Aerial Doings General Happenings New British Aeroplane Develops Amazing Speed (Special to "The Miner") London, January 24
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 1
It appears that the British Air Ministry has perfected a new aeroplane which is literally a flying rocket. It is understood that in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Motoring Record Sydney
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3
H. C. Beath, of Albury, established a fresh Sydney to Melbourne motor car record yesterday. Driving a Chrysler car he completed the journey…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trams in Collision Three Persons Injured
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3
Three tramway employees were injured when two electric trams collided head on near Crawley yesterday. The injured were:-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hillston-roto Railway Public Works Committee to Inspect the Route Sydney
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 1
Members of the Public Works Committee left Sydney to-day to inspect the route of the proposed rail connecting Hillston to Roto[?]on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision of Motor Cars
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 1
Yesterday afternoon a collision occurred in Argent-street between a motor car driven by Mr. W. Schmidt and another driven by Mr. L…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Motoring Accident Sydney
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3
Kathleen Byrne (16) was last night a passenger on a motor cycle driven by Ernest William Cornwall. When passing Warwick Farm racecourse the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Stolen
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 2
Mrs. J. L. White, of 181 Thomasstreet, left a Fiat motor car belonging to her husband standing opposite the Freemasons' Hotel last night while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash Six Passengers Killed at Suburb of Capetown (A.p.a. Message.) Capetown, January 25
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3
The engine of a passenger train jumped the rails at Fishhook, a small marine suburb near Capetown. Two third-class coaches, the occupants of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Apparent Cause Say Railway Officials an Inquiry Promised Capetown, January 25
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3
While railway officials declare that there is no apparent cause for the accident, a German engineer attributes it to improperly fastened fishplates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Conference Abolition Is Favored of All Speed Limits Hobart
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3
The conference of the Commonwealth Association of Automobile Organisations sitting at Hobart passed a resolution favoring the abolition of speed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cur on Fire Dog Warns Traveller
Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 3
Mr. Donald M'Donald, traveller for Brocfcoff and Co., of West Melbourne, set out from Geelong on Monday afternoon in a double-seater motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parachutist's Descent From Aeroplane in Sydney Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4
Lieutenant Quiller, the well-known parachutist, made a successful descent from an aeroplane flying at a height of 400 feet in the Sydney Domain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Train Derailed Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4
When a train from Maitland to Newcastle became derailed at Sandgate, near Newcastle, yesterday, many passengers nad a narrow escape. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Train Wrecking Attempt Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1
An attempt was made to wreck a motor train between Young and Harden last night. The police are making inquiries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stolen Car Recovered Found Badly Damaged on the Cockburn-road
Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1
The motor car which was stolen from the front of the Freemasons' Hotel on Wednesday night last was found at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial Trouble on Road Job Over Man's Dismissal Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4
A serious position has developed as a result of the refusal of 280 men formerly employed on main roads work at Wiseman's Ferry to resume…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speed Motorist Killed Brisbane
Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4
Edgar Hanlin was killed while driving a powerful motor car at the Beacon speedway yesterday. His car apparently shed a tyre and crashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway to Sydney 96 Passengers To-day
Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1
The express from Sydney this morning brought 98 passengers, made up as follows: From Sydney, 45 first and 18 second-class: from Ryde, one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Persons Injured in Motoring, Smash Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1
Six persons were injured when a motor car overturned after striking a telegraph pole near Cronulla late last night. Cornelius Langsery (46)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria Motor Cars Collide Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1
Two motor cars met in a terrific head on collision at Traralgon late on Wednesday night and three persons were injured. So tightly locked were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →