North Coast Mail Train
Dissatisfaction has been expressed at the frequent late arrival of the North Coast mail train from Sydney, which was late every day last week but…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
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Motor Tax Yields £13,313,334
Official returns show that the motor tax in England for the year ended November 30th, 1923, yielded £13,313,334. Over one million licenses have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Official Correspondence Bulga Road Making
Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Department of Lands:—Re Bulga Lands: Complaints re…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The North Shore Bridge. Sydney
It is now stated the Cabinet is not likely to make a definite choice regarding the Sydney Harbor bridge tenders to-day. The choice is said to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Redeeming War Gratuity Bonds. Head on Crash Tragic Motor Accident at Lidcombe. One Killed—ten Injured
The Prospectus for the conversion and renewal loan of [?]000,000 required in order to [?] War Gratuity Bonds, was issued [?] week. The A happy family outing was turned into a tragedy when two motor cars collided in Parramatta-road between Lidcombe and the Abattoirs on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Smash. Sydney
Two carriages on an empty train jumped the rails just near Sydenham station at eight this morning. Crashing together they lurched over in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Mail Bag
On and after 22nd February a sectional posting and sorting mail bag will be introduced upon the trains between Kempsey and South Grafton,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kinchela Bridge Tenders
In the Government Gazette of February 15th there appears a notification calling for fresh tenders for the construction of a timber truss bridge over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Shore Bridge. Sydney
A prominent Minister to-day tacitly admitted that the Government intends to build an arch and not a cantilever bridge across the harbor. The decision…
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Most Ministers have now read Mr. Ball's report on the bridge tenders. The general impression is that a decision will certainly be made on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Important Development Scheme Road Construction & Land Settlement. People of Head of Wallamba Seek a New Outlet. Visit of Mr. R. S. VINCENT, M.L.A.
FORCED to haul their produce over 30 miles of road to a railway station, which is in the opposite direction of their distributing markets, when by the construction of seven miles of road the railway can be reached in 16 to 18…
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On Saturday morning near Lidcombe Dodge and Ford ears collided head on. Barbara Cox (10) was scalded, crushed and killed. Ten others were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Elliotts' Motors, Limited. Three Officials Arrested. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day William Cyril Elliott (55), James Ferguson (32) and Harold Aubrey Elliott (30) were remanded till March 7th on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Roads Grant. Allocating the Money
WHILE the State has to pay a £ for £ subsidy on the Federal Roads Grant, Melbourne authorities who have no direct association with State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Motor Smash. Two Killed, 14 INJURED
A MOTOR char-a-banc overturned in Dandenog Road, near Croydon, Victoria, late on Saturday afternoon. Two persons were killed and 14…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tenders for Road Work
Tenders Will be received by the Shire Clerk, West Kempsey, up till noon on Saturday, March 8th, for works on the Kempsey to Macksville roads, on the…
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Mr. Roy S. Vincent, M.L.A., writes: "Upon inquiry at the Works Department I have been informed that the first contract entered into for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Roads Vote. Country First Departmental Decision
Willoughby and Lane Cove Councils, in response to the circular letter, sought Government assistance in the reconstructing of Land Cove Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Bike Accident on Armidale Road
SAYS the "Macleay Chronicle": On Sanday last Mr. and Mrs. Chant and two children were travelling on a motor cycle with side-ear attached, and, when seven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bridge to Be
The Nationalist Government has satisfactorily negotiated the last hurdle in the race for the Sydney bridge. The lender they have accepted ensures that all but about 8 per cent. of the material required will be made in our own State by Australian workmen…
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