Railway Staff News
Shunter Tom Anderson has received notification of his appointment to the position of senior shunter at Norrandera He commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riverina · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1951
1,251 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 63
The Motor World Teaching Motor Vehicle Driving
Declaring that the average motorist "merely stumbled" upon he knowledge of how to drive he NRMA general secretary, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Bike Rider Swept Off by Tree
Swept from the pillion sent of a motor cycle by the branch of a tree about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Ronald Toy,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rider Swept From Motor Cycle by Tree
Swept from the pillion seat of a motor cycle by the branch of a tree about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Ronald Toy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bottles and Rubbish Dumped on Road
Mr. H. A. Williams, of Brobenah, states that on Sunday morning last on his Leeton he saw where some dispicable individual had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hints for Motorists
Here are [?]ome "handyman" hints for motorists from the N.R.M.A. Care must be taken when…
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Declaring that the average motorist "merely stumbled" upon the knowledge of how to drive, the M.P. M.A. general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motors and Motoring Notes Square-Pattern Lens for Safer Driving at Night
The introduction of a new type of headlamp lens, in which the beam is controlled and directed through a combination of square-patterned lenses to eliminate dazzle and give maximum road illumination, marks an important stage of progress towards safer night motoring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In possession of railway sleepers Charge against Leeton butcher Hearing resumed on Friday last
At the Leeton Court House on Friday last, Mr. K. Smith, S.M., resumed the hearing of evidence in the case against Victor Lampe, butcher of Leeton. Following the hearing, the magistrate stated that he was not satisfied with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty Killed in Train Smash. Plunged Into Street From Overhead Bridge
(A.A.P.) NEW YORK: About 100 casualties were reported after a passenger train was derailed near Woodbridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Air Plane Is Adaptable Tor Road New Invention Will Be Important Step
A small airplane that can be dismantled and driven as an automobile will soon be marketed in America…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →81 Train Passengers Killed When U.S. Rail Bridge Collapses
NEW YORK, Wednesday: At least 81 persons were killed and over 500 injured—130 of them being taken to hospital—after a speeding Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train was wrecked when a temporary overhead bridge suddenly collapsed near Woodbridge (New Jersey last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Train Disaster Driver Admits Excessive Speed
NEW YORK, Thursday — The driver of the passenger train in the Woodbridge (New Jersey) disaster had admitted he was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways Showed Big Loss Despite Increased Charges
SYDNEY, Thursday — Despite increased fares and freight charges, the N.S.W. Railways showed an overall loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goods Train Derailed Confusion on Southern Line
SYDNEY, Friday — The Main Southern Line was blocked and telephone and teleprinter services thrown into choas,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Has Scheme to Train for the Land. Knowledge Distributed On a Large Scale
The United States Department of Agriculture and various American educational institutions each year provide agricultural training…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Loss on Railways
SYDNEY, Thursday: The New South Wales Railways showed an overall loss of £2,494,605 in 1949-50, despite an operational profit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Derailment Causes Main Line Chaos. Telephone and Railway Services Disrupted
SYDNEY: The main southern line was blocked and telephone and teleprinter services thrown into chaos when a goods train was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rode Motor Bike. Found in Street. Young Men Fined, But Not Suspected of Theft
Two young Junee men, Ronald Turton (18) and Ronald James Hands (19) appeared in the Junee Court of Petty Sessions on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Man Will Lose His Job
A senior railway assistant who stole cigarettes, cigars and wine from the Orange. Railway Station, was fined £5 and ordered to pay…
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