The Fruit Train Weekly Service Provided
On Wednesday, January 23, the first coastal fruit train will run from Murwillumbah direct to Sydney and will continue each Wednesday afternoon,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
4,107 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 206
Help for Britain Order for Railway Carriages Solving Unemployed Problem
SYDNEY, Monday.--George Smith, a prominent Laborite, addressing a meeting in the Sydney Domain yesterday, strongly condemned the action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors and Loose Metal. Dorrigo Incident
A couple of most peculiar occurrences, showing that fact is often stranger than fiction, took place in connection with two motor cars just recently in Dorrigo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Casino Motor Complaint
Hire motor car proprietors in Casino complain that they are suffering from active and unfair competition from owners of private cars. It is stated that an objection will be…
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When proceeding to Clunes at a late [?] on Saturday night Mr. Arthur Green had [?] misfortune to run into a stray horse, [?] jumped in front of his motor on the B[?]…
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The Public Works Department has, informed Mr. G. Nesbitt, M.L.A., as follows:--"With reference to your representations in relation to the…
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On Wednesday, January 23, the first coastal fruit train will run from Murvillumbah direct to Sydney and will continue each Wednesday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dangerous Humour. Obstructions on Roads
At the Byron Shire Council meeting on Tuesday, the president, Cr. J. W. Banner, drew the attention of the council to a matter of serious import to the travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Concrete Roads. Byron Shire Experiments
BYRON BAY, Tuesday—Mr. W. I. Muntz, shire engineer, Byron Bay, is not only a great believer in the use of machinery for load making, but he is also an advocate of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Electricity; Modern Road Making
Cr. Banner, just back from Tasmania in time to be re-elected President of Byron Shire, speaks in high terms of praise of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Crashes Through Window. South Grafton Sensation
A motor car crashed through the plate glass window of Mr. J. T. MuKiltrick's establishment at South Grafton. A Dodge car, owned and driven by H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Licenses. Council Does Not Discriminate. All Owners Free to Ply
The question as to whether the Council should issue hire licenses to motor car owners who were engaged in other callings got short shrift at last night's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mad Motor Car Dashed Into Window. Scatter of Jewellery. Driver Escapes Unhurt
GRAFTON, Tuesday.--The proverbial bull in a china shop could not have been responsible for more chaos than was occasioned by a motor car which crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Humbug and Time-Wasting. Thompson Attacks P.W.C. New States and Railways
Even the re-submission of the Guyra-Dorrigo project to the Committee which the Progressives were able to secure, has failed to temper the disapproval…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Rail Motor Fails
Owing to the failure of the Kyogle motor train to work on Wednesday last, motor cars had to be used to convey passengers from Kyogle to connect…
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The matter of excesesive motor travelling in the main streets of Bangalow and Byron Bay, which are very narrow, has been mentioned on many occasions, and at last steps…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rejected Black's Drain Bridge. Decision of Municipal Council
At the meeting of the Murwillumbah Municipal Council last night, a letter was received from the Tweed Shire Council, forwarding copy of an additional report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railways Men Reject Board's Award. Request to General Managers
(Reuter.) LONDON, Tuesday.--At the close of an all day meeting, the executive of the Associated Society of Locomotive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Sydney Motor Cars Destroyed
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A motor garage, occupied by Troff, Menko and Company, was practically destroyed by fire at Waverley last night. Four motor cars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor's Toll
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A motor car containing two men named Berriman and Beer collided with a south bound train from Terowie…
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