Sale of Public Roads. Have Councils the Power?
The appended questions asked by the Lismore Municipal Council and an-swered by the Local Government As-sociation of Now South Wales will…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1922
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Burglars at the Railway. Sate Blown Open. Good Coup Missed
Burglas forced an entry to the stationmaster's office at Hie Casino railway station at an early hour this morning, but after blowing out the lock of an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Lorry and Sulky. Collision Causes Fatality
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—A smash between a motor lorry and sulky at Young Wallsend this moaning resulted in the death of Stanley McPherson, of Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Electrification. South African Scheme. Big Contract Let. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Thursday.—Vicker's Electrical Company at Manchester announces the receipt of a contract of three-quarters to a million sterling for material to electrify the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good Roads
The biggest handicap that this district suffers from at the present time is the bad roads; and unfortunately a practicable remedy does…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Arrangements
At the meeting of the Tweed Shire Council yesterday it was decided that the Railway Commissioners be requested to delay the running of the train from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Roads. Apathy of Motorists. Sydney
The annual report of the National Roads Association of New South Wales, presented at the second annual meeting this afternoon says that the apathy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Automatic Train Control
Many invention have been brought out for the purposes of giving the driver of a locomotive an automatic warning that the signals are against him, and…
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At a gathering in Sydney prominent public and commercial men entertained at luncheon Mr. A. Gowan owner of the motor yacht Speejacks,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The World's First Motor Liner
The first liner to be driven by oil was recently completed in Great Britain. She is a vessel of 8,000 tons and is equipped with two oil engines each with 8…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Successful Motor Lorry
One of the reasons for the pre- eminence of British motor waggons is that, open competitions are held between the different makers every year. A trophy is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Safe Blowers. Railway Station Visited Thieves Miss £80
Thieves forced a back window at the Casino railway station in the early hours of Thursday morning with a jemmy and used gelignite to blow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Collision. Sydney People Injured
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Two trams collided at Kensington platform last night. A passenger named Quigley sustained injuries to the legs and back, while several other were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Uniform Railway Gauge
The ordinary citizen is not greatly concerned about the uniform gauge, though in a languid sort of way he favours the change. The estimates for the cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Thieves. 40 Ford Cars Recovered. (Reuter)
LONDON, Friday.—New Fords seem to have been the special prey of a gang of motor thieves, whose widespread ramifications have been discovered by Scotland Yard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Main Roads. Responsibility of Councils. Apathy of Motor Owners
SYDNEY, Friday.—The second annual meeting of the National Roads Association was held to-day. The committee in its report regretted the apathy of the public and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Revolver Shots Condong Road Sensation. Police Search in the Dark
A sensation was caused on the Condong road about a mile and a half below Murwillumbah on Saturday night by a man firing shots from a revolver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Swindle at Tenterfield
Recently there arrived in Tenterfield a very powerful, well set up man, dressed in the height of fashion, who endeavored to work a new, phase of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Accident Car Goes Over Embankment. Woman Seriously Injured
The exceedingly sharp corner in the cutting on Marks's Deviation road just close to the Municipal quarry, was the scene of a serious motor accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Closed. Strike of Engine Cleaners. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Saturday.—The Cork-Bandon and South Coast railway is temporarily closed in consequence of a strikes of engine cleaners…
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