Railway Additions
Owing to the increasing traffic on the North Coast line between Gloucester and Macksville, enlargements have become necessary to facilitate the handling of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1921
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A Frightful Holocaust. Benzine Train Catches Fire Sixty-eight Victims. London
A message from Helsingfors states that a train carrying a quantity of benzine between Luga and Novgorod caught fire and exploded. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial. Railway Firemen. Ultimatum to Government. Wellington
The Wellington (New-Zealand) branch of the locomotive men have issued an ultimatum to the Government that owing to the inferior quality of the coal supplied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North-south Railway. Melbourne
The Minister for Home and Territories objects to the proposed north-south railway following the route largely through Queensland. The country which would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Senator Guthrie Injured. Knocked Down by a Tram. Melbourne
Senator Robert Storrie Guthrie, a representative in the Senate for South Australia, met with a serious accident at the corner of Collins and Swanston streets. Crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUEENSLAND The Immigration Question. Economy on the Railways. End of Burketown Peter. Brisbane
It was reported to-day that the Federal Government was prepared, with certain satisfactory guarantees, to advance up to £20,000 on the Queensland pineapple crop,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton District Motor Club
There was a large attendance at the meeting held at the Town Hall last night, when a good deal of business in connection with the forthcoming carnival was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Van and Tram Collide. Two Passengers Injured. Sydney
A runaway horse in a furniture van, descending a hill in Arthur street, North Sydney, to-day, collided with the rear ear of a tram coining up the hill. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Club Meeting. Arranging for the Big Day
A meeting of the Grafton District Motor Club was held at the Town Hall last night Dr. A. C. McArthur presiding over a large attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nearly Manslaughter. Motor Cyclist Cautioned
The Goulburn city coroner returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest concerning Mrs. Errol, Blackett, the victim of the motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The North-south Railway. Who Should Build It? Melbourne
Mr. Poynton, Minister for Home and Territories, strongly opposes the suggestion that the North-South railway line should be built at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coming of the Motor Truck. Alternative to Railways. Better Outlook for Country Districts. Value to Farmers
On our immense continent the thin lines of our railway tracks are as faint as the alleged markings on Mars. Our railways radiate out into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →QUEENSLAND. Good Sugar Prospects. Main Roads Board. Reorganisation of State Stations. Brisbane
The Minister for State Enterprises, Mr. [?]ith, said to-day that he had received [?]wing reports of the prospective sugar[?]d. It was confidently predicted that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Senator Guthrie Dead. Result of Tram Accident. Melbourne
Senator Guthrie, who was knocked down by a tram in Melbourne last night, died early this morning. The deceased was known as "Sailor Bob," having travelled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Railway Crossing. Melbourne
John Hawke evidently did not [?]ear the whistle of a goods train at the railway crossing at Dandenong, Victoria, last night for he drove a three-horse team on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CASUALTIES. Motor Engine Capsizes. Two of the Firemen Killed. Four Others Injured. Auckland
While dashing to a fire at a speed of forty miles an hour at Hamilton, New Zealand, the motor engine capsized, and two firemen, Herbert Graham and George…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Senator Guthrie. Death in Melbourne. Result of Tram Accident. Melbourne
Senator Guthrie, who was injured in a tram accident at Melbourne last night died this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Railway Service. Daily Train to Casino. Again Refused. the Commissioners' Statement
At the last meeting of the Central Executive of the Primary Producers' Union a resolution was carried that the Railway Commissioners be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Train. Sydney
A tram from Newcastle, drawn by two "ngin[?] was running between Macdonald town and Redfern. It was crossing from the fast line to the slow when the tender…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Prisoner Jumps From a Train. Perth
While Constable Junes was escorting two prisoners from the police station to the West Perth railway station en route to Fremantle gaol, Richard Snell jumped on…
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