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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

2,299 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 115

Motor Notes

Leader · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 1

A Cheap Observation Mirror. A cheap and efficient observation mirror, sultable for open or closed cars, can be made by fiing, a small…

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Train and Motor Car Collision. Eleven Killed. VANCOUVER

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

An Austin (Texas) message sta[?] that eleven members of the Bay University basket ball team were [?] and eleven injured, five [?]…

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11 Killed Train Hits Motor 'Bits Austin (Texas, U.S.A.)

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Eleven of the Baylor University basketball team were killed and seven injured, five perhaps fatally when a passenger train struck a motor 'bus…

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Cars in Collision Crash on Kelso Road

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

At about 7 o'clock last evening, two ears collided on the Kelso-road, but fortunately the occupants were unhurt. One car, driven by Mr…

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Train Leaves the Rails. Six Persons Injured. MELBOURNE

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Six persons were injured [?] cable tram left the [?] while [?] a curve. The derailment is posed to have been caused by a…

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Stepped Through Train Door. Sleek Walker's Accident. NEWCASTLE

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 5

James O'Neill, a railway employee, who was walking in his sleep, stepped through the carriage door of a fast-moving train between Broadmeadow…

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Latest Telegrams. Eleven Killed Train Hits Bus Vancouver

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 15

Eleven persons were killed and eleven others injured, five seriously, when a train struck a 'motor bus at level crossing at…

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Another Train Scare. Six Trucks and Van Break Away. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 5

As the result of an automatic coopting pin coming [?], six trucks and a brake van, containing several passengers, broke away from a goods…

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Rain and Floods in Queensland. Town and Bridge Swept Away. BRISBANE

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

It is reported that the raining centre of [?], and a bridge on the Elbridge line, in North Queensland, have been washed away by the…

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Chamber of Commerce Progress at Weir Many Difficulties Overcome All Plain Sailing Now Gwabegar-Burren Junction Railway

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 12

At a meeting of the Mudgee Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening last Mr. J. E. Loneragan (president) and Mr. Wickham (engineer in charge) reported exhaustively in connection with the work at the weir in Lawson Park. They…

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Corry for Penrith Motor-Paced Races SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 1

For next Wednesday (Anniversary Day) Penrith Speedway promoters have prepared a mixed and novel pro­gramme…

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Viscount Curzon Injured in Motor Smash London

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Viscount Curzon. who is a noted speed motorist, was driving his car when it skidded at a bend in a frost-covered road and overturned and fell…

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Motors Collide Three Women Injured Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

When two motor cars collided on the western road to-day, three women were injured. Mrs. Scholz, of Wentworthville…

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In Collision Sulky and Motor Lorry Man and Woman Injured Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

In a collision between a horse and sulky and a motor lorry on the Canterbury Road. Lakemba. this afternoon, Mrs. Patterson, of marrickville…

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The Transport Bill. Railway Commissioners Not to Control

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 3

The leader of the Opposition resumed the debate on the second rending of the Transport Bill in the Legislative Assembly on Friday. The Railway…

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Motor Conquers Desert. Feat of 6 h.p. Re[?]ult. PARIS

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 6

From Parts to Niamey, in Nigeria, in eight days, is the remarkable motoring exploit of Liout. [?], Hitherto It has always been supposed that…

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Railway Employee's Dea[?] Coronial Inquiry

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 6

An In[?] was conducted by District Coroner, Mr. C. A. A at the Orange Court, on Sat[?] morning, into the death of J…

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Motor Notes. a Cheap Observation Mirror

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 4

A cheap and [?] observation mirror, suitable for open or closed cars, can be made by fixing a small, convex mirror, [?]uch as is sold [?]…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Passenger Thrown Into Tree Fork. MELBOURNE

Leader · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Lester Begg[?], aged 27, of North Carlton, was killed and two other persons injured, when a [?] car crashed over an embankment at Aura, near…

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Death [?] Road. Orange Man Tells. How Motor Fatality Occurred

Orange Star · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 4

The Coroner at Katoomba, Mr. A. Judges, at. an inquiry concerning the death of John George Carson Hunter, 21, who was…

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