Book Wants Better Roads
At a well attended meeting at the Book Book Hall recently a proposal to form a Book Book and Kyeamba…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riverina · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1954
1,242 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 63
Over 400 Children Die on the Roads
Children are victims of one in every five fatal road accidents in Australia. Each week four children…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mail train murder Detectives Visit Leeton
Detective Sergeant Ferguson and Detective Krake arrived in Narrandera on Tuesday night in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alterations in Brobenah Road Mail
The Postmaster, Leeton, advised that on and from 1st March the Brobenah road mail will be despatched from the Leeton Post…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →School Teacher's Death After Road Accident
Young district residents were deeply shocked to learn of the death of Donald Seton Wilkinson, 37, who for 16 years was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →STANDARD "8" Road Test "Hums Along Effortlessly"
Mr. Bert Sharp, or Sharp's Motors, who road-tested the Standard "8" while in Sydney the sweek has these observations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Danger Exists at Overhead Bridge. Child Mauled by Cow Recently
Aldermen at the Junee Municipal Council this week discussed the dangers of the overhead bridge and its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speeding Motorist Fined
William A. Gorry of the Pastoral Hotel, Wagga was fined £3/10/0 with 12/- costs at Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclist Fined for Carrying Two Passengers
Giovani Gargaro pleaded guilty at the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday before Mr. K. W. Smith, S.M., to a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Murder Laborer Charged
SYDNEY, Friday: A 24-years-old laborer, Ronald Vincent Hoil, Belmore Road, Herne Bay, was charted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Far Nth. Coast Railways Are Out for Month
SYDNEY, Friday: Railway systems of the Far North Coast would be out of service for more than a month, the Railways Commissioner (Mr. Winsor)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor School Held in Wagga a Motor School in Wagca Yesterday
A Motor School of Mechanical Instruction, conducted by the Austin Motor Company of England, was held yesterday in Wagga. Practical demonstrations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Murder Defendants alleged admission
SYDNEY, Son.: Ronald Vincent Holl, had admitted shooting Olaf Perkman in the Narrandera-Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Driver Blinded by Dust Car Ran Off Road Near Coolac
Blinded by the dust, which rose great clouds from road reconstruction work near Coolac, the driver of a car could not see where she was going, and before’ she could , bring the vehicle to a standstill, It crashed into the causeway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Qld. Faces One-day Railway Strike Railmen seek wage rises
BRISBANE, Sunday: The Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen today called a Statewide railways strike for tomorrow in support of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Griffith Motor-cycling Big entries for Sunday next
GRIFFITH, Sunday: A record number of entries have already been received for the motor cycle race meeting to be held on the Hanwood Sportsground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Porter on Serious Charge Sequel to Crossing Accident at Cowra
According to evidence given at the Cowra Court, gatekeepers are given no instructions of train timetables…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Correspondence Railway Bridge (To the Editor)
Driving over to Parkview I saw a young lady hop off her bike and carry it over the railway bridge. I stopped and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two brothers die in road crash
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Two brothers were killed and a third man was injured in a collision between a motor cycle and a semi-trailer in North Essendon today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motoring during Royal visit
There is no cause to criticise motorists in general on their behavior during the Royal visit, in the opinion of…
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