Burleigh Heads Bridge Board
The Burleigh Heads Bridge Board met at Burleigh Heads on Wednesday. Cr. Blake presided, and there was a full attendance of members, including…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
4,747 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 238
Our Good Roads. Tribute to the North. Special N.r.m.a. Report
One of the surprises experienced by the N.R.M.A. road reporting party, which has just completed a tour of nearly 3000 miles through Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maroubra Speedway. Motorists Hurled Through Space. Speed of So M1les
When speeding around Maroubra speedway on Tuesday evening at 80 miles an hour, a special racing car driven by Leo. Salmon, of Bellevue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Change-over. Five-day Week on Railways
SYDNEY, Friday:—The Minister for Labour and Industry announced yesterday that a five-day week of 44-hours would be worked in certain sections of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →150 Miles Per Hour. English Racing Motor. Coming to Sydney
The largest racing car ever imported into Australia is being taken to Sydney by Mr. L. O. S.lc Champion, the well-known English racing motorist, who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Notes. New Year Prospects
At the close of every year of motoring activity, there is naturally no little speculation, especially in trade circles, as to what are the hopes and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Popularity of the Motor Car. One in Six in Americal One in 28 in N.S.W.
Compared with the United States, New South Wales is poverty stricken. That is, if the possession of motor cars is a criterion of wealth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reckless Driving Motorist Fined at Coolangatta. Conflicting Evidence
At the Coolangatta Police Court, before Mr. H. Clegg, J .P., Thomas Elliott, an estate agent, of Sydney, was proceeded against by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Don't Do That. Epitaphs for Motorists
Every day one read of motor mishaps, many caused through the carelessness of drivers, and a telegram (published in a recent issue) gave the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →44-Hours Bill Railways Five Days' Week Sydney
Mr. Baddeley, Minister for Labour and Industry, stated to-night that negotiations which had taken place between the Government and the Railway Commissioners in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pinned Under Motor Cycle Sydney
A motor cycle collided with a motor lorry in the city last-night, and Thomas Bonney, the rider of the motor cycle, and Florence and Muriel Cashman, 37 and 17…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Maxims
There are maxims that every motorist should learn by heart and practise. Here are a few of them:—It is criminal to attempt to pass…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Byron Bay Railway Revenue
The following business was transacted at the Byron Bay railway station from December 21st to 26th inclusive:—Tickets issued 757, revenue £166 15s 6d;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail Train Delayed
The heavy rains during the last few days were responsible for the delay of the down mail train yesterday morning. Owing to the effect of the water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Roads Board's Visit
At the suggestion of the Tintenbar Shire Council representatives of the Gundurimba and Ballina Councils will join a representative of the first-named body on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Load Restrictions
The Department of Local Government has definitely refused the request of the Mulwarrie Shire Councillor Permission to enforce in[?]its area…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident. Train Dashes Into Guard's Van. Passenger Seriously Injured
NAMBOUR, Friday. A railway accident occurred at Nambour, shortly after 2 o'clock this morning, when a guard's van and several trucks of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News Mail Train Delayed
The mail train from Sydney was about two and a half hours late arriving at Lismore last night. The delay was occasioned by a slight derailment between Kempsey and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Roads Special N.r.m.a. Report
One of the surprises experienced by the N.R.M.A, road reporting party, which has just completed a tour of nearly 3000 miles through northern New South Wales in an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Met a Knight on the Road
Mr. and Mrs. Reeves and Party to four from Lismore, had a splendi[?] motor trip to Brisbane and back a Christmas, says the "Beacon."…
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