Road Collision
A collision took place in Byron Street on Wednesday last between a motor cycle, ridden by Mr. Basil Preston, and a sulky driven by Mr. B. H…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1923
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Trams and Trains. Reduced Charges Unlikely. Heavy Deficits
The Treasurer (Mr Cocks) and the Minister for Works and Railways (Mr Ball) conferred on Wednesday with the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Potential Blessing. Prickly Pear for Motor Spirit
Not very many miles from Armidale is a enrse, which may yet develop into a blessing. We rifer to the prickly pear…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Workers. Protest From Dorrigo Line
Mr. T. H. Kennedy, a well-known member f of the A.W.U. Railway Workers' Branch, who claims to speak with a first-hand knowledge, complains that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident. Bicycle Collides with Motor Car
The ever-present danger to unwary traffic in our marrow streets was again emphasised on Wednesday, when an accident that might…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tip To Motorists. How to Clean Lamp Reflectors
A [?]ew days ago in Armidale we say a local motorist cleaning, or rather attempting to restore the lost brilliancy of his lamp…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway League. Arranging for Conference
A meeting of tins Armidale Branch of the Guyra Coff's Harbour Railway League was held on Tuesday evening. The Mayor (Aid. Morgan Stephens)…
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Early on Friday morning, a drover, believed to be Fred Dowdell, of Forest Lodge, Sydney, was killed by a railway accident between Dangle[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatality
On Friday week, Andrew Murpoy, a railway guard residing at Narrsbri, was killed at Mungindi. It appears that the unfortunate man was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Port Macquarie Road. the Engineer's Report
Mr. W. S. Down, who has returned to the Apsley Shire as Engineer, after a term of two years as Engineer to the Goobong Shire, has submitted the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wanted—A New Road. Walcha to Port Macquarie. Old Road Untrafficable. Shires' Bid for Government's Assistance. Pressmen's Perigrination to the Port
The Apsley and Hastings Shire Councils, assisted by townspeople have hit on what is certainly a novel, and it is hoped, efficacious method of impressing upon the Government the need for a grant sufficiently large to cut in order the Walcha-Port Macquarie Road…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railways Run at a Loss Reduced Fares Out of Question. Sydney
Mr. Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner, replying to a deputation, stated that a reduction in freights and fares was out of the question. He declared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycling and Motoring Notes Sydney-b[?]isbane Record
Since Mr. N. Smith, and his 20 h.p. "Essex" car won the 1000 miles Victorian Alpine contest last November, he has hed a busy, time an dtwice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality. Near Woolbrook Station. Drover Killed. As Result of Broken Coupling
A drover was killed early on Saturday morning, as the result of an accident. which happened to a stock train on the main northern line, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Recored
The Melbourne to Sydney motor cycle record was again lowered yesterday, T. Benustead doing the journey in 14 hoars 43 minutes, which is 70…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Maintenance of Roads. Sydney
Mr. Fitzpatrick speaking at the opening of the Orange show regarding the maintenance of roads, said those people chiefly concerned should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle Alight. Blaze in Beard Y-8treet
Nothing brings a crowd into the streets of Annidale more quickly than the fire whistle. On Wednesday night when the whistle blew,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aerodrome Purchased
The Commonwealth Government has definitely agreed to take over the Richmond (Victoria) aerodrome at a cost of £9000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tableland to Coast. Agitation for the Opening of Road. Claim Worthy of Consideration
The trying conditions under which the party of pressmen from the North motored from Walcha to Port Macquarie along the old convict road,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Smash. Sensational Experience. Car Falls 120 Feet Over Cutting
To rail over a catting in a motor car and come out of the experience with only a few scratches, in certainly a miraculous escape…
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