roller had been delivered for the stal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Thursday night, the President (Cr. 0. J. Washington), reported that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A load of peaches belonging to Mr. Jim Tiffen, was thrown onto the roadside last Friday afternoon, when a truck driven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guard V. J. Campbell resumed duty yesterday, after five weeks' annual leave, which was spent in Campbelltown and Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Although an engine may start readily, the owner should test the compression by means of the handle at regular intervals. The degree of compresion present is a very reliable index to the enginue condition. TO test the compression…
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