New Motor Ship
Early yesterday morning the new motor-ship Bolton, built at Huskisson, Jervis Bay, for W. R. Carpenter and Co., reached Sydney in tow…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
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Barmaid Is Killed Lorry Hits Tram Adelaide
MISS MINNIE MARY DIENELT, 51, barmaid, was killed, and William Piening and Walter Tuff were injured late last night when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Towed to Sydney Motor Vessel From Jervis Bay
Towed from Jervis Bay by the South Coast steamer Bermagui the new motor vessel Bolton arrived early yesterday morning and was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hinders Motorists
A motorist who came to Sydney from the South Coast at the weekend found the Prince's Highway under water at Wallaga Lake, just…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Rationing
Rationing will be discontinued on Victorian railways as from February 27. In N.S.W., though rationing has not been completely abandoned, there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Erection of Bridge. Bellingen
A letter received from the Minister for Minester (Mr. Vincent) states that the Main Roads Board has decided to call tenders for the erection of a bridge over the Bellinger River at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bridge Suicide Farmer's Act After He Drew Dole
Depressed because he had found it necessary that day to obtain the dole for the first time, John Richardson, 44, poultry farmer, of Bankstown…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bridge Rail Fares Deputation To Wait On Hartigan
A DEPUTATION from the north side of the Harbor will wait on the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, tomorrow, and state…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Queensland. Train Services Hampered. Brisbane
Further heavy rains fell in the central west at the week-end. A message from Thargomindah states that the Bulloo River is rising fast, and that a big flood is expected, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Train Driver Injured. Struck by Large Stone. NEWCASTLE
G. Carroll, 50, of Fawcett-street, Mayfield, driver of a coal train travelling from Newcastle to Maitland late this afternoon, suffered a severe wound to the head when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stone Thrown at Train Driver Hit on Head Newcastle
WHILE a coal train bound for Maitland was passing through Waratah Station this afternoon, the driver, G…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Workers Down Tools Alleged Change In The Rotation Order LITHGOW
CLAIMING that a man started work out of order of rotation, workers engaged on the Western Rd., between Mt. Victoria Pass and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Remarkable Series of Accidents at the Foot of Taverners Hill, Parramatta-road
When both gears and brakes failed, the heavy meat waggon shown on the right ran backwards down the steep slope, collided with the lorry shown on the left, smashed a petrol bowser, and came to rest beneath a shop awning…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →R'way Bridge Menaces Lives of the Public Grave Danger to Travellers at Wagga More Economy Stevens Govt. Will Not Find Necessary Money
WHICH does the Stevens Government value the more: False economy or human life? For an expenditure of about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trams in the City. Lord Mayor's Views
The Lord Mayor (Alderman R. C. Hagon) stated yesterday that he had received a letter from a Sydney resident who, after a visit to Britain and the Continent, concluded that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Fares To Be Considered by the Cabinet
It is the intention of the State Cabinet at an early date to discuss railway matters, including the question of fares. In reply to a question yesterday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ulster Railways. Strike May Extend. LONDON, Feb. 19
Carters and dockers in Belfast have resolved to ask the national executive of the Transport Workers' Union to authorise a general strike of carters and dockers in Ulster, unless the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Commissioner. Rise from Humble Beginn[?]ng. GOULBURN
The Assistant Railway Commisstone: Mr. F. C. Garside), speaking at a function it Goulburn, referred humorously a his eartist association with the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Parts. Tariff Board Inquiry. Duties Alleged to Be Excessive
Opposing views on the question of tariff duties on motor car windscreens were presented to the Tariff Board yesterday. A witness said the duties on all motor items were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Thefts. Tobacco Worth £2000 Stolen. West Maitland
During the hearing of charges of stealing from the Railway Department at the East Maitland Court this afternoon, Railway Detective Sherringham said that during the last…
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