Safety Strap Kills Baby in Tram
Mrs. [?] Ellett, of Ingham Road, Seldon (Eng) found her 9-months-old son hanging from the side of his pram. At the inquest she said she…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
1,350 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 68
Motor vehicle lighting
Perturbed at the great number of motor vehicles whose headlights do not conform with the traffic regulations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Magistrate Brands Youth As “A Typical Lout” Rode Stolen Motor Bike To Gundagai
Magistrate Finlay severely castigated two youths in the Gundagai Court last Tuesday, and he branded one of them as a typical lout. The youths were charged with using a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Driver Committed Fdr Trial Sequel To Fatal Accident At Jugiong When Aged Woman Died After Being Struck By Motor Car
Tragedy suddenly struck at the village of Jugiong on New Year’s Day (1/1/53) when an aged woman who was a well known resident, was struck by a motor car. The woman was severly injured, and later died in the Gundagai District Hospital There was a sequel to the tragic occurrence on Monday last when at a Coronial Inquiry, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Roads Damaged Weight of Loads Ordinance To Be Enforced
At last weekâs Shire Council meeting the engineer (Mr. I. Champion) reported that excess loading by wheat carriers during the recent season had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Employee Taken to Hospital Not Known if Accident or Collapse Caused His Condition
An apprentice fitter, Mr. J. Thomas, was found at the Locomotive Depot on Wednesday last, sitting on a seat in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cutting Corner on Motor Bike
Before the Children's Court another motor bike rider was charged with having cut a corner. He was fined £3 with 12- costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Bike Driver on Same Charge "Make Merry Hell Up And Down Street," Says S.M.
William K. Paton was charged before the same Court with making an undue noise on a motor bike in Wynyard Street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Truck Crash Death of Mr. James Traynor
There was a sad tragedy on Thursday night last, when a P.M.G. motor truck ran off the Marrar rood about a mile from Coolamon and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Man Praised for Help in Train Accident
A young Wagga man had risked his life to help an injured man back into a train after he had fallen from it near Cootamundra on January 20…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australians keen on world road cycle classic
MELBOURNE, Friday: All-round professional cyclist, Vin Nuttall, has intimated to the national controlling body that be intends seeking official sanction to represent Australia in the world…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocking Condition Of Gundagai Shire Roads
At the present moment Gundagai’s claim to notoriety is the shockingly bad state of the Shire roads, with number…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wide Knowledge of the Riverina Railway Officers Farewell to Mr. Ab. Jones
It is quite possible that no [?] man has travelled more extensively throughout the Riverina than Mr. Ab Jones who is about to relinquish…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Smash Tragedy 63 Killed Many Injured
MEXICO CITY, Mon.—Rescue workers counted at least 63 dead in the burnt-out wreckage of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lay on Railway Line! Man Fined for Trespassing
At the Court House on Friday, before Messrs. D. Bayd and C. Humby, Js.P., a 42-years-old laborer was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Darlington Point Bridge
A grant of £1230 has been made by the Main Roads Department to Carrathool Shire towards the construction of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braking on greasy road
Given good brakes, slowing down on a greasy road effectively depends largely on the skill of the driver…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Condition of Gundagai Shire Roads
At the present moment Gundagar's claim to notoriety is the shockingly bad state of the shire roads, with number one priority…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Charged with Rape After Motor-cycle Accident
CANBERRA, Monday: Charged with rape of a 20-year-old trainee nurse whom it was alleged he picked up seriously injured after an accident on November 29 last, Vincent George Dixon, 28, laborer, of Westlake, Canberra, appeared before Mr. Justice Simpson and a jury in Canberra Supreme Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →63 Dead in Tram Smash
MEXICO CITY, Monday (A.A.P.): Rescue workers counted at least 63 dead in the burnt-out wreckage of…
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