Man Instantly Killed; Mates Escape Train Hits Rail Motor Carrying Fettlers
ONE man was killed instantly and two others had remarkable escapes from death when an excursion, train crashed into the rail…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250
Main Roads. Maintenance of Assets. Board's Programme
After bearing heavy handicaps imposed by losses of income and successive changes in constitution, the State's authority on main roads is settling down to the task of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on Train. Furniture Destroyed. BRISBANE
Two railway waggons, one containing about a ton and a half of furniture, were destroyed by fire at Bowenville Railway Station on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bradfield Still on Bridge Job at Retiring Age, But Cannot Retire
Dr. Bradfield, supervising engineer of the Harbor Bridge, reached the retiring age on Boxing Day. In the ordinary course of events he would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Royal Road Back to Prosperity Captains Advise Reduce The Tax Burdens Cut Costs
LEADERS of industry in the New and Old Worlds say that prosperity will not come of its own…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country News. Railway Revenue Decrease. West Maitland
Revenue at the West Maitland railway station for the Christmas period, December 23 to December 27, decreased by £76/18/9 on that of the same period of 1931. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Accidents. Car and Cycle Collide
William Kyles, 23, of Broughton-street, Ashfield, was injured last night when the cycle on which ho was riding pillion collided with a car on the Prince's Highway,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Scenic Railway. Katoomba
The scenic raliway recently opened by the Katoomba colliery for transporting passengers to the floor of the Jamieson Valley. Is proving papular. More than 200 made the trip on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Commercial. Charcoal Gas for Motors
A demonstration took place recently in London with a lorry driven on charcoal gas, which costs from 75 to 85 per cent, less than light oil fuels. A report on the apparatus…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fought Off Tram Bandit Conductor Defies Revolver and Wins Out
WITH blood streaming down V his face and his tunic torn, (Edgar H. Collins, tram conductor, of Chatham-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Badly Hurt in Fall From Tram
When he fell from a tram in Balmain Road, Rozelle, late last night. Miles Partridge, 10, of Cove Road, Balmain, was seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Slump in Tramway Traffic Huge Drop in Revenue for New Year's Day Every Case
DOUBTS about the weather may have deterred some from venturing abroad yesterday, but in the great majority of cases, where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Family on the Track Long Tramp with Billy-cart
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A man and his wife, with three children, aged 10, 7, and 4, left Brisbane on November 28, and arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Run Down by Train
While walking alone the railway line near Asquith last night, two railway employees, who are employed in the railway sheds at Hornsby, were struck by a passing electric…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Riverina Wheat Deliveries. Train Capacity Improved
ALBURY, Tuesday.—The closing down of the wheat silos during the holidays has had the effect of easing the position regarding wheat deliveiies as the railway has been able…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Men Hit by Train Proceeding to Asquith Car Sheds to Their Employment Critical
STRUCK by a fast-travelling electric train between Hornsby Railway Station and Asquith car sheds shortly before 11 o'clock last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hit by Train Youth Killed, And Man May Die
STRUCK down last night by a fast electric train, between Hornsby and Asquith, two railway employees were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Straining Teams with a Well - piled Load Travel all Day on the Dusty Road"
All roads in the western country to-day lead to the silos or the railway sidings, where the wheat is unloaded, the teams making back to the farms as quirkly as pos both day and night in some instances to cope with the record harvest. This magnificent team of six horses is drawing a so[?] load from the farm of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Do Railways Make Wars?
IT is surprising "how great a matter a little fire kindleth." For example, France may be put to endless trouble and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →W. A. RAILWAYS. Forty-Four Hour Week Upheld
Railway employees in Western Australia will continue to work a 44-hour week as the result of a decision of the West Australian State Arbitration Court refusing…
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