Motor Accidents Safety First Rules Ignored. Sydney
A police traffic bulletin issued to-day, referring to the number of holiday accidents, deplores the fact that safety first rules have been ignored…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1927
2,147 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 108
The Railway Workers' Plight
The unfortunate position which has arisen owing to the cessation of reconstruction work on the Kyogle-Casino-Grafton section of the North Coast line has led to some stringent comments. It is most regrettable that some hundreds of railway workers have been thrown out of employment at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Curing Dazzle by Colored Roads
Road engineers have discovered that it is possible to mix color tints with the texture of the new hard pavement surfaces. Red concrete roads have made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old Man's Death Run Over by Train. Sydney
William Kelly, aged 60 years, an inmate of the Old Men's Home was found lying face downward on the railway line at Darling Harbor early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Years Job Bridge Over Murray Preliminary Work Commenced. Melbourne
The Murray Waters Commission has announced that it has commenced preliminary work in connection with the building of the bride over the Murray,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Notes Graphite for Gaskets
The removal of two mechanical parts which are joined by a gasket always entails some risk of tearing the latter, and so rendering it unserviceable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grafton Killarney Railway "Important Interstate Project."
A correspondent, signing himself "Cardo," writes from Warwick (Qld.) as follows:-- "That important link that is to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Vic, Railway Instructions Trains Must Stop. Melbourne
The Victorian Railway Commissioner have issued instructions to the train crews to stop their trains in future when they can assist in fighting outbreaks of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manchuria a Soviet Scare Railway Official Shot. Tokio
A Harbin, Manchuria, despatch says that Yangcho, auditor of the Chinese Eastern Railway Company, was arrested and summarily shot by Chinese soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Christmas Bonuses Railway Service Discontent. Sydney
It is reported in union circles in Sydney that sections of the railways service are dissatisfied with the alleged discrimination of the Department in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Leichhardt Knocked Down by Motor Car Sydney
William Valentine Paley was knocked down by a motor car at Leichhardt late last night. He sustained a compound fracture of the skull and fracture of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Factory to Be Established in Australia. London
Four '' Moth'' aeroplanes and pilots, including the well-known airmen Barnard and Major de Haliland, will act as an escort on the liner Otranto which is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jumped From Train Girl's Legs Almost Severed. Sydney
While attempting to alight from a moving train at Pendle Hill railway station Lilian Battie, aged 14, fell beneath the train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TRANSPORT Federal Scheme National Roads. £35,000,000 IN 10 YEARS
''The importance of transport, to modern industry cannot be over emphasised,'' said Dr. Earle Page, Acting Prime Minister, in a speech at the Constitutional…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Racing Motorists Injured Wagga
While riding at Wagga Speedway last night, two well-known Sydney riders Jack and Mick Fitzgerald, were involved in a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eagle Attacks Motor. Paris
A Royal eagle, six feet from tip to tip of wings, swept down and attacked an automobile which was being driven along a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armed Robbers Attempt to Hold Up Motorist. Sydney
Two masked men attempted to held up William Monteith near Kurri Kurri. Monteith was driving a car when the men jumped from the side of the road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall From Train Little Girl's Narrow Escape
As the Sydney mail train was travelling to Casino near Amarina station on Saturday afternoon, a little girl named Khrae was leaning out of the carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'College on Wheels' Better Farming Train Premier's Announcement New Use for Great White Train Sydney
The Premier, Mr. Lang, has decided to use the Great White Train as a travelling, instructional institution in the interests of primary producers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Huge Bearings for Sydney Harbor Bridge. London
A special train travelling on a two lines track, transported from Darlington to Middleborough Docks, two of the biggest bearings known to engineers. Each was…
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