British Roads. Huge Sums For Repairs. LONDON
It is estimated that it will require £30,000,000 to restore the principal British roads to a pre-war condition…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1919
1,793 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 90
Ambitious Railway Schemes. Arrangements in Hand. PARIS
Arrangements are being made to open railway connection between Paris and Bucharest, via Berne, Vienna and Budapest, and also between Paris and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Czech Activities. Important Railways Cut. AMSTERDAM
Czech troops have arrived at Press- burg, and have cut the Vienna-Budapest railways and telegraphs. Mobs are looting the food stores, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Extension. (Reuter.)
PARIS, Saturday.—It is announced that the Acropolis express, connecting Paris and Athens, which will soon run, is the first step towards the project of extending the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goods Train Derailed
SYDNEY, Monday.—While a goods train of six trucks containing coal and a brake van were being shunted at Valley Heights early this morning the train ran back and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Run Over by Train
MELBOURNE, Monday.—John Bennet, aged 23[?] was run over by a train at Croxton Park, both legs being severed. He died two hours later…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Forbes Mail Train Case. Accused Too Ill to Appear in Court. SYDNEY
The Bathurst police have applied for a remand in the case wherein Wilfred Larsen is charged with attempted robbery under arms on the Forbes mail…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"In the Tram."
Dear old lady: "Well, my boy, I expect you're glad to be back in dear, sunny Australia once again? My boy (a returned Anzae): "No, madam, I'm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Runaway Railway Trucks. Loco. Driver Injured. SYDNEY
Loaded coal hoppers, one open waggon and a guard's van of a goods train which arrived at Valley Heights broke away during shunting operations, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Stand
The Traffic Inspector (Mr. Quinn) recommended to the meeting of the Lismore Municipal Council last night that all motor cars applying for hire be removed and stands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Thrill
Seated in a motor ear dangling over the edge of a precipice, with the momentary prospect of being dashed to pieces 500 feet below, was the thrilling experience of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road to Fingal
A strong movement is on foot to have a road constructed to Fingal, otherwise known as The Caves. Difficulty of access has long stood in the way of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Strikes. General Cessation Ordered. LONDON
Owing to the removal of the Brighton-South Coast railway works to Lancing, the employees have struck, demanding payment for time in going to and from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dorrigo Railway
In Saturday's Sydney "Evening News" appeared the following:-- "The Minister for Railways, in reply to the Lismore Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway to Darwin
In the press on Wednesday last it was stated that the Commonwealth Government is reconsidering a railway policy for the Northern Territory, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bridge
The condition of the sheathing on the deck of the bridge is fast getting into a condition when an accident of some nature, more or less serious, will be a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Infant Falls From Train
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—An 18 months' old child who was in the care of its mother, Mrs. Watkins, of Walgett, fell out of a window of the Sydney mail train between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Byangum Bridge
When the Departmental estimate of the proposed Byangum bridge was recently received by the Shire Council it was considered that the price was very high…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Collides With Tram. Several Persons Injured. SYDNEY
The train that left Rockhampton last night for Lake's Creek was passing along Denison Street when a tram crossed the line. The train smashed into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Child Falls From Mail Train
A remarkable story of a child's fall from a train, without injury to himself, was reported to the Acting Railway Commissioner (Mr. A. J. Crowther) on…
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