Motor Fatality. Soldier's Skull Fractured. Sydney
Owing to a taxi-cab, in which he was seated, colliding with a verandah post in Flinders-street this morning, Arthur Patrick Murray, soldier, who has been in camp…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
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Motor Tyre Insurance
Each year tyre users are more alive to the possibilities and benefits of tyre care. No where is the old saying, "A stitch in time saves nine." more fitting than in…
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The speed trial fixture recently held at Southport, Queensland, has created a very widespread interest among motorists throughout the whole of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Accident. Australian Pilot Fenton Injured. London
An aeroplane accident occurred at Malmesbury, Lieut. Parsons being killed, Lieut. Fenton, an Australian pilot, was badly injured, but is slightly improving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Corps. Age Limit Raised. Melbourne
The military authorities have decided to extend the age limit for enlistment in the Commonwealth Railway Corps from 45 to 50 years. This corps…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dorrigo Railway
We learn that the Norton Griffith bridge making plant, which left Coramba for Dorrigo recently, is bogged at Brooklana. It is the intention of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor [Correspondence is invited, but the opinions of correspondents are not necessarily endorsed by the Gazette.] Railway Works. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—In Mr. Briner's letter there are two points to which I desire to draw attention. He states the Chamber of Commerce had nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycling. the Grafton Club. Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Grafton District Motor Cycle Club was held in the club room on Friday night. There was a good attendance of members, and the…
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The 100 miles handicap motor cycle race at Lithgow last night, resulted: Skehan 1, Callender 2, Orchard 3. Time, 2hr. 28min. Most of the crack…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →England. War Railway Fares. London
A conference of representatives of local authorities, trade unions and cooperative societies will meet in London to -morrow to protest against the 50 per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia's New Railways. Enquiries in America. Pittsburg
Russia is seeking quotations for 800,000 tons of rails and trucks, and plans spending a million dollars on railways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dusty Roads
Mr. T. W. Walters, who states that he has had experience in roadmaking as a journeyman in Canada, gives some interesting information regarding road…
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We learn the Norton Griffiths bridge making plant, which left Coramba for Dorrigo recently, is bogged at Brooklana. It is the intention of the company to get the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Railways. Sydney
The Railway Commissioners' report for the past quarter discloses a decrease in revenue on the railways amounting to £117,000, while the tramway revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →King Alfonso. Narrow Escape on Railway. Madrid
An iron beam was found across the railway near Granada, just before the passage of the train conveying King Alfonso, but was removeed in time to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News of the World. Anarchism. Attempt to Wreck Train in Spain. Man Arrested. Madrid
The authorities have arrested a man named Buran, a native of Barcelona, in connection with the discovery of the attempt to wreck the Royal train. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Railway Routes. [?] Causee Famine
Petrograe advices state that the breakdown in the transport and the general dislocation of the railway services resulted in practical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Works. Close Down To-day. Unless All Tunnel Gangs Resume
It is little more than a few days since tools Were downed at No. 1 tunnel on the Red Hill; but since then events have matured rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Footballer Injured. Motor Lorry Accident. Sydney
While Archy Prentice, the well-known Rugby footballer, was driving a motor lorry at Summer Hill, the vehicle overturned. Prentice's right leg was pinned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Problem for Germany. Where Will France Strike? Railway, Guns, Ammunition and Men. London
"Times" correspondent, Tuesday: The Germans are face to face with a most difficult problem on the French front. The enemy saw the preparations for…
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