Round Australia. Long Motor Journey
Mr. N. R. Westwood, a Seventh Day Adventist missioner, completed a 10,000 mile journey round. Australia on Tuesday afternoon,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
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River Boats Strike. Trouble Extending. Railway Unions Involved. Stoppage of Operations
BRISBANE, Friday. Yet another crisis has developed in the river boats strike, and now the Railway Department and railway unions are involved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Primary Producers. Meeting of Murwillumbah Branch of the Union. Kyogle-Murwillumbah Railway. Route Impracticable
Mr. T. C. King occupied the chair at the ordinary monthly meeting of the Murwillumbah branch of the P.P.U., yesterday. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle Accident
Mr. Harry James and a motor cycle ridden by Mr. George Parsons collided yesterday afternoon in Uralba-street, Lismore. Mr. James had a leg broken…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inverell Guyra Railway
At a meeting of the Labor Northern Tableland Electorate Council on New Year's Day, it was resolved that, in order to give effect to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Over Mount Tooloom a Thrilling Climb Grades for "Goannas" a Prolific Strawberry Garden
The human mind is naturally conservative. Innovations are invariably looked upon with a suspicious eye and abnormal persistence is generally required to overcome the prejudice…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Cycling
Mr. G. H. Kinneally, local manager for Messrs. Bennett and Wood, Ltd., advises that at the Maroubra Speedway on Saturday last Mr. H. Peel, mounted on a 7 h.p…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brisbane Strike Railwaymen Again Involved Brisbane
Yet another crisis has developed in the river boats' strike, and now the Railway Department and the railway unions are involved in the dispute. Two of the boats…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Notes New Year Resolutions and That Overhaul!
Bing the proud possessor of a small but Sturdy two-seater, and being about to enter on several weeks of grass widowhood, our good resolution is to give a complete and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Tourists' Paradise Beauties of the North Coast Making Them Known to Motorists
The wonderful scenic attractions of the North Coast districts at last are being suitably brought before the notice of motor tourists, who, hitherto, have mostly confined their attentions to the southern parts of the State. The National Roads and Motorists'…
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At the last meeting of Wingham Municipal Council a communication was read from the Grafton Council, in which cooperation was asked in an effort to have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road-making Plants. Exemption From Taxation
SYDNEY, Monday.—An Amendment of the Motor Tax Act to give relief to owners of [?] used for farm work is promised. It is also intended…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Transport. to Supersede Trams. Minister's Opinion
Motor transport offered the most suitable means for opening up new suburbs and country districts as yet unserved by railways, said the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tender Derailed. Accident to Passenger Train at Crabbe's Creek. Passengers Transferred
The double-engined passenger train to Murwillumbah Was held [?]p at Crabbe's Creek on Saturday morning, owing to the tender of the train engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rome and the Empire. Prime Minister's Analogy. Danger Signals Along the Road
LONDON, Saturday. Mr. Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister), addressing the Classical Association, drew an analogy between the fall of ancient Rome…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kyogle-murwillumbah Railway
The Under Secretary for Public Works, through Mr. Missingham, stated in a letter to the Murwillumbah P.P. Union that the Railway Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kyogle-south Brisbane. Cause of Railway Delay. Prime Minister's Explanation
A long statement in reply to the remarks of the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Lang) regarding the construction of the Brisbane-Kyogle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor 'Buses. to Be State Owned. Government Decision
The Government has decided to heed the cries of the Railway Commissioners, and eliminate motor-'bus, competition with the trams by the simple, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Smash. Car Over Embankment. Occupants Injured
A serious motor smash occurred on the Lismore-Byron Bay road shortly after 8 o'clock last night, when an Oldsmobile car, driven by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Killed. Another Injured. Speeding on Tricycles. Collision with Motor Cycle
SYDNEY, Sunday. A boy named Francis O'Dwyer was killed, another lad, Norman Cochrane, injured, in Elizabeth Street, Paddington, this…
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