Motor Garage Raided. Charge of Tyre Stealing
MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Detectives raided a motor garage at St. Kilda and seized motor wheels and tyres, and, atrested William Bland Wilgate. James…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1923
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Railway Strike Inevitable
PARIS, Thursday.—A general railway strike throughout the occupied area appears to be inevitable. It is reported the Germans have selected Cologne as the centre for…
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Many people in Lismore often have occasion to complain about the noise made by motor cycles. especially when they are being Started. It is generally thought that the…
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When the main line train reachea Drumree, County Meath, to-day, armed men gave the passengers five minutes to clear out with their luggage. The…
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Perhaps the greatest miracle wrought by wireless is the control of a giant ship by a man in an aeroplane. Twenty thousand tons of steel, bristling with…
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A fellow was fined £5 in Sydney last week for driving a motor car at a reckless pace. From an American exchange we read of another…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The investigations of the Melbourne police have led them to the conclusion that the fourteen year old girl, whose body was shockingly mutilated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Call for Recruits. a Ready Response. Burning Train
LONDON, Thursday.—The National Union of Railway Men in Ireland issued a solemn protest in the name of railway men of allgrades and in the name of grief-stricken widows…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision on Racecourse Road. Cars Badly Damaged
Studebaker car No. 44,627 bearing the name of Les. Shaw (of the Tweed) was badly damaged in a side on collision yesterday afternoon on the racecourse road between the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Concerning Railways. End of the Tether. Increase in Motor Transport. the Writing on the Wall. Sydney
Discussions as to the price the Railway, Commissioners are prepared to pay for coal have raised once more the cry of "reduced railtfay: fares and freights'at once." The…
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A tram smash occurred in Newtown this afternoon. Three women were injured, Florence Ruthledge, 22, of Newtown; Lily Watson, of Marrickville and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railways Special Excursion Rates. Lower Freights Intended, but no Mention made of the North Coast Line
SYDNEY, Friday.--The railway commissioners have arranged for a special series of excursion trains at single fares for the double journey for the benefit of…
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Mr. T. Benstead, of New South Wales, has lowered the motor-cycle record from Melbourne to Sydney by 36½ minutes…
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BERLIN, Thursday. -- German railway men are now on strike, and French engine drivers and officials are being sent from France…
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A crisis has been reached in the affairs of the Sunlight Flour Milling Company, of Glen Innes. The [?]ctors are faced with the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Three persons were slightly injured when twou trams collided in City road, Darlington, this afternoon. Several others were badly shaken. A tram…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Weuver M.L.A., said last night that in his opinion every member of the party outside gave some recognition to a reduction in railway fares, and…
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At a meeting of the Mullumbimby branch of the Returned Soldiers' League on Monday night, the following motion was carried unanimously:—That the Railway…
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Mr. Geo. Nesbitt, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Under Secretary, Chief Secretary's Department:—"Adverting to your further representations in relation to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Accidents. Car Collides with Lad. Driver's Presence of Mind
Had it not been for the presence of mind displayed by David Edward Forde, the driver of a Dodge, car in Lismore, about 11:30 a.m. yesterday, a lad cyclist would certainly have…
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