Victorian Main Roads Grant
It was announced that the amount of money to be allocated by the Victorian Country Roads Board during the coming financial year is £500,000…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
676 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 34
The State Assembly. The Main Roads Bill. Introduced and Provisions Explained
The Assembly spent till 10 o'clock last night debating the first reading of a bill to provide for a referendum on the Greater Newcastle scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Waste
Particulars of waste in the Railway Engineering Department were given to the Royal Commission on the Railways by Mr. H. V. Thorby, M.L.A. In 1911…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Border Railways Lines to Corowa and Yarrawonga
It is now nine years since Riverina people word informed that coal had been discovered at Coorabin, about five miles north-east of Oaklands. Owing…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Chevrolet Motor Car. 24-Hour Record Broken
A standard model Chevrolet motor car, fitted with speedster body, broke all Australian records from 10 to 24 hours, and from 500 to 1063 miles, on…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Trans-australian Motor Race
The proposal to hold a motor race across Australia, from Darwin to Adelaide has been advanced an important stage. Mr. C. B. Kellow, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Motor Trains for Fast Country Work
Motor trains have come to stay. The motor train now plying between Narandera and Toeumwal has given great satisfaction." The Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Where Water Helps the Car. Parts it plays in the Cooling. System, Battery, and "Mixture."
Perhaps the largest part played by water in the average car is the cooling. This does not mean that water cools the engine, for it does not. If is merely…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →New Motor Lights Regulation
A vigorous protest against the introduction of a new traffic regulation regarding side lights on motor vehicles was made to Mr. Oakes (Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railways' Queer Cargoes
Railways are constantly engaged in carrying tremendous loads _ of all kinds. Some of these are not only remarkably heavy, but very awkward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Trains
In reply to Mr. M. Gosling, the Minister for Works and Railways, Mr. R. T. Ball, said on Tuesday that It was not a fact that the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Border Railway Areas
Under the Border Railway Agreement Act the responsibility will devolve upon the N.S.W. Ministry of setting the land adjacent to the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coping with Unemployment. Clearing Roads in Carrathool Shire. One Hundred and Fifty Men to be Utilised. Government's Arrangements with the Shire Council
The Council of the Shire of Carrathool met on Friday, there toeing present:—Crs. Varcoe (president), Gullifer, Scott and Mills…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Excursion
Attention is drawn to a railway excursion on 4th. September from Kooloonong and intermediate stations to Woorinen to Melbourne, published…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.S.W. Railways. Awful Political Interference. Motor Roads As Felders
The President of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, Sir Mark Sheblon, was called to give evidence in public before the Royal Commission which is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ROADS v. RAILS
The Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales is about to take further action regarding motor car transit in place of non-paying railways. The…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Transporting a Bridge
When the suspension bridge which spans the Avon gorge was removed from its old job of spanning the Thames, it was taken to pieces and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corowa-Culcairn Railway. Night Train Not Favored
When recently in Corowa a deputation waited upon the Hon. R. T. Ball, Minister, for Works and Railways, who urged the running of a night train two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Light Aeroplane Clubs. London, August 8
It is announced that the Air Council has decided to encourage the formation of light aeroplane clubs throughout the country by assisting financially for…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Main Roads Bill. Explanation by the Minister
An Ambitious Measure. The Main Roads Bill was fully explained by Mr. Fitzpatrick on the second reading debate in the Assembly…
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