Clarence Bridge. Suggested Federal Scheme. Official Delays
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It appears that a hitch has occurred in the conference between the Commonwealth, New South Wales and Queensland…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
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Kyogle to Brisbane the Lion in the Path. Building of Clarence Bridge. Who Shall Pay the Price?
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A hitch has occurred in the conference between the Commonwealth and the New South wales and Queensland Governments in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day 1,757,202 passengers travelled on the Sydney trams, and paid £19,635 in fares…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cowardly Pack Mob Attacks Tram Conductor. Capture of Two Men. Ugly Situation Averted
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A mob of hoodlums attacked Patrcik Guthrie (34), a tram conductor, while he was on duty in the Glebe last night. They dragged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mobs Again. Tramway Conductor Assaulted. Glebe Sensation
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Moba of hoodlums attacked Patrick Guthrie, aged 34, a tram conductor, while on duty in the Glebe last night. They dragged him from the footboard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lismore Railway Traffic
Oh New Year's Day 600 tickets were issued at Lismore and 140 at North Lismore for Byron Bay, a total of 740. It is satisfactory to note that the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor House-remover
A nine-room house, estimated to weigh 75 tons, was recently towed four city blocks along the streets of Los Angles by a five-ton truck carrying eight tons of pig iron…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Motor Boom. £50,000 Increase in Fees
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—This year 5803 more motor cars have been registered by the Motor Registration Branch of the Police Department than was the case last year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mullumbimby Railway Traffic
The number of passengers booked by rail to Byrou Bay on Boxing Day was very small, the total only being 32 passengers The returns showed an appreciable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Fatality
SYDNEY, Thursday—A frightful tragedy occurred at Lidcombe yesterday, when a man named Charles Hayes was practically cut to pieces by a Parramatta bound train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Bridge Tenders
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Works expects that seven or eight tenders will he submitted for the construction of Sydney Harbour bridge. The Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Leaps Rails
A terrible catastrophe was narrowly averted by the presence of mind of the engine-driver when the engine of a train carrying about 200 passengers ran…
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CAPETOWN, Wednesday.—At Graaffre[?]nets two women and two children were killed and five persons injured in a railway accident yesterday. The train ran off the line, rolled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence River Bridge. Government Still Haggling
SYDNEY, Friday.—Notwithstanding the conference between the Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Page) and the N.S.W. Minister for Works and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →North Shore Bridge Acceptance of Tenders. Government's Intentions
SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Minister for Works (Mr. Ball) expects that seven of eight tenders will be submitted for the construction of the Sydney Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Uniform Gauge Line. States Disagree. Bridge Over the Clarence
Several conferences have taken place between Ministerial representatives of the Commonwealth, New South Wales, and Queensland Governments with a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Large Train Ferry. Transport of Engine and Eleven Cars
Mr. C. E. D. Meares, manager of the Coastal Farmers' Society, writes:—In view of the negotiations in progress between the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cut to Pieces Man's Terrible Fate. Fatal Rush for Moving Train
SYDNEY, Thursday.--A frightful tragedy occurred at Lidcombe yesterday, when a man named Charles Hayes was practically cut to pieces by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deaths by Violence. Big Motor Record
SYDNEY, Friday.—The city coroner's report states that there were 65 fatal motor car accidents during 1923, which was the highest total of deaths…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four Killed in Railway Smash
CAPE TOWN. Wednesday.--At Graaf Reinet two women and two children were killed and five persons injured in a railway accident…
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