Injured at Bathurst Railway
Recently Mr. William R. Tooby, fitter's labourer at the Bathurst loco sheds, met with a serious accident. An engine was in the course of being overhauled, the men being…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1922
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North Coast Motor Cycle Club
The North Coast Motor Cycle Club have, fixed a race on Evans Head beach for Anniversary Day, for solo and side cars, to be handicapped. Williams Bros., of Sydney,…
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Mr. W. J. Davidson, Coroner at Byron Bay, was advised on Tuesday of the death of a young man named Percy Cochrane, aged 19, of Mullumbimby, as the result of a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sale of Public Roads. Have Councils the Power? Badly Drained Land. Prevention of Building
The appended questions asked by the Lismore Municipal Council and answered by the Local Government Association of New South Wales will prove of interest to citizens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abrupt Ending. Premiers' Conference Over. Cotton Growing Scheme. Unification of Railways. MELBOURNE
The Premiers conference came to an abrupt termination to-night. It was obvious from the commencement of the business yesterday that none of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coalition Policy. Vital Interest to North Coast. Proposed Railway Connection
Speaking at the Fitzroy Theatre, Grafton, Mr. R. S. Perdriau, M.L.A., said he would not deal with the policy of the Coalition until after its leaders had spoken, but when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hourly Dread of Dismissal. Position of Railway Employees. Departmental Reply to Allegation
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In an official statement the railway department said that a prominent unionist had stated that permanent and temporary employees live almost in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Gauges. Unification Urged. Policy of Immigration
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister is urging unification of the railway gauges as a work to enable the Commonwealth Government to proceed with its policy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Types of Concrete Roads
Concrete roads have become quite familiar in many parts of the world. especially where highways capable of carrying very heavy traffic are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fell Under Train. Woman's Arm and Leg Severed
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mrs. J. Jenley was alighting from a train at the Clyde railway station to-day when she slipped and fell between the carriage and the platform…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Timber Traffic. Damage to Shire Roads. Who Should Pay for Upkeep? Scheme to Relieve the Farmers
The question of taxing the right people is one that is of great importance to shire councils over whose road heavy timber traffic passes to the sawmills. Great damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Electrification. the Victorian System
With the rapid growth of the capitals, the Railway Commissioners in the various States have been confronted with the question of transporting the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle Accident. Man and Woman Injured
SYDNEY, Thursday.—As the result of a motor cycle accident at Newtown last night Mrs. Gladys Rowe received serious injuries, while her husband, Reginald Rowe, is not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunger Striking. Sinn Feiners in Prison. Military Motors Seized. (Reuter.)
DUBLIN, Wednesday.— Ulster special police have been drafted to maintain order in Londonderry prison, where 39 Sinn Feiners are awaiting trial for offences before and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Automatic Train Control
Many inventions have been brought out for the purposes of giving the driver of a locomotive warning that the signals are against him, and also…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Uniform Railway Gauge. the Clarence Bridge and Kyogle-gap Railway
If the record of procrastination which has been revealed in regard to the efforts to secure uniformity of railway gauges fail to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Type of Concrete Road
Concrete roads nave become very familiar in many parts of the world, especially where highways capable of carrying very heavy traffic are required…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electric Railway Boom in Great Britain
Remarkable activity is being shown by British railways in connection with the conversion of lines, especially in the neighborhood of London, from steam to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warwick Railway Sensation
A romance of love has been disclosed in connection with the attempt by a Swiss, named Hermann Kocher, to throw himself in front…
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Mrs. A. H. Spring, of Ulmarra who was visiting her daughter, Mr. W. H. Yoole, of Singleton, received the news on Saturday that he…
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