Bulk Motor Spirit. Cheaper Country Rates
SYDNEY, Wednesday. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Motor Traders' Association, to-day, the President (Mr. Wiilsford), said: Country centres…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
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Byron Shire. Annual President's Dinner. Copying with Increasing Motor Traffic. A Pleasant Function
After the Byron Shire meeting had concluded on Tuesday, the annual President's dinner was held at Bugden's Hotel. Cr J. W. Banner presided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sneering Satellites. Tramway Employees' Official Organ Slates Arbitration Court Judges
SYDNEY, Wednesday. The Australian Tramway Employees' Association's official organ "The Record, " in its last issue, makes a violent attack…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. In his report, Mr. C. C. Willsford, (President of the Motor Traders' Association), declared. "The operation of the 44-Hours' Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drunk on Duty. Tram Driver Convicted. A Serious Offence
SYDNEY, Wednesday. The case in which Edwin Robson, a tram driver, was charged with having been found drunk while on duty, was conc[?]ded in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Overturns Three Persons Injured in Motor Smash. Woman in Critical Condition. MELBOURNE
A motor car, driven by Mr. Osborne (of Ballarat), overturned on the main Mildura-road, south off Redcliffe. Three persons were injured, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe Storms. Deluge at Wagga. Portions of Railway Line Swept Away. Narrow Escapes and Startling Experiences
SYDNEY, Wednesday. A terrific storm was experienced a few miles from Wagga last night, as a result of which the railway line for about 20…
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Speaking at the annual meeting of the Motor Traders' Association to-day the president (Mr. Wills Ford) said:—" Country centres are now being supplied with bulk…
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During the past 12 months a record amount of money in connection with motor traffic has passed through the Lismore police office in spite of the fact that all renewals of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attack on Judges by Tramway Men's Journal Sydney
The Australian Tramway Employees' Association's official organ, " The Record." in its last issue makes a violent attack on judges particularly those of the Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Wagga Railway Line Washed Away Sydney
A terrific storm was experienced a few miles from Wagga last night, and as a result the railway line for about 20 chains on the north side of Harefield station was submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Turns Somersault Sydney
W. Long, a storekeeper, of Trundle, was driving his car down a hill near the town when it got out of control and dashed down the road at a terrific speed. It turned a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drunken Tram Driver Sydney
The case in which Edwin Robson, a tram driver, was charged with having been found drunk while on duty Was concluded at the Central Summons Court to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycle in Collision Melbourne
As the result of a collision between a motor cycle and a motor car at Brunswick to-day the driver of the cycle was thrown into the car and had both legs fractured,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Petrol Ignites Fire on Motor Launch Rockhampton
While repairs were being effected to the motor boat Cooloola at Deepwater wharf some petrol caught alight, necessitating the fire brigade turning out with the chemical…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wage Increases West Australian Railways Perth
The Cabinet considered the claims made by railway officers and train employees for an increase of 3s 4d in the basic wage, which was recently given to men employed in other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great White Train
The New State movement was spotken of with much ardour at the official reception to the Great White Train at Armidale. The town is a veritable hotbed of newstaters,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advantages of Concrete Roads
Major R. A. B. Smith, M.C., lecturing in Dublin to the Irish Motor Union recently on the subject of concrete roads, demonstrated that the petrol…
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A new steel railway bridge across the River Nile is to be built in DessouK, in the Nile Delta, about 20 miles from Alexandria. Having a total length of…
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At the Byron Shire Council meeting on Tuesday. Mr. W. I. Muntz. engineer, submitted for inspection plans of the road about to be constructed. to give access to the new…
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