Motor Mascots Some Quaint Devices
Long before the war motorists showed their superstitious belief in mascots and charms by the a[?]lets they carried today the practice is so general as to pass…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
596 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 30
Railway Accident
Sydney, Thursday—The carriage of an early train on the North Shore line was derailed near Milson's Point station this morning After bumping about five…
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Sydney, Thursday.—A. serious collision between two trams occurred at the carrier of Hay and Castlereagh streets last evening. Seven persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kentucky Settlement Roads
At the last meeting of the Gostwyck Shire Council the Engineer submitted the following report:—With regard to the proposed closure and opening of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling and Motoring
The Australian crack sprinter, R. Spears, who has developed into one of the foremost riders in the world—vanquishing the best in Edrope—has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Incident. Attempted Train Wrecking. Points Interfered With. Sydney Mail Train's Narrow Escape
What appears in have been a deliberate attempt to week the mail train on its way to the holder this week was perpetrated at The Summit siding…
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A motor car containing Mr. F. Dixon, a commercial traveller, and his wife and family, overturned in South Gippsland, and fell into a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aeroplane Disaster Spectator's Neck Broken
A fine aviation display given at Geelong (Vic.) on Saturday ended in a tragedy, One man lost his life, and the pilot narrowly escaped a similar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Railway Pic-nic Held at Glen Innes
The annual railway pirate of employers and their friends between the Queensland border and Koolingal took place this year on the Glen Innes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killing Rabbits. Motor Fumes Tested
A method of destroying rabbits, suggested from South Australia, by passing the exhaust fumes from a motorcar into the burrows, was referred to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Political. Electioneering by Aeroplane
Premier Holman is travelling per aeroplane this week on a tour of the various centres in his electorate— Cootamundra…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Which Railway? "A Good Old Constignet"
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An attempt was made to wreck a train on the Enoggera line, near Brisbane, on Saturday, by two pieces of steel being jammed between a set of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Railway Strike. London
The position regarding the railway strike in France is little altered, although the State line is now affected. The Cabinet has decided to mobolise…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Hold Up. Stationmaster Fired At
Two men entered the stationmaster's office at the Surry Hills railway station, Victoria, and demanded all the money in the place. The stationmaster…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rabbits on Railway Property
At the P.P. Board meeting on Tuesday last, a memorandum was received from the Department of Agriculture with reference to the question of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Wresckers. Sydney
A deliberate attempt on the part of an unknown person to wreck trains on the main Sydney line has been made known to the Melbourne Criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Candidate and the Road
At the close of his address it Pinkett last Tuesday, "Mr. D. H. Drummond, one of the Progressive candidates, was asked whether be would be…
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Sydney, Monday.—While being drives from P[?] to the city to-day a motor, [?] into a telegraph post at Bridge Road. Five persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Progressives Mr. P. R. Little's Address. Will Fight for the Railway
Mr. P. R. Little, one of the endorsed Progressive candidates for the Northern Tablelands electorate, addressed about 100 electors from the balcony of the…
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