Injured in Fall From Tram
Falling from a moving tram at Coogee terminus last night, Miss Annie Martin. 79, of Cook Street, Randwick, fractured her right thigh…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Radio Ribbons Wins Tramway
ROUND THE BEND in the last lap of the Tramway Handicap at Harold Park yesterday. Radio Ribbons (outside) won by three lengths from Kyora Girl (second from right), with Lucia Machine a length away third…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fall From Bridge. Wagga
Frank Brennan, 34, while swimming in the Murrumbidgee River, climbed the under structure of the Hampden Bridge, with the intention of diving from the bridge. He slipped…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Corowa Road Work. Corowa
The council has arranged for a loan of £3,000, with a grant of £3,000, which is to be used for the construction of five concrete bridges and the reforming and gravelling of…
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It has been announced that tracks and hostels for the use of hikers will be provided under a plan which is now being prepared by the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Spooner). It is proposed to cut tracks parallel with a number of new tourist roads…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Train Derailed. Spirit of Progress Delayed. MELBOURNE
The derailment of an electric train at Broadmeadows caused the Spirit of Progress, which was due to leave at 6.30 p m., with passengers for Sydney, to be delayed for an…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Deaf Man Killed by Train. Decapitated Body Found on Line
The body of Frederick George Walther[?] 23. o[?] Johnstone Road, Upper Bankstown, was found in a culvert alongside the railway line near the Villawood station yesterday. Farther…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Train Is Stormed by Crowd Serious Accident Was Narrowly Averted At Woy Woy Woy Woy
BY sheer good fortune, a serious accident was averted when a homeward - bound holiday crowd, numbering 500,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rush For Seats For Empiad Speed Stars Go Fishing. Pool Capacity Too Small Big Interest In The Ring Fixtures Africans Train
So heavy was the demand for tickets when bookings for the British Empire Games swimming events opened yesterday that it is considered certain that the 4500 seats at the North Sydney Pool will be booked out by the end of the week. "This will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorship Fleets
The Wilh. Wilhelmsen Line, with 39 motorships in service, heads the list of motorship owners engaged in general trade…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Night Motoring Impressions of a Journey to the Far North Coast
THERE are ways and ways of travelling the country by car. Some like the nomadic life, with camping gear and trailer to carry it, or the more modern trailer caravan, the motorist's…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Passing on Curves. Dangerous Motoring Practice
The Department of Road Transport has received a number of complaints about, the practice of some drivers who fall to keep to the left when negotiating a curve…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Stop Signals on Trams. Not Favoured by the Department
The Department of Road Tiansport and Tramways does not favour placing "stop" signals on the back of trams, as suggested by the Lane Cove Council as a lifeguard…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Insurance of Employees Lead by Austin Motor Co
The Austin Motor Company has just put into operation a new insurance scheme for its employees. If they die before the retiring age…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Decadence
Sir,--The prevalent debt system has certainly a stranglehold upon our railways. Interest upon £150,000,000 debt must be paid annually while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor-cyclist on Manslaughter Charge
BALLINA, Tuesday.--Alan Holdsworth, 19, known as Alan Nixon, was charged today at the public hospital, where he is an inmate, with manslaughter. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bridge Party
A very successful bridge party was held by the above club on New Year's Eve, seven tables being in use, with players attending from Liverpool. Fairfield and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allawah Railway Bridge. Alteration of Approaches
The Railway Department informed Kogarah Council at this week's meeting that the latter's suggestion of improving the southern approach to the…
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"We should be in on this," said Alderman Ferry at this week's meeting of Kogarah Council when he stated that an additional grant of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car Hits Bridge
Although one tyre blow out and two other tyres were tore off when a motor car collided with the rail of a bridge on Campbelltown-road, Liverpool, on…
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