Council to Control Unsafe Bridge Urged by Threat of Demolition
Parramatta Municipal Council has decided to assume control of the pedestrian bridge across the Parramatta River at Smith Street, Parramatta…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 250
The Sun Stop-press Man Killed by Train Adelaide
An unknown man, aged about 60 yearn, was run over and killed by a rail motor train between Dudley Park and Ovingham railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Unjust and Unfair" Council and Board Old Windsor - ROAD
Blacktown Council considers itself entitled to financial assistance in connection with the old windsor-road, But the Main Roads Board holds a different view…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fired From Pocket at Companion Train Drama in W.A. Man Shot in Stomach Perth
As a train which lift Geraidton for Perth was approaching Strawberry, 79 miles away on the Midland line, about 10 o'clock on…
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DONALD PILCHER, 26, commercial traveller, pleaded guilty of Newton Court to-day to having driven his car along Parramatta-road Petersham, while…
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EDWARD BAKER of [?] a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Killed. Caught by Keel. at Railway Crossing. Brisbane
Mrs. E. Perkins, wife of the manager of the Toowoomba branch of Perkins' Brewery, was knocked down at a Toowoomba level crossing by an oncoming train…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man Shot. In Railway Carriage. Assailant Escapes. Perth
When the Geraldton train to Perth reached Mingenew, on the Midland railway, at 11.15 p.m. on Friday, Constable Symes was called to investigate the shooting of a man in a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motoring. Opening Race. Motor Boat Association
The first open race of the season for members of the Motor Boat Association of New South Wales was decided at Tempe, on the Cook's River course, on Saturday afternoon, and 24 boats, representing…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Increased Railway Earnings. Muswellbrook
The increased earnings at the Muswe[?] station last year—to June 30—amounted to £10,667. The cool trade was a big factor in helping to swell the earnings. Scone…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man Killed on Railway
Thomas Clark, an inmate of the Stale Hospital at Liverpool was found dead on the railway near Liverpool on Saturday with his left band severed at the wrist, abras[?] to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accidents. Cyclist Killed. Collision with Taxi Cab
John Morton Robinson, 37, of Richmond-road, Flemington, received fatal injuries when his motor cycle and a taxi cab collided at the intersection of Helena-street and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motorist Drives Away. After Collision with Cycle. Melbourne
A stationary motor cycle and sidecar with two men in it was hit at the corner of Ormond-road and St. Kilda-street, Elwood, early this morning by a motor car which…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motorist's Lucky Escape. Guyra
Mr. Thomas Froome, Guyra, has had a lucky escape from death. He was approaching the railway gates at Lavis's corner, when the brakes of his car failed. The car forced…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Smash Mrs. Osborne Injured Once Noted Actress Bega
A serious motor collision occurred near Narooma yesterday. A car driven by P. 'O'Rorke, a Ford salesman, of Bega, was conveying…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Clever Ruse Abandoned Stolen Car Escaped in Motor Launch Junee
Yesterday an unknown man hired a motor boat from P. Daley, of Nangus, between Junee and Gundagal, for a trip on the river. The stranger left a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Tramway Dance
ARRANGEMENTS are completed for the euchre party and dance which the tramway men of Waverley…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclist Badly Injured Motor Lorry Collision Driver Fails to Stop
A cyclist. Stanley Hanhell, 20. of Woodward Avenue, Stratified, was erotically injured by a hit-run lorry driver on the Great Southern Road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclist's Escape From Death Collision with Tram
A large number of witnesses of the smash were surprised when Albert McGuire. 26, of Bridge Road. Forest Lodge, was not killed as the motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lakemba Railway Estate
Situaerl in the contre of arapply-expending incendiary district. Lakemba faces a very bright future, and the propantheline value of [?] land thereabouts is high…
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