Attempt to Wreck Train. Steel Bar on Rails at Katoomba
A steel bar was placed across the railway lines at Katoomba on Saturday, and four signal lamps were moved, in an attempt to wreck the mail train from Mudgee…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250
Harbour Bridge. Reports of Loss Denied. Contractors' Statement. London, Jan. 30
Reports in the British technical Press that the Sydney Harbour Bridge had resulted in a loss of £1,000,000 were denied by Dorman, Long, and Co., Ltd. A representative of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ugly Scenes. Shearers Attacked. Attempt to Wreck Train. Police Fire Shots. Brisbane
Another attempt has been made to wreck a train carrying shearers in the Emerald district. Dog spikes were removed from the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£2 APIECE Motor Cars Almost Given Away
Motor cars are almost us cheap as mongrels if you know where to buy them. A car guaranteed to go may be picked up for a couple of pounds, writes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New South Wales Leads Theft of Motor Vehicles
During 1930, according to Police Department returns made available to the N.R.M.A., 1990 motor vehicles of all types and 417 motor cycles were reported…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Motorship. Troja at Sydney
The new motorship Troja, which was built by Messrs. Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, to the order of Mr. Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Oslo, arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Boating. Stelling Shield. Racing at Rose Bay
Cruisers filled the most prominent positions in both the Stelling Shield and the first race of the summer programme for boats steered by ladies promoted by the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Killed by Tram Car
When he was knocked down by an electric tram In Bridge-road, Richmond, Melbourne, last evening, Thomas Park, 71, who lived in Bridge-road, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Constable's Motor Car
"That chap seems to know very little about driving a car, but as it is his I don't suppose anyone minds," said Constable Thomas Carney, of Regent-street Police station, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RAILWAYMEN. Favour General Strike. Labour Governments Attacked
A mass meeting of the members of the Australian Railways' Union last night decided in favour of a general strike as a protest against the 10 per cent. reduction in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Cycling. Brilliant Racing. Huxley's Many Records
Attracted by the match between Victor Huxley, the world's champion, and T. Benstead, one of the finest crowds on record attended the meeting at the Speedway Royal on Saturday evening. Racing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Accidents. Ten People Injured
Ten persons were injured, five of them seriously, when two motor cars collided at the corner of Livingstone-road and Sydenham-road yesterday morning. One car was turned…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Scale Motoring Expedition Science Up-to-date London
A gigantic expedition, using seven heavy caterpillar motor lorries and six lighter cars, is to start on a two years' journey…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorist Arrested on Drunk Charge Thirroul
Mrs. Hunt. [?] of Thirroul was waiting on the main road toward Hulli yesterday, when she was knocked down by a car. Her injuries were slight. The driver has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Body in Car Motorist Is Found Guilty of Murder LONDON
ALFRED ARTHUR ROUSE (36), commercial traveller, was yesterday, at,Northampton,.found guilty of the murder of an unknown man, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Troja Last of New Fleet Norwegian Motor Ship's 15½ Knot Average
The Troja, last of the new Wilhelmsen Norwegian motor ships, arrived on Saturday afternoon from Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Arm Broken in Motor Collision
THIRROUL, Sunday.--T. Williamson, a motor cyclist, in a collision with a motor car at Thirroul, had his arm broken and received…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Harbour Bridge. Tramway Traffic. State Cabinet's Decision
The State Cabinet decided yesterday that tramcars are to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge when it is completed. Provision has been made for four sets of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →N.s. Trams to Cross Bridge City Terminus
While the Transport Trust has not yet definitely decided what trams will run across the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trams Will Run Across Harbor Bridge Cabinet Has Ended Long Row
A victory for the Transport Trust over the Railway Commissioners was registered yesterday when State Cabinet decided that trams…
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