Motor Cycling. New 500-Mile Record. London, Monday night
The world's motor cycling record for 500 miles was beaten at Brooklands to-day by Holroyd, who covered the course in 9 hours 55 minutes 18 1-5…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
1,694 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 85
Plate-ways for Motor Traffic
At the recent annual meeting of the British Science Guild, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu made an interesting suggestion regarding new roads for fast motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Electric Breakdown Melbourne Trams and Lighting. Services Partly Restored. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne
The whole of the suburban electric tram system and lighting came to a sudden stop in Melbourne last night owing to a mishap at the power house the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Anarchists Dynamite in Tram Station. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) New York, Thursday Night
A lighted dynamite stick was found in the Brooklyn tramway station. It is believed that it was set by striking workers. The stick was not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Commission Terms Approved
The State Cabinet on Wednesday approved of the following terms of the Royal Commission to be issued to Mr justice Edmunds to inquire into the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Reversing Gear for Motor Boats
An ingenious magnetic reversing gear for motor boats has been introduced by a leading firm of engineers. The shaft carries a magnet which, when excited,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Manly Resident Shot Unpleasantness on a Train
On arrival at the Wynnum station (Q.), on Saturday night, of the late train from Brisbane, a man, immediately on alighting, from the train, fired…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Not Profiteers. Disclaimer by Railway Commissioner. Cheap Transport
At the annual dinner of the Railway and Tramway Officers' Association in Sydney, Mr. J. Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner, declared that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railways. Employees to Be Represented. If Fourth Appointment Is Made
Spanking at the Railway and Tramway Officers Association dinner on Saturday night. Mr. Estell Minister for Railways, stated that if a fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ashtonfields Mines. Railway Bill
On the second reading debate of the Ashtonfields Coalmines Railway Ball in the Legislative Assembly on the 14th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Smash. Man Killed at Marrickville
As a result of a motor smash at Marrickville, on Saturday afternoon Alexander Elmslie, an engine-room artificer on H.M.A.S. Brisbane, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Officer Promoted
Mr. R. E. Evans, who has been traffic inspector on the Newcastle to Singleton section of the State railways for the past ten years, has been promoted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Organisation. Object of New Union
The conference in Melbourne of railway unions, the object of which was the establishment of the Australian Railway Union, has ended. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. Engine and Tender Part. Driver and Fireman Killed
Driver Louis Herman and Fireman A. Taylor, both of the Goulburn locomotive depot, were killed between Binalong and Galong shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Aeroplane Flight
London, Saturday.—The pilot and four, passengers, of whom three were women, were killed through an aeroplane nosediving and crashing at Hayes,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Main Roads. Government's Policy. Minister Explains
Mr Mutch, Minister for Local Government, was waited upon by a deputation, the majority of which wanted the representation of municipal and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident. Driver and Fireman Killed
A railway accident occurred between Binalong and Galong on Saturday night, and Driver Louis Herman and Fireman A. Taylor, both of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. Engine and Tender Part
An official report has bene prepared by the Railway Department regarding the accident which occurred on Saturday night between Binalong and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Robberies. Big Hauls in France. London, September 27
A Paris message recounts how the railway detectives have at length unearthed a vast organisation of thieves, who had long specialised in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality
On Saturday night the engine of a goods train, when between Binalong had Galong, left the tender. The driver, Louis Herman, and the…
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