Drunkest Motorist Pushed £25
To answer a charge of having been drunk while driving a motor car, Jordan Peterson, stock and station agent, appeared at the Melbourne Court. Mr…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
676 stories in Murray's papers · page 31 of 34
Motors Some Useful Information Regarding Them. Good Brakes, Safety, and Traffic Congestion
Next to the power plant the braking equipment is the most important part of car mechanism. It deserves much more attention than that usually…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →The Railways. Graziers' Requests
In effect the replies of the Railway Commissioners to a series of requests arising out of the annual conference of the Graziers.' Association for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Management. the New Board. Bill to Be Introduced
The new Railway Bill will be submitted to Parliament after the Loan Estimates have been disposed of next week. And immediately afterwards the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Railway Fares
At the Country Press Conference Mr. J. J. Sullivan, of Cowra, protested against the policy of the Railway Commissioners in charging increased…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor and Jinker Collide
On Friday night last week, Mr. Harold Priest, of North Deniliquin, was seriously injured when a car in which he was riding came in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. Tragic Motor Cycle Accident Melbourne
A tragic motor fatality took place at North Carl ton on Friday night, in which Mrs. Maria Bonollo, 23, and her three years old child were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Traffic on Country Roads
At the last meeting of the Violetown Shire Council, a letter was received from the Municipal Association, asking council's support to the proposal to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grasshoppers Stop Train
Grasshoppers are swarming in every direction in the [?]eadville (N.S.W.) district, and are rapidly consuming grass and herbage. They are attacking the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Accident on Western Line. Train Derailed Near Penrith
A railway smash occurred at Kingswood, near Penrith, late last night, when a goods train left the line and ploughed up the permanent way for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Tram Accident. Brisbane
J. Carlos, an elderly tram employee, last night fell in front of a tram and was killed instantly. His body was mutilated beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Weighbridge Charges
Mr. Kilpatrick in the Legislative Assembly asked the Minister for Railways if it was a fact that during the last wheat season certain charges were made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ford Motor Company. Establishment in Australia
Mr. Wallace Campbell, vice-president of the Ford Motor Company Limited, Canada, announced at Windsor (Ontario) plans for the establishment of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams. Tragedy on Train Track. Sydney, Monday Night
When the mail train arrived at Dubbo, on Saturday, human hair and blood was found on one of the buffers A search was made along the line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damages Against Railway Department
The Victorian Government Railway Department struck trouble soon after the Deniliquin-Moama railway line was taken over, through John Leethem, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crash Through a Bridge
A motor car crashed through a wood on bridge at Dumbleton, near Hurstville, on Saturday, and fell eight feet into a creek. There was a family of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Express Train's Narrow Escape
The first division of the Brisbane-Sydney express had a narrow escape from disaster yesterday. The locality was not disclosed. A culvert has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breaches of Motor Traffic Act
Several cases for breaches of the Motor Traffic Act came before Mr F. D. Sutherland, P.M., at the Petty Sessions Court on Wednesday, the following being dealt with:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Tram Accident. Collision at Kogarah. SYDNEY, Friday Afternoon
Five persons were injured, two seriously, in a collision between a steam tram and a motor car at Kogarah at 7 this morning. The tram struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North-south Railway. Federal Government to Build It
The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, announced at Orange, that the Government had determined to proceed with the north-south railway, on a 4ft, 8½ in…
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