Railway Staff News
Leading Porter Arthur Charles resumed duty last Friday, after spending an enjoyable holiday in Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1952
1,448 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 73
The Motor World Private Enterprise Helps Traffic Control in Calcutta
Where traffic consists of a fantastic jumble of jay-walkers, roaming buffaloes, rickshaws, horse-drawn vehicles in all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Department of Railways, New South Wales. Vacancies for Apprentices
VACANCIES still exist for Apprentices as follows: Fitter sad Machinist: Met- Painter; Newcastle, ropolitan, Parkes, Junes, Coppersmith: Metropolit- Narrandera an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riots in Jerusalem Police Light Roads With Petrol
JERUSALEM, Tuesday—Police flooded roads with petrol and set them ablaze here last night to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Rail and Road Freeze Unit Tested
SYDNEY, Monday: A new rail and road co-ordinated refrigerated transport unit will be tested by the Consolidated Fishing Industries Pty. Ltd. next April…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor and motoring notes British Conference Discusses Safe Driving Methods
Some interesting points were brought out at a road safety conference in England recently which are particularly topical to as because of efforts now being made to reduce the Australian road toll. Two of the speakers were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hints for Motorists
The N.R.M.A. engineers say that the commonest cause of abnormal operation of the carburettor is foreign matter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hints to Motorists
Some N.R.M.A. hints to motoring "handymen": Battery filler plug ventilating holes should be kept free and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hillston Aerodrome
The P.M.G.'s Department will be asked by Carrathool Shire to pay the cost, estimated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor accident on Griffith road
About 10a.m, on Monday last a motor car driven by Mrs Eileen Nixon of Oaklands accompanied by three other women and five children…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Travelling Stock On Roads
A suggestion by Cr. W. A. Merrylees that, in order to prevent damage to roads by travelling stock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor World Has Road Courtesy Gone?
Wholesale condemnation of motorists for lack of courtesy and bad temper can be overdone, in the opinion of the NRMA…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wandering on Road
A young platypus that narrowly escaped being crushed to death under the wheels of a car at Healesville, is now doing well in a pool at the Melbourne Zoo. The motorist that early ran over it thought it was a tennis ball on the road. Mr. C. Underwood, a taxidriver, of Holden Street North Fitzroy, was driving through Hawthorn, when a car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Parken Pregan Bridge plan
The Member for Wagga (Mr. E. H. Graham) has been advised by the Department of Main Roads, following his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Staff News
Information has been received to the effect that Shunter Kevin Muller, of Newcastle, will report at Narrandera next Tuesday for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breaches of Motor Traffic Act
Arthur Albert Schrimer was charged with carrying a pillion passenger on his motor cycle while not having a licence for 12 months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disqualified From Riding Motor Cycle
Donald C. Prior was charged with carrying a pillion passenger whilst the holder of a learner's licence. Plea guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Revenue Shows Big Increase
Statistics recorded at the Tumbarumba railway station for 1951 and supplied by the stationmaster (Mr. R. W. Drennan)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Tragedy at Holbrook Trailer Hits Stationary Car
A Sydney man was killed, and his wife and two daughters injured, when a semi-trailer truck crashed into their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World Why Insurance Costs More
Figures supplied to the annual congress of the Australian Road Safety Council showed that road casualties in Australia in 1951…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →