Railway Log Traffic Employees Say "No"
A special general meeting of members of the Transport Staff Association (traffic employees), held at the Railway Institute on Saturday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1934
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Shot As He Left Tram Stray, Bullet, Is Belief
Darlinghurst detectives are investigating strange wounding of Vincent Natell, of Kellett Street, Darlinghurst, who was shot in the…
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When his motor cycle skidded and fell in front of a tram at the corner of Parramatta Road and Crystal Street Petersham last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Drowned in Victoria Motor Tyre Failed As a Life-buoy
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Wm. Payne 24, of Malvern, was drowned in the Glenelg River at Harrow this evening…
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Goulburn aerodrome has been delicensed by the Civil Aviation Department. The aerodrome has been a recognised landing ground for more than five years. The department…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Woman on Bridge Seized by Patrol Officer
A patrol officer specially employed to prevent suicides on the bridge seized a middleaged married woman as she was climbing over the rails yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Jump Girl Did Not Seem Despondent
At the continued inquiry into the death on January 21, of Ethel Beatrice Francis, 25, of Strickland-street, Rose Bay, a saleswoman, who…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Road Lighting. Success of New System
Astounding but well-authenticated claims have been made for a new form of road lighting which promises to be a cure for a great number of traffic risks associated with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Olympic Blunder Hands Posted to Three Addresses
The United States Bridge Association blundered when it posted packages of the Olympic bridge hands for 1934 to three N.S.W. addresses…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boy's Terrible Death Fell Between Train and Platform
TOOWOOMBA, Monday.--Warwick Tuckerman, 10, suffered, a terrible death to-day when he was crushed between a train and the platform at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bund and Scalded, He Saved Train London
KILLED by the bursting of a steam-pipe on his locomotive, an engine-driver on a train rushing towards Watford,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Outback Road. "Chasms and Slippery Dips." Farmer's Wife Appeals for Repairs. Murwillumbah
Hardships endured by women living in the back-country were graphically described in a letter headed "An S.O.S. to the shire clerk from the wives and mothers of Naminbah…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Road and Rail. World-wide Competition. Experts Review Solutions. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, Dec. 28
At a time when competition between the railways and motor transport has developed into a question of acute importance in countries so dissimilar in general economic structure as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Snake in Car Engine. Motorist's Awkward Problem
Mr. Frederick Ward stopped his car in French's Forest, Deewhy, at the week-end, and in alighting disturbed a 5ft brown snake It disappeared under the car…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Station Destroyed. Peak Hill
The railway station and its contents were destroyed by fire early this morning. It is understood that a kerosene lamp which was burning in the stationmasters office was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Cycling. Second Test Match
The second dirt track motor cycle test match between England and Australia will be conducted at the Speedway Royal on Saturday night. S. Jackson. G. Greenwood, and G. Pymar will return…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Motor Cycle. B.s.a. "Vee Twin."
Among 1934 types of motor cycles recently imported is the 4.98-h.p. B.S.A. overhead valve "Vee Twin." This model was developed to comply with the requirements of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Traffic Control. Motorists Warned
Further reminders have been issued by the police with regard to the campaign against jay-walking, which is to begin on Thursday, when special police will take up duty in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycling Grand Prix. Melbourne
The Australian Motor Cycling Grand Prix was decided at Phillip Island to-day, and resulted:- Junior Grand Prix.—D. Bain (348c.c…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Boy Killed. Struck by Motor Lorry
Raymond John Parbery, 10, of Waratahstreet, Leichhardt, was killed yesterday afternoon when he jumped from the footboard of a moving tram at the corner of Ilka and…
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