Attempt to Wreck Train on Mountains Obstructions Are Removed Just in Time From Lithgow
THE timely action of the driver of the 6.30 goods train from Lithgow to Enfield on Saturday night (Driver Briggs and Fireman…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250
To Comb Snowy Alps In Quest Of Hinkler Europe's Taxi-airman On The Spot Lost the Way in Mist Is His Belief Mountaineer Saw an Aeroplane Basle (Switzerland)
HAVING decided first to search the air-routes through Switzerland in his endeavor to solve the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Gears To be Imported from America. Manufacturers' Protest
The president of the Chamber of Manufactures (Mr. Gordon Bennett) stated yesterday that resentment had been expressed at a meeting of the executive of the Chamber…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storms. Railway Sheds Wrecked. Damage by Wind and Rain
Isolated tornadic windstorms caused considerable damage in several country towns in the north of the State during the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Railways. Wage Reduction Claim. Board's Conflicting Reports. London, Jan. 14
An unprecedented deadlock has caused the issue of five separate reports by members of the National Wages Board for the railways. Hitherto the board has always managed to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ablaze Again Norwegian Motorship Taronga ABANDONED
Coming so soon after the recent outbreak in Sydney Harbor, shipping men were surprised when word was received in Sydney to-day of another…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Manufacturer's President Condemns Australian Tenders for Tram Gears U.s.a. Gets the Big Job at Higher Price This Loyalty! Unemployment Problem Is Conveniently Disregarded
IN a statement last night, Mr. Gordon Bennett, president of the Chamber of Manufactures, roundly condemned the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reduced Rail Fares Are Wanted Travellers on Railways Are Much Incensed Shoals of Letters Are Sent to "The Labor Daily" Living Costs U.a.p. Metropolitan Members Taken to Task
THE week-end mail brought to "The Labor Daily" a shoal of letters bitterly attacking the Premier for his failure to reduce…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Protest Over Tram Job Going Abroad Our Work Equal, Is Manufacturers' Opinion
CLAIMING that Australian gears have stood up to the most exacting tests in motor cars and Melbourne trams, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Must Be Candid Running of the Railways Men's Case
There was never a time in the history of the New South Wales railways when frankness was desired as much as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →To Run Manly Transport Port Jackson Co.'s Proposal Tram--boat--bus
THE Port Jackson and Manly S.S. Co. has made an offer to the Government to take over the transport services…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Crash
Riding in the sidecar of a motor cycle driven by her husband yesterday, Mrs. Maud Paull (20), of Ernest Street, North Sydney, received severe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Empire Airport Southampton To Build Aerodrome LONDON
Southampton, which is already the biggest passenger port in the Empire and in Europe, aspires also to become a great air port…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Proposed Bridge At Tuggerah Entrance
It is proposed to erect a small bridge at the entrance to Tuggerah Lakes, which will enable the northern side to be developed. It is probable that a recommendation will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell From Parapet of Rail. Bridge
Crashing 15ft. to the ground from the parapet of a railway bridge near his home last night, Arthur Donohue, 12, of Vaughan Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Falls From Train at Clyde
Alighting from a stationary train at Clyde Railway Station yesterday, Marjorie Golman (73), Eleanor Street, Granville, fell and struck her…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. Hinkler. Tourist's Story. Aeroplane Seen. Captain Hope's Search LONDON, Jan. 15
Captain W.L. Hope is searching for Mr. Bert Hinkler. He arrived at Basle (Switzerland), which he wil make his headquarters. He will comb the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Refusal to Lower Bridge Toll Threepence Each From Car Passengers
The N.R.M.A. has received a reply to its suggestion to the Minister for Transport that the toll on motor car passengers crossing the Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →150 Dollars a King Won at Bridge Game in 'Plane
A recent Issue of the "Aeroplane" quotes the following story from an American source as being "a perfectly true story which deserves to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Awful Death Under Train Wheels Man Who Tried to "Jump Rattler"
SLIPPING under the wheels of a fast-moving goods train, while attempting to "jump the rattler" to…
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