Motor Car Cases
The hearing of the case of alleged conspiracy in connection with the importation of motor cars, cycles, tyres, and accessories in Australia by means of false…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,972 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 99
Tram Accident. Two Men Killed. Sydney
A train ran over an unknown man who was asleep on the line at Enfield last night. He was cut to pieces and death was instantaneous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"On the Top of a Railway Car."
At the Casino Police Court on Saturday last, before Messrs. W. Gill and O. W. Small, J. sP., Percy Hayes, labourer, pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners. Four to Be Appointed. Sydney
It is stated that a proposed amendment of the Railway Act will provide for four Commissioners. The state is to be divided into three sections with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision. Berlin
A military train near Metz collided with the buffers, and the top coach was telesconed and seven soldiers were killed and twelve seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Act. the Proposed Amandment. Sydney
Tho proposed amendment of the Railway Act will provide for the appointment of four commissioners. The railways are to be divided into three sections with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclist's Amazing Feat
A striking illustration of the capacity of the motor-cycle is furnished by the record recently set up by Mr. Harry Long, the well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General News. Motorists and [?]Lockies
An inverell bullock-driver has been [?] £1 and costs for not pulling out and diving a motor car room to pass him on the road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Closing of an Old Hostel the Railway Hotel
ON New Year's Eve was closed the career of the oldest hotel in the town, that of the Railway, better known as "McGougan's. In about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists' Experience. Sixty Hours Without Food. Melbourne
A motoring party of five set out a few days ago to traverse parts of the mountains never before motored over. Between Matlock and Warburton, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Africa. Strike of Railway Employees Capetown
The South African Government will not withdraw its retrenchment order affecting the railway employees, and a mass meeting was held at Pretoria…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Mail Service
On New Year's Day the new contractors for the mail service between Tenterfield and Lismore, Messrs. Mc[?]tosh and Co., took over the running from Mr. O'K[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News of the World. Automatic Railway Signals
The automatic signal under test by one French railway on 140 locomotives and 250 miles of double track consists of a brush on the locomotive's front and over…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Car Land. the Big Show at Olympia
[?] once read a de[?] of a cha[?] which described him as "one who is clever enough to drive a motor car, and wise enough not to own one." This has not,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Labor Affairs. Railway Workers' Report. Trades and Labor Council a Failure. Sydney
The annual report of the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Association says that the Australian Federation of Labor fills a long[?] want, and is a step in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorists' Plight. Ran Out of Oil. Melbourne
A motoring party of [?] persons recently left Melbourne with the object of try[?] to motor along the ranges between Matlock and Warburton, and the car ran out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Khartoum by Aeroplane. [?] Natives Astonished. Cairo
Pourpe, flying to Khartoum, has passed Waddy Halfa. A profound impression was created among the natives of Assouan, where this is the first aeroplane that has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Blown Up. Mexico City
The rebels captured a train in the neighborhood of Espi[?] Santo, and when the train was approaching [?] Honda, another party of rebels, thinking that it contained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Metalling of Roads. How to Make a Good Surface
Complaints have been heard concerning the apparently rough nature of metalling in some of the recently repaired roads, and the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mexican Revolution. Free Hand for the United States. a Train Blown Up. Disastrous Mistake by Rebels. Washington
The State Department officials and the Foreign Ambassadors are still consulting frequently with regard to the Mexican imbroglio. The general attitude of…
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