Tractors and Motor Cars
One of the greatest enemies of the modern motor car is vibration. The effect of vibration is to loosen the various parts of the mechanism and the immediate effect…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
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Motor Fatality
A shocking tragedy occurred at the foot of Mt. "Wilson, Katoomba, shortly after sunset on Sunday. A motor car driven by Mr. Le Vitus, of the…
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The Wangaratta Shire Council some time ago decided to invite tenders for quarrying and crushing 1000 cubic yards of metal, to be obtained from the new…
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Motor drivers who delight in flying through the streets at, excessive speeds should take warming from fines inflicted at the Police Court on Thursday, lest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lopping Trees On Roads
Asserting there was no grass for his stock anywhere, a Lockhart farmer, Mr. W. A. Cooper, asked the Mitchell Shire Council for permission to lop trees along…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Fatality in Bulli Pass SYDNEY
U. pearse was motoring down the Bulli Pass, with his wife and an eight-year-old child in a motor cycle and side car, when the brakes failed. All were thrown out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Strikes in America. Miners' President Sent to Gaol Vancouver, April 10
The railways of California and several other States are unable to handle the freight following on the Switchmen's strike. The trainmen's president Mr. Lee,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baby Left In Tram Tied Up in a Parcel. Sydney
A baby, about 24 hours old, was found in a tram at Circular Quay last night. The conductor informed the police that the baby, wag left by a young woman…
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The engine driver, the fireman and the guard of a goods train had a startling experience owing to on outbreak of firs amongst several trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stealing From Railway Carriage Man Heavily Fined
Before the P.M., Mr. S. J. Hamblin, at the Albury Police Court yesterday, John Alexander Willis, 25, a showman, was charged with stealing an overcoat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Railways "Outlaw" Strike Continues New York; April 20
The "Outlaw" Railwaymen's strike continues to occupy much attention throughout the United States. The situation is chaotic, as the men are returning to work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cost of Living. Added to by High Railway Fares. Sydney
Mr. Matthews, mayor of Kogarah, declared to the Basic Wage Commission to-day that the increases in railway fares ?were a blunder. The result of these…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Cottages at Wodonga
There exists a good deal of discontent amongst several tenants of the Victorian Railway cottages at Wodonga. This is especially the case "with some of those…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Railway Strike CHICAGO, April 12
The "Outlaw" strike is waning in the centra States, but it threatens to paralyse completely the passenger and freight service on the Atlantic seaboard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pictures From An Aeroplane
A series of remarkable photographs taken from the Vickers-Vimy aeroplane which was piloted from England to Australia by Capt. Sir Ross Smith, by capt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wahguhyah-springhurst Train
The unsatisfactory service which obtains on the small section of railway which separates Springhurst from Wahgunyah--a line which serves such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Train on Fire
The engine driver, the fireman and the guard of a goods train had a startling experience owing to an outbreak of fire amongst several trucks attached to their…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Sydney To Melbourne Flight Aeroplane Lands In Albury. an Interested Crowd
It is not very often that residents ol Albury have an opportunity of witnessing an aeroplane flight, but they were afforded such an opportunity yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspect At Mount Lofty. Wants to Board Melbourne Train. Adelaide
The actions of a young man who motored to Mount Lofty, South Australia, and purchased a ticket for Melbourne, aroused the suspicion of a constable, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council and Engineer. Enquiry at Culcairn Regarding Bridge Collapse. Commissioner Supports Council
At a meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council on Monday, the following report was received from Commissioner Grant regarding the enquiry held recently in…
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