Smash Averted. Railway Incident Near Nambour. Mail Train Stopped Just in Time
BRISBANE, Friday.—Fate dealt kindly with the hundreds of souls aboard the northern bound Townsville mail train and the south bound Gympie…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
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Main Roads Policy Board Members Visit the Richmond
Messrs. J. Garlick (Chairman), and H. H. Newell, members of the Main Roads Board, visited the Richmond this week, and met the representatives of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tourists' Paradise Beauties of the North. Making Them Known to Motorists. (Issued by the National Roads and Motor Association)
The wonderful scenic attractions of the North Coast districts at last are being suitably brought before the notice of motor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Killed. Bellingen Motor Smash. Evidence in Coroner's Court
The Bellingea District Coroner, Mr. J. C. Cawood, held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death af David Arthur Woodroof and his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deadlock Reached. Kyogle-brisbane Railway. Mr. Bruce Suggests Conference. Not Favored by Mr. Lang
Another attempt has been made to arive at some agreement in connection with the construction of the Brisbaue-Kyogle railway line, and the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes. Obscure and Obvious Cooling System Defects
Although we have from time to time alluded in these notes to some of the faults which may crop up now and then in the cooling system of the car…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tourists' Paradise. Beauties of the North. Making Them Known to Motorists
The wonderful seenie attractions of the North Coast districts at last are being suitably brought before the notice of our motor tourists, who,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mischievous Boy. Two Motor-cars Wrecked
"Sure I can drive a machine—you watch," Said four-year-old Willie Earwood, of San Francisco, to two com-panions, of his own age a few weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Column. Where Fishermen Score
When stopped on the road with a choked jet motorists either blow through it or use a fine wire. The latter method is unwise, as wire may easily injure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deadlock Reached. Brisbane-Kyogle Railway. Tenders Exceed Estimate. Negotiations at Standstill
SYDNEY, Thursday. Another at tempt has been made to arrive at some agreement in connection with the construction of the Brisbane-Kyogle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Control Sydney's Motor 'Buses. Cabinet's Decision. Enormous Compensation
SYDNEY, Thursday. The State Cabinet to-day decided to take over all motor 'buses in the County of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Gauges Australia's Big Problem. Cause of Waste and Confusion
Australia, with fewer than 6,000,000 inhabitants, possesses no fewer than five different railway gauges, and no serious effort at unification is being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cars Banned
There is a part of the British Empire not 100 miles from the south coast of England, where motor cars are practically, unknown, and certainly not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycles Come to Grief Melbourne
Two motor cycles tried to avoid one another near Dandenong railway station to-day with tho result that both came to grief. Four men were injured, one of them,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Roads Work
Messrs. J. Garlick and H. H. Newell, members of the Main Roads Board, interviewed the Tintenbar, Terania, and Gundurimba Shire Councils and the…
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Some remarks by Sir Henry Maybury, K.C.M.G., at the inaugural function in connection with the third Public Works. Roads, and Transport Congress and Exhibition at…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Water on Fawcett Bridge
Pedestrians who have occasion, to use Fawcett bridge very often have the unpleasant experience during wet weather of being splashed by passing vehicles from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dyraaba Roads. £2300 to to Expended
Concerning the roads on the Dyaaba Soldier Settlement,Mr. R. T. Gillies has received the following commuication from the Lands Department:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Ferries. Government Has No Intention of Taking Control. They Will be Dead When Bridge is Built
SYDNEY, Friday. The Premier (Mr. Lang), on being asked to-day whether the Government proposed to take over the Sydney ferries, replied:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Section Uncle Sham's Rubber. Dislikes His Own High Price Medicine
The United States which participated in the World war free of more any cost by a rigid attention to the financial requirements of its Allies, dislikes…
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