Explosive in Coal Fireman Blown Out of Train Driver Also Injured
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.-- An extraordinary affair is reported from Burnham. A fireman named Swanson was stoking while the train was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
4,107 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 206
Boy Run Over by Motor Car
BRISBANE, Sunday.--At Towoomba to-day, a six year old boy, Spencer Williamson, was riding a tricycle in Margaret Street. Coming down the hill…
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LONDON, Saturday.--Surprise is officially expressed in London at the news from Cologne that the French regime has issued a proclamation practically…
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LONDON, Sunday.--The railway strike has started. It transpires that the representatives of the council of the Trades Union…
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TENTERFIELD, Monday.—Mr. Boyd Edkins in a Vauxhall car passed through Tenterfield at 10.15 a.m. in an attempt to lower the Brisbane-Sydney record…
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PERTH, Monday.—A motor car driven by Mr. J. Cockran, hotelkeeper and postmaster at Mogumbar, was descending a steep hill yesterday when it struck a rut in the road…
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GRAFTON, Monday.—The sequel to a sensational motor accident which occurred at South Grafton on Monday, January 7, in which a car, driven by H, G. Thompson, a…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—In reply to a deputation of residents of Taren Point, who asked for an additional grant for the construction of a road to Cronulla, the Minister for Local…
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Mr. W. T. Missingham, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Under Secretary for Public Works:—"Adverting to the representations made…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A daring attempt to break into the booking office at the Penshurst railway station early yesterday morning was frustrated by a porter, who was…
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LONDON, Sunday.—It now transpires that the representatives of the Council of the Trades Union Congress and the executive of the Associated Society of Locomotive…
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It was reported to to-day's special meeting of Tomki Shire that the Ettrick road above the Stratheden turnoff had been considerably damaged by…
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Col. Bruxner, M. L. A, has received a letter from the Local Government Board, stating that his representations on behalf of the Kyogle Shire Council…
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A mad bull recently disputed a railway right of way with a passenger train in Western Texas. Seeing the train approach along the track, the crazed animal charged…
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The mail train which passed through Taree last week was equipped with a wireless set for receiving and despatching messages. The equipment was attached to one of the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Three and a half millions sterling will be made available for new country roads in Victoria within the next five years…
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Mr. Ball was asked whether, in view of the, presence of so many. of the world's best engineers in Sydney in connection with the North Shore…
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Maud Olive has written a letter to the Coolangatta Municipal Council, protesting against the "tendeney of road hogs becoming beach hogs, to the great…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday,--Mr. W. J. Calder chairman of the Country Roads Board, leaves next month on a world tour to investigate the latest methods…
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To last meeting of Grafton Council Armidale Council wrote granting a temporary license for a public vehicle to G. E. Cunningham to ply for hire…
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