Motor-glider Flight. £1000 Prize Offered. London, April 8
The Paris newspaper "Le Matin" offers a prize of 25,000 francs (at par £1000) to the first airman crossing and recrossing the Channel,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1923
2,882 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 145
Crushed Badly. Mishap to Overland Motorists
A telegram has been received in Adelaide concerning F. Burton and L. Fradley, the overlanding motorists, who are attempting to make a new…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Driven Scarifier
Information has been published recently of various types of motor-driven road roller produced in Great Britain. There has been some difficulty in fitting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A New Motor Fuel
Many interests have been activelY at work for some years in Great Britain on the attempt to discover a motor fuel which would be essentially…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Men in Court Alleged Ticket Frauds
Ernest Grant, 22, Bede King, 46, Frederick Clarke 24, were charged at Sydney Central Criminal Court on Monday with having conspired to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Strike in Melbourne Electric Services Held Up
A strike of the whole of the members of No. 2 Branch of the Australian Tramway Employees' Assoeiation on Thursday led to a complete stoppage of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stolen Motor Car Three Persons Charged
Patrick Bourke, Perey Henry Beakhall and Mary Ethel Beakhall, were charged at the Central Court, Sydney, on Thursday, with having stolen a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Collision. Fireman Killed and Passen-ger Injured. Line Blocked with Debris
As a result of a collision between two goods train at Bouroola Siding, near Cootamundra, on Saturday, a fireman was killed and a passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Trams. Men Still on Strike
Negotiations at the week-end failed to bring about a settlement of the electric train stoppage in Melbourne. The men still refuse to return to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Institute
When the West Maitland branch of the Railway and Traceway Institute was launched last year keen interest was aroused amongst railway employees…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Smashed. Over Embankment. Driver's Startling Experience. Sydney
Louis Goldberg had a starting experience early this morning when a motor car which he was driving went over an embankment on the Willonghbyctorily.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Bridge
In connection with the request to the Minister for Works (Mr K. T. Ball) to inspect tlio railway bridge at Singleton (now closed to public traffic),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train a Minute. Sydney Station's Record
During the progress of a deputation at Canowindra, Mr. Fraser, Chief Commissioner for Railways: gave some interesting facts regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To London by Train. Fortnight's Journey
Lloyd's "Sunday News" features an article by Lord Strathspey advocating a plan for travelling from London to Australia in less than a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Fatality Three Persons Killed. (Reuter's Cables.) London, Sunday Night
A Berlin correspondent states that aa aeroplane, making a trial flight in preparation to inaugurate the LondonBerlin service, crashed. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Strike. Melbourne Trouble Likely to Extend
The Melbourne Tramway Board on Monday afternoon carried a resolution relative to the strike as follows:- "Provided the employees resume…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed on Railway
An unknown man of 50 years of age was run down by a train between Teengabbie and Even Hills between Teengabbie and Even Hills late last night. The man was killed and his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Tram Strike
The strike of electric tramway men in Melbourne continues. Negotiations are still proceeding, but so far both sides appear adamant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Sensation Driver's Narrow Escape. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Louis Goldberg had a startling experience early this morning, when a motor car which he was driving wont over an embankment on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crossing Disaster. Train Smashes Into Cart
Donaid M'Clure and Henry Albert Power were driving a cart over a level crosing at Carlisle Railway Station, Vicoria Park (W.A.). about…
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