Sudden Death Train Ferry Employee
Yesterday morning the death took place under tragic circumstances of Mr. Herbert Williams, aged 46 years, who was employed as a deck-hand on the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
2,224 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 112
Radio News Radio on Train. Bedstead As Aerial
Interesting tests for radio reception on trains were made this month by Messrs. F. Basil Cooke and Russell Crane while travelling between Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Speedways Police Have No Control. Sydney
Mr. Lazzarini, Chief Secretary, to-night made reference to the fatal accident which occurred yesterday on Maroubra speedway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Timing Trains and Motor Cars
The following simple method of timing a train or a motor car is useful to know: Time the train over a quarter of a mile and divide the number of seconds into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Guard. Killed While Shunting. Sydney
Samuel Steele, a railway guard, was run down by an engine at the goods yard at Hurstviile early this morning while engaged in shunting operations. His body…
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On Saturday morning the police at Mullumbimby were notified of the illness of a man named Duncan McDonald, who was working near Brunswick Heads…
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The derailment of a goods train at Dingadee siding between Dungog and Stroud Road on Thursday night was responsible for a blockage of the up and down mail…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Motorists to Receive Benefits of Bulk Delivery of Motor Spirit
A few months ago the motoring public all over the country was very much interested in the announcement by the Vacuum Oil Company Pty. Ltd., that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Fares Penny Sections Unlikely. Sydney
It is understood that the report of the Railway Commissioners on the proposal to revert to penny sections on the trams is against such an innovation, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident Smash at Nambour One Man Injured. Nambour (Q.)
A railway accident occurred at Nambour shortly after 2 o'clock this morning. A goods train was standing on a loop line, and the guard's van and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist Killed. Melbourne
Patrick William McDonald was killed when a motor car in which lie was travelling overturned near Casterton shortly after midnight. Charles Hornibrook, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Guard Assaulted. Sydney
William Henry, 54, tram conductor, was collecting fares on a Cook's River tram about midnight, when he had occasion to remove two men under the influence of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclists' Mishap
While coming into Armidale a motor cycling party came to grief near Wollomombi. The machine and side-car got out of control and fell over a steep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Quarrymen Scarce. Harbor Bridge Work Held Up. Sydney
Work on the North Shore bridge is held up owing to difficulty in getting suitable men to work in the quarries at Moruya,where granite is being taken. In…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Road Rail "Off-track" Towns South African Trials
A problem which has been constantly with railway managements from very early days is that of service to towns located o[?] the track of the main lines (says…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Main Roads Width In Municipalities Subsidy for Twenty Feet Board Members at Lismore. Lismore
Messrs. J. Garlick and H. H. Newell, members of the Main Roads Board, spent the week-end in the Richmond district. To-day they interviewed the Tintenbar,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ulong Resumption Jordan v. Railway Comm'rs. Land Valuation Court Full Text of Judgment
This was an action by Allan Albert Jordan, of Ulong, farmer, against the Railway Commissioners for New South Wales brought in the Land and Valuation…
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There is a part of the British Empire, not 100 miles from the south coast of England, where motor cars are practically unknown, and certainly not wanted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →44 Hour Week Trains And Trams Application Granted "Monday to Friday Inclusive." Sydney
The Arbitration Court was crowded to-day when application was made for the variation of the number of awards pursuant to the forty-four hour week Act…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Big Nile Bridge
A new steel railway bridge across the River Nile is to be built at Dessouk, in the Nile delta, about 20 miles from Alexandria. Having a total length of 2000 ft.,…
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