In the Ruhr French Grip Tighter. Hostages on Railways
London, Wednesday.—A noteworthy; step towards the re-establishment' of railway traffic has been taken in- the assumption of control by the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1923
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Motoring From Sydney to Melbourne 13 Hours 47 Minutes
Now motor records between Melbourne and Sydney are now of daily occurrence. The record of 14 hours 28 minutes, put up by Mr Norman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Lorry Destroyed
A 24 h.p. Maxwell lorry, 1918 model, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday last, and the owner, Mr George Kohler, of William-street, had had a very narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Remarkable Escape. Motor Car Somersaults
A collision between two motor earn at the corner of Malvern and Blendon roads. Armadale (Vic.) resulted in a narrow escape of a…
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A serious accident occurred at Tarra, eight miles from Goulburn, on Sunday evening, as the result of which three persons were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Toll of the Motor. Elderly Man Critically Injured. Sydney
An elderly man was critically injured in Elizabeth-street this morning, when he was knocked down by a motor lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found on Railway Track Man's Fall From Train
On Friday the body of an elderly man was found beside the railway line, three miles north of Gloucester, having evidently fallen from a train. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tamworth Passenger Train Inconvenient Running
A letter has been received by the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce from the Commercial Travellers' Association regarding the refusal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sporting Notes. Missed the Train
Bruce Daniels was lucky to get the mount on Mimous in the Flying at Cessnock. Weller had bees engaged for some days to ride Mimous, but he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire Engineers Disagree Hall's Creek Bridge
The Muswellbrook Shire Council has intimated to the Merriwa Shire Council that their engineer (Mr. Morton) would be pleased to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mangled by Train MR. E. TAYLOR
Mr. E. Taylor who had been, until recently, manager of Terreel station, Wards River, was found dead on the railway line at Port Waratah,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pneumatic Plant for Road Work
Owing to the increasing use of concrete in road construction, considerable, attention has been given in Great Britain to the development of machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Road Purposes. Sum of £577,000
The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Fitzpatrick) in the course of a statement, said the State Government had allocated this year,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Snake in a Train Central, Sensation. Killed by Searcher
The Glen Innes mail arrived at the Central Railway Station at 9.50 a.m. on Saturday. From one compartment, six passengers—four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Latest Peculiar Train Smash. Soldiers Killed and Injured. (Reuter's Cables.) London, Sunday Night
A train conveying men belonging to a French engineer corps from Dalhausen to Weitmar was run into from behind by a string of five locomotives…
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Speaking at East Maitland, Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., said the action of the Government in having excess Sunday fares on trams removed little…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Losses. Reduction, of Sunday Fares
Despite, the fact that Sunday was just the sort of day that one would expect residents of the metorpolltan area to rush the tramsto get to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Letter. Motorists' Alarming' Experience Singleton
Mr. and Mrs. A. Dennett, of Muswellbrook, who were accompanied by a child, had an alarming experience while motoring to Singieton on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. Sabotage Suspected. London, Feb. 19
A message from Duesseldorf states that a Belgian troop train was derailed between Aix La. Chapelie and Duren. Several persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found Dead on Railway Body of Unknown Man
The body of an old man, about 60 years of age, was found on Thursday morning on the railway embankment about three miles north of…
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