Goods Train Wrecked. Hostages to Pay the Penalty
LONDON, Sunday.—To-day 30 armed rebels were responsible for a desperate train wrecking episode in Country Kerry. They removed the line from over…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1923
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More Train Wrecking. Driver and Fireman Killed. Executions Probably Follow
LONDON, Saturday.—Thirty armed rebels were responsible for desperate train wrecking at Ardfert, County Kerry. They removed the line over a culvert and held up the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Important Bridge Blown Up. Tunnel to Mountjoy Prison. Troops' Midnight Discovery
LONDON, Saturday.—Malahide viaduct, one of the most important bridges over the Great Northern railway in Ireland, has been blown up by a land mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Railway Commissioners. Replacing by Governing Board
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Federal, Railway Department is stated to be f suffering from the lack of effective Minister control. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Immigrant Settlers. Labourers From England. North Coast Railway
SYDNEY. Saturday.—Reference was made by Mr. Oakes to a suggestion in the London "Morning Post" that Australia ought to be able to absorb 10,000 labourers from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Comfort on Trams. London Improvements
Tram travellers from South London to the City will make the journey in greater comfort, says the London "Daily Chronicle." The L.C.C. will begin an experiment by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Commissioners. Appointments Expiring
SYDNEY, Saturday.—The appointments of the present Railway Commissioners expire at the end of the year. It is almost certain that Mr. Fraser, the chief, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Garden Bower the New Railway Station. Mr. Wand Collects Native Flora and with the Staff is to make Murwillumbah Station the Prettiest on
Mr. Wand, Stationmaster at Murwillumbah, has prepared a scheme of beautification for the sew station building which will transform an otherwise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Billinudgel Railway Station
The new railway platform at Billinudgel station has now been practically completed and the erection of the sheds thereon will shortly be proceeded with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Rational way of increasing Motor Engine Power
Perhaps it is because of the amazing power that so diminutive a thing as a motor engine can exert, that motor enthusiasts ever since motoring came…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle Record
SYDNEY, Monday.--T. Bestead yesterday lowered the Melbourne to Sydney motor cycle record by 364 minutes doing the distance in 16 hours 57 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Service Administration Criticised. Demand for Inquiry
The Secretary of the Murwillumbah Chamber of Commerce (Mr. C. W. Beer) is in receipt of letters from Messrs. R. S. Perdriau and G. Nesbitt, M's.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rail Motors Successful Undertaking
SYDNEY, Monday.--So impressed are they with the success of the rail motors the railway commissioners have decided to build five more of the same design,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Commissioners. Four Too Many
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Government has decided that four Kailway Commissioners are too many, but a definite reform has not been decided on. One suggestion is the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aviator's Accident. Motor Car Overturns
SYDNEY, Monday.—Captain Alf. Le Griee, the aviator who piloted Sir Ross Smith over the Blue Mountains to Sydney at. the completion of his world flight, was mo'toring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycling. a Record Lowbred
SYDNEY, Monday.—T. Benstead, of New South Wales, yesterday lowered the motor cycle record from Melbourne to Sydney by 36½ minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Motor Smash. Death of a Victim
SYDNEY, Monday.—Arthur Wells, the victim of the recent motor smash at Cessnock. died at Kurri Hospital on Saturday as a result of a, broken back and internal injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Crash. Sensation at Tweed Heads
Captain Percival, in this new eight cylinder Avro, came to grief on Greenmount beach yesterday afternoon, and as a result the G-A-U-B-L is now a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Irving Bridge
A fire which broke out on Irving bridge, Casino, late on Saturday afternoon was quickly extinguished by the fire brigade. The fire occurred through…
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