Slack at Pit-top Catches Fire Bridge and Coal Stack Badly Damaged
LITHGOW. Monday.--The slack at the pit-top of the Zig-Zag Colliery caught fire last night, the bridge and coal stack being badly damaged. The…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
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Short Fall, But Was Badly Hurt Boy Walked "Blondin" on Bridge Approach
Walking "Blondin" along the parapet of the approach to the overhead railway bridge at Lidcombe yesterday, Herbert O'Donoghue (12)…
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When the Australian Premiers met, in July, 1932, the estimates prepared for their consideration by the Commonwealth Treasury officials showed that the expected aggregate deficit of the States was about £16,890,000—"a whale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Total Loss. Motorship Taronga. Abandoned at Perim. Second Fire Within Month
The Norwegian motorship Taronga, in which a fire occurred while she was at Sydney, has been abandoned as a total loss at Ferim, an island about 96 miles…
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The Taranga, here shown afire in Sydney Harbour on December 17, has now been beached and abandoned on the island of Perim, following a fresh outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fatal Railway Accident Near Bathurst
Fireman L. J. Burke was killed when this goods train was derailed at Tumulla on Sunday morning. Driver J. D. Gebbie, imprisoned in his cabin, fortunately escaped injury…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Officer Assaulted. Lithgow
At the Wallerawang Police Court, Harold Gladstone Tuffey, a locomotive driver, was fined £1 on a charge of unlawfully assaulting C. L. Ogden, traffic inspector, at Tarana…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Gears. Mr. Maddocks's Further Statement
The Commissioner for Tramways and Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) yesterday made further reference to the contract to be let to an American firm for the gears and pinions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Obstacles on Railway Lines. Lithgow
The railway district superintendent's office at Lithgow has received a report that five fish plates were noticed on the down line near Blaxland. A train was stopped and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MANLY Co. Plan Not in Favor Ferry Firm Wants to Take Over Trams and Buses Cost £300,000
THE general opinion in State Ministerial circles is that the Government is unlikely to give serious consideration to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Struck by Motor Cycle
Struck by a motor cycle at Woodville Read and Lackey Street, Granville, last night. Miss Elizabeth Palfrey, 36, of Meraween Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Sale Unlikely Manly Lines Do Not Show Profit for Cabinet
The offer of the Manly Ferry Company to take over the transport services throughout Manly and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Registration Labels
Motorists who have nominated tho Fort Macquarie Registry for the collection of their registration labels are asked by the Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Border Railways Conference Will Victorians Be There?
MELBOURNE, Monday.--A conference of bodies interested in the extension of border railways into the Riverina, to handle the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man's Body on Railway May Have "Jumped the Rattler"
The body of a man who is believed to have been "jumping the" rattler" on a goods train, was found at midnight on the line 150 yards from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Changes--no Complaints Normal Services by End of Month
The temporary tram service from southern suburbs to Circular Quay, via Castlereagh Street, ran satisfactorily yesterday and with no…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Absent-minded Travellers Forgotten Luggage in Railway Sale
HOW anybody could forget Percy is beyond comprehension. Yet, there he sits, in the midst of drab stacks of lost…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →AUSTRALIANA Midget Aeroplane
The smallest amateur-constructed aeroplane in Queensland, if not in Australia, has been designed, built, and flown successfully in Brisbane by Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bridge Tuition
PRIVATE bridge tuition will again be given throughout the week in Farmer's North Room, 5th Floor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burglars Search for Aeroplane Plans? London
Burglars last night ransacked every room in Hinkler's home at Southampton. It is impossible to ascertain how…
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