Bridge at Raleigh
At its meeting at Urunga last Saturday the Raleigh District Council Of the P.P.U. unanimously carried a Utotion in favor of the erection of a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
2,104 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 106
Road Matters
The residents of Brooklana are hoping that the Shire Council will shortly make some move for the reconstruction of Kooralbyn-st, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tree on Railway Line. Dorrigo Train Blocked
The passenger train from Glenreagh to Dorrigo was held up between Briggsvale and Megan for 75 minutes on Wednesday owing to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sentenced Prisoner Who Jumped From Train. Cooma
At the Quarter Sessions, Roland Kimber, alias Jones, who had pleaded guilty to having attempted to break and enter premises at Queanbeyan, and also to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Body on Line Defence Inspector's Death Pell Off Express Train. Sydney
The body of Robert Dowling, inspector in the Defence Department, was found on the railway line between Wagga and Kapoola shortly after 3 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traffic on Dorrigo Railway
Returns the Dorrigo railway station disclose an increase in traffic last year in comparison with that of the previous year. Each month there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old Man Killed Two Motor Accidents. Sydney
Harry Danbury, 82, was killed and a child Raymond Smith aged 4. was seriously injured as a result of being run down by cars last night. The first accident…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Harassed Motorists. Objection to New Proposals the Windscreen Display. Sydney
It is believed that the proposal to compel motorists to display their registration certificates, including their names, will either be abandoned or modified in view…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Construction Commissioner's Plans for Saving. Sydney
The Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Fraser, has almost completed plans, which he considers, if agreed to by Cabinet, will save between £400,000 and £500,000 in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Industry Blamed for General Trade Depression. Adelaide
Discussing the general trading depression, Mr. C. Tolley, of G. and R. Wills, Limited, blamed the motor industry. He said about 90,000 cars were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Train Smash 17 KILLED; 31 Injured. Paris
The goods waggons of a road tramway broke loose near Thionville, and violently collided with a passenger tram at a level crossing. Seventeen persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Embezzlement More Than £5000 Involved Road Board Clerk Charged. Sydney
John Kenny, 47, clerk, was remanded to Perth from the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having stolen £52658, the property of the Melville…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Toll of the Motor. Wedding Guests' Fate Doctor Killed, Young Woman Injured. Melbourne
A message from Hamilton states that a motor car owned by Dr. Douglas, of Hamilton, was found in a damaged condition on the main road, about nine miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Licenses Protest Against Display Proposal. Sydney
At a meeting of the New South Wales section of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia a motion was unanimously carried expressing an emphatic protest against…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Standard Gauge Railways Warning to Victoria. Melbourne
The Federal Attorney-General, Mr. Latham, speaking at the Lord Mayor's luncheon, warned Victoria that unless the break of gauge between that State and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telescoped Two Empty Railway Carriages. Sydney
Two railway carriages, fortunately empty, were telescoped, and two other cars were seriously damaged, while being shunted on the main line at the…
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That plumbers are responsible for the failure to restore road surfaces to their original condition, is denied by a member of the N.R.M.A., who writes that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese Pirates Spanish Train Recalled Japanese Freighter Escapes Shanghat
Recalling the days of the Spanish Main buccaneers a 2000 ton steamer appeared off the China coast armed to the teeth and fully manned by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Fire Railway Station Destroyed. Sydney
A mysterious outbreak of fire completely destroyed the Colo Vale railway station on the main southern line, near Mittagong, late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Smashes Collision At Mosman North "Sydney Dentist's Death Boy Killed at Parramatta. Sydney
Edward A. Godfrey, dentist, of North Sydney, was killed when his motor car, after colliding with another car, somersaulted and crashed into an ornamental…
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