Three Hurt Motor Lorry. Bolts Brakes Gave Way. Sydney
The brakes on an unattended motor lorry gave way in Hunter street to-day, and the vehicle careered down the steep street, and, mounting the footpath,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
1,966 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 99
Roads Compared. Queensland and New South Wales
Why is it that so many Queensland cars are seen touring in the north of New South Wales at holiday time and so few N.S.W. cars in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General Scaling the Train
At Casino Police Court on Tuesday Malcolm Olive was proceeded against by S. M. Langford (District Inspector of Railways) on a charge of having failed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coffs Harbour Show. Special Railway Concessions
The railway department has agreed to issue concession tickets to visitors to Coffs Harbour Show, which is to be held on Friday and Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Injured Rail Motor Derailed Woman's Leg Amputated. Melbourne
Travelling rapidly on the Geelong line, about 12 miles from Melbourne, a large rail motor from Geelong, carrying passengers, became derailed last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter to the Editor Dorrigo-guyra Railway
Sir,—Every Tom, Dick and Harry now possessing his motor car, we are suffering from an excess of road propaganda. We are told that the day of railway transit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alcohol As Motor Fuel
According to British trade reports a trial for motor vehicles run on fuels other than gasoline and benzol has been organised for next spring by the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Uniform Railway Gauge
Three years ago a Victorian Government vigorously opposed the proposal to convert all the trunk railways to the uniform standard gauge. The present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaol---no Bail Motorists In Spain Dictator Issues Decree Effect Has Been Magical. Madrid
A stroke of De Rivera's pen made Spain a pedestrians' paradise, a decrees enforcing the immediate arrest of any motorist knocking down a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roads V Railways Competition Problem Mr. Bavin at Motor Show. Sydney
Speaking at the opening of the Motor Show to-day, the Premier, Mr. Bavin, said no matter what the railway station might be, the more mobile motor vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rail Motor Smash Cars Withdrawn From Service. Melbourne
A sensational development has occurred in connection with the inquiry into the rail motor accident at Newport on Wednesday night, when the rail motor from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Systems Break of Gauge Question. Melbourne
The Minister for Railways, Mr. Groves, stated to-day that he intended to move for the immediate appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the break of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harwood Shire Council Meeting Palmer's Island Bridge Road Proposal for Bitumen Construction
The monthly meeting of Harwood Shire Council was held at the Shire Hall, Maclean, on Thursday, there being present: Crs. A. McKinnon (president), N. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Walked From Train in Sleep
While the Townsville mail train was travelling at high speed between Isis Junction and Bundaberg at midnight on Monday a passenger, Cecil Tilse, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RESUMPTIONS Maclean-Harwood Road Suggested Compromise Matter Before Shire Council
The matter of the land resumptions for the State highway on the sections from Maclean to Harwood ferry was discussed at the Harwood Shire Council meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Through Dead End Engine and Four Trucks Train Crew Injured Newcastle
A goods train proceeding from Newcastle to Sydney, ran into a siding, crashed through the dead end and went over an embankment at Ourimbah early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trams and Buses Functions of Transport Board. Sydney
The functions and powers of the Transport Board to control the tramways and bus services have been fully formulated. Broadly, it is intended the board, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Dies Was Injured in Motor Smash. Sydney
When two motor cars collided at Iron Cove bridge, Balmain, last night two men were critically injured, and one, James Alfred Reddett, 68, of Pyrmont, died in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Economic Folly" £25,000,000 for Foreign-made Motor Vehicles. Sydney
Mr. Theodore, M.H.R., speaking at the Automotive Manufacturing Association dinner, said it was nothing short of economic folly to send out of the country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rail Motor Accident. Melbourne
An interim report by the official board of inquiry states definitely that the cause of the derailment of the Geelong-Melbourne rail motor was a defect in the…
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