Hit by Train
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Robert Milne, railway porter, of Ascot Vole, narrowly escaped death when he was crossing the rails at North Melbourne Station last…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
6,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250
To Train Forestry Officers
Six trainees in forestry are to be appointed by the Public Service Board to provide a suitable avenue of recruitment for technical forestry officers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Wreck a Train
A serious attempt to wreck an electric train was made near Dulwich Hill railway station last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Leaves £35 on Train Seat
Mrs. Edna Robson, of Trongate Street, Granville, left her handbag containing £35--every penny she possessed--on a scot in a train on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Law Check-up On Taxi-drivers
Traffic police are checking up or. the observance of road laws by taxi drivers. What they see will be sent as a report…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Accidents. Cyclist Killed in Collision. Skid Into Pole
A youth of 19 was killed outright, and his companion, aged 38, was injured when a motor cycle skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Turns In Czech Position Road For Germans, Anglo-French Aid LONDON
TWO important developments affecting Czecho-Slovakia's relations with other Powers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Outdoor Australia the Amazing Ants Road-makers, Spinners, Farmers, and Traders A Masterpiece of Ingenuity
ANTS are the only creatures, apart from man, who employ food-collecting servants, go to war against each other, carry on agriculture, and have class distinctions. How their servants are…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Loss
The Chief Staff Superintendent of the N.S.W. railways. Mr. W. Funnell. stated at the Arbitration Tribunal inquiring into the miners' claims:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Plan for More Strap-hangers
A PLAN to reduce seating accommodation on suburban trains--on the basis of 42 per cent, sitting and 58 per cent, straphanging, in peak hours--is under review by the Railway Department. Space saved will be used to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed in Crashes Motor Cycle Youths
HURLED from their A machines, two young motor-cyclists were fatally injured on the Western and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Trams to Races, Cricket
Special trams will run to Randwick Racecourse to-day. from Circular Quay and Central Railway Station, beginning at 11 am…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Watch On Trams Jumping on or Off Is Banned
DURING the renewed police safety campaign, launched over the holiday weekend, passengers jumping on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Noises. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The railway lines between Ashfield and Summer Hill are constantly being repaired: [?]hy this part more than any other section I don't know. The last few weeks have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →9 Injured on Roads Tram Hits Car At Bend
Nine people were injured, three of them seriously, in Anniversary Day road accidents yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contract Bridge. David Jones' Cup
The final session of the David Jones Challenge Cup teams, of four contests, was played at David Jones's Auditorium…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Want Bridge Toll Removed BRISBANE
Three thousand motorists who attended a protest meeting called by the Royal Automobile Club of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bullet Hits Train Auckland
Passengers in a carriage of a mixed train running from Wanganni were startled when a rifle bullet pierced a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pike to Train Lord Bine
EVERYONE will be glad to learn that Jim Pike it to figure as the future trainer of the crack Queensland sprinter LORD BINE. The horse went…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Bushfire Damage to Roads. Bathurst
At a meeting of the Abercrombie Shire Council, the engineer. Mr. E. W, Priddle. stated that the cost of replacing culverts on main roads, which were destroyed in the…
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