Floods in Paris Serious Situation Arises. Boats Replace Tram Cars
PARIS, Wednesday.--The Seine has risen, six metres above the normal level, and is still rising, and has reached the disastrous flood level of 1910…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
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Deaths by Violence Last Year's Record. The Toll of the Motor
SYDNEY, Thursday.--The City Coroner's report states that there were 65 fatal car accidents in 1923, the highest total of deaths, by violence from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Presence of Mind Tests for Motor Drivers. Country and City Standards
SYDNEY, Thursday.--At the inquest concerning the death of John Adamson, who was knocked over, by a motor lorry on December 17 the coroner remarked that a man might be a competent driver…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Railway Robbery
HOBART, Thursday.—Christopher Chatters and R. J. McLeod were committed for trial on a charge of having entered the railway station at Fitzgerald and stolen £67[?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bangalow Motor Garage
Mr. Harry Warne, the well known motor mechanic, has taken over the motor garage at Bangalow for some years controlled by Mr. C. McNiven. Mr. Warne comes to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Drivers' Tests
SYDNEY, Thursday.—At the inquest concerning the death of John Adamson, who was knocked over by a motor lorry on December 17, the coroner remarked that a man may be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Roads Beat Railways
In saying that the Government should consider whether good roads would not be more advantageous to the State than railways. Sir George…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roads in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The National Roads Association will wait on the Minister for Lands on Monday to discuss the Roads Bill, which was lost last session…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Casino Suspension Bridge
Major Cork, Town Clerk, who has been working on his own account at an idea for a suspension bridge across the Richmond at Richmond-street or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Road to Success
A youth from the training ship Sobraon arrived on he Richmond some years ago (says a Lismore correspondent to an exchange). He was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Road-making Hint
Tetenrfield's, Shire Engiueer, Mr. White, has invented a novel roading device, having the merits of money, time, and labor saving. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tractor for Roads. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—Since you published an account of road building methods in your edition of the "Star," December 22nd, I have received up-to-date information from America,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kyogle-Beaudesert Line Bridge Stumbling Block
A hitch has occurred in the conference between the Commonwealth and the New South Wales and Queensland Governments in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Border Line. Clarence Bridge Difficulty
The construction of a standard guage of railway between Brisbane and Kyogle, which has been the subject of several conferences…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Border Road. £30,000 Granted
Owing to the continued representations of Col. Bruxner, M.L.A., the Government has decided to declare the Urbenville-Rathdowney road,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Only Road Plant. Tractors and Scarifiers
America leads the world in road making--both in concrete and allied materials as well as in macadam. Why? Simply because the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mad Motoring. Tragedy of Railway Crossings. Communnity Peril
The frequency of accidents at railway crossings, especially in Melbourne, recalls similar tragedies in America. Twice within seven days in America…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Proposed Railways Meeting of Committee. Under Secretary's Evidence. Support From the West
§YDNEY, Friday.--A meeting of the Public Works Committee was held to-day when evidence was taken regarding the Dorrigo to Guyra, Casino to Tabulam (via…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquiry Into Railways
SYDNEY, Friday.--The two English experts who are to inquire into the working of the State railways, are expected to arrive next April…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Proprietors Kick
Hire motor car proprietors in Casino complain that they are suffering from active and unfair competition from owners of private cars. It is stated…
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