A Train Derailed
Whilst the coal train from the St. Hellers Colliery, which is situated about three miles from Muswellbrook, was conveying a load to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1926
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Harbour Bridge. Work Proceeding Rapidly
The work of constructing the Sydney Harbour Bridge is proceeding so rapidly that it is expected that the first section of 238 feed will be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Roads Development. Victoria Accepts Federal Scheme
The Victorian Cabinet has decided to participate in the Commonwealth Government scheme for the development of roads…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Smash in Victoria Eleven Persons Injured
A train, smash occurred in Victoria on Wednesday night, when the 8 p.m. Warragul up train crashed into a shunting goods engine outside Drouin station at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Main Roads. Defence of the Board. Country Party View
A defence of the Main Roads Board against recent criticism was made yesterday by the leader of the State Country Party (Mr. Buttenshaw…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Shortage. Amditted by Railway Department. Sydney
The Railway Department admits that there is a shortage of goods waggons. In one instruction to the staff it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Belmont Railway. Extension to Marks' Point
Mr. E. A. Harris, managing director of the New Redhead Land and Coal Co., Ltd., who has returned after an extended tour of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drunken Motorists. Fines in New Zealand
Within the past fortnight five men have been fined at Auckland (N.Z.) for being under the influence of liquor while in charge of motor cars. The two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Constables Injured. Motor Smash Near Lithgow
Two police constables were injured when they were thrown from a motor car while rounding a bend in the roadway near Lithgow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Fatality. Broker Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney
At the Paddington Police Court to-day, David Shaw Anderson, 43, a broker, was charged with having slain ANnie Peirson, 82, a widow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Regulation Strike. Melbourne Trams Dislocated
Serious dislocation of traffic was caused by the regulation strike which was begun on Saturday on all the Melbourne tramsways excepts those…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Racing. Results at Newcastle
E. Buck was the dashing figure on Newcastle Speedway on Saturday evening, and he won on every occasion he started. He broke his own…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Notes. Prudent Purchasing
To buy wisely is half the battle, and the man or woman who is in the happy position of having finances enough to warrant the purchase of a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boy Killed. Five Persons Injured. Motor Car Overturns
A motor car containing Mr. and Mrs. Burchett, of Brighton, Barker-road, South Kensington, and their family, overturned on the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Victorian Railways. a Deficit Expected
In replying to a deputation which complained against certain freight rates, the Victorian Minister for Railways (Mr. Eggleston) said that as a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Taxation. Preference to British Goods
The State Cabinet has decided to introduce an amendment of the Motor Taxtaion Bill next session, to provide for preference to British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Head-on Collision. Railway Smash in Victoria
A head-on collision occurred at Droulin (Vic.) on the main Gippsland line, between a passenger train travelling from Warragul to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pedestrian Killed Charge Against Motor Driver By Telegraph.) Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day, Vincent Palsey, 27 years of age, a builder, was charged with having feloniously slain Bernard Joseph Hoare…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor Trade Enormous Expansion
During 1924-5 motor bodies, chassis, parts, tyres and petrol to the value of nearly £19,000,000 were imported into the Commonwealth, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motorist Burned. Car in Flames
Arthur Tucker, of Maivern, and Baden Astley, of Caulfield, Victoria, were burned neverely before they could escape from a car which burst…
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