Horse and Motor Bike Collide
A sensational collision between a saddle horse and a motor bicycle took place about 2.45 p.m. on Tuesday in Johnstreet, near Argyle-street. Two young…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1919
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British Railwaymen Further Demands
London, Monday.—The railway wage question has again assumed a threatening aspect. A special delegate conference of the National Union of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pension Rights. Position of Railway and Tramway Men
The ruling of the Crown Senator that the members of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association who went on strike in 1917 have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor - Truck Industry
Ten years ago the number of motor trucks in use was but 4,000. To-day there are between 400,000 and 500,000. If the number of motor trucks increases in the next ten…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Bus Accidents
Quite a number of motor accidents have occurred lately. On Monday afternoon an elderly man, named Hunter attempted to alight from a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane over Maitland
Shortly before two o'clock this afternoon the distant droning of a motor engine was heard away to the west of the town. On the heights at Campbell's Hill, the noise was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improved Aeroplane. Difficulties Solved. London, November 10
The "Daily Mail's" Paris correspondent reports that the French Government has bought the patent rights of a remarkable wingless twin engined aeroplane, designed by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster. a Faulty Engine. London, November 5
Reuter's correspondent at Paris reports that the latest estimates of casualties in the collision between the Geneva train and the Simplon experss show that 60 were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Transport. Coming Changes. London, November 6
Sir Eric Geddes, Minister for Transport, speaking at a dinner of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, stated that a new era of transportation was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Industry. Remarkable Boom
A show in London is calling attention to a remarkable boom in the motor industry, despite high prices. For instance there are orders for 1750 Napier chassis and 1578…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality. the Inquest
The adjourned inquest regarding the death of a woman known as Margaret Francis, or Mannix, or Harrison, who was fatally injured at East Maitland on October 31, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Lorry Overturns. Constable Killed
As the result of a motor lorry overturning last week, a police constable was killed and another received serious injuries. Shortly before five o'clock First-class…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lower Hunter. Railway to Hexham Advocated
Mr. A. J. O'Brien, secretory of the Miller's Forest Progress Association, writes an follows:—The farmers of the valley of the Lower Hunter River have experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Railway Time Table
Particulars of the summer railway timetables, which will operate from Sunday, November 30, have been made available. Considerable improvements will be made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor in Lagoon a Man Drowned. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne
While a motor car was travelling at a high rate of speed it went over the parapet into the Port Melbourne Lagoon last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trapping Motor Car Thieves. An Ingenious Device
Mr C. S. Price, an English naval engineer, and a motor car driver of 20 years' experience, has invented an ingenious contrivance, with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Bridge Evening
The ladies social committee of the Soldiers' Club, will held a war bridge evening in St. Paul's Parish Hall this (Tuesday) evening at 8 o'clock. Tickets are 1/6 each…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German State Railways. Proposed Sale to U.S. LONDON, November 13
Reuter's correspondent at Copennagen states that the German press is discussing with animation the proposal to sell the state railways to America…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil-driven Liners. 20 Motor-vessels for a British Company
The increasing cost and decreased production of coal have given an impetus to the [?] of oil fuel. "Big Atlantic lines are now working out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car
Mr. S. Potter, Belmore road, Lorn, announces by advertisement in this issue that he has purchased an up-to-date motor car for hire. All messages will be promptly…
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