Railway Men Discontented
Sydney, Friday.--A section of the railway men employed at Darling Harbor is dissatisfied with the alleged discrimination of the department…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1927
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Motorists Criticise Premier Sydney
Criticism, of the Government's action in rearranging the finances of the Main Roads Board was directed against Mr. Lang by a meeting of the Motor Traders' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Draw Bar Snaps Another Railway Accident Sydney
While a train from Hawkesbury to Sydney was passing through a tunnel on the approach to Cowan the engine was suddenly detached by the snapping of a drawbar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Traffic Revenue
Constable A. Langley, of Lismore, has supplied the following particulars of motor registrations for the district for the year ended December 31, 1926:—Cars, 416:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kyogle Hospital Sound Financial Position Railway Workers' Contributions Kyogle
The president (Mr. G. E. Brooks) presided over a well attended meeting of the committee of the Kyogle Memorial Hospital this morning. The whole of the reports…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires Responsibility of Railways Sydney
It was ascertained to-day that the Railway Department will accept no responsibility for bush fires unless it has been proved beyond doubt that the fires were started by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Victorian Train Crews to Assist in Fighting Outbreaks. Must Stop the Train
MELBOURNE Friday.--The Victorian Railway Commissioners have issued instructions to train crews to stop their trains in future when they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Day and Night Road Signs
Following the lead taken by the Automobile Association of Great Britain, the N.R.M.A. is interesting itself further in the erection of road signs, particularly at danger points,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Killed by Train "For Revolting Crimes." Verdict of Suicide
"December 29; killed by train, for revolting crimes," were the words scratched on a fire-blacked billycan, which was found near the decapitated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Transport Motor 'Buses Demanded to Replace Steam Trams
BROKEN HILL, Frida.--At a meeting of the Horse Drivers ' Union, at Broken Hill, where steam trams ceased to run at midnight on December 31,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disliked Society Member of Wealthy American Family Marries Tramp Poet
By jilting a French nobleman in order to marry a tramp poet, Miss Eleanor Leeds, a member of the noted American millionaire family, has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor's Toll in U.s.a
New York led the big cities of America in the number of automobile fatalities for 1926, with a total of 988 Chicago had 622, and Detroit 325…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Threatened to Fire Revolver Produced When Railway Workers Threaten to Detain Suspected Thieves. Arrests Made
GRAFTON, Friday.--Remarkable circumstances surround the arrest of two young man at Halfway Creek, today. On Thursday afternoon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Accident Mangled Body of Elderly Man on Railway Line
SYDNEY, Friday.--William Kelly (60), an inmate of the Old Men's Home, was found lying face downwards on the railway line at Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring Section Motor Industry. Development in Australia. Company with £1,000,000 Capital Registered
Australia obtains the greater part of her motor cars from the United States, and is a large importer of tyres and other equipment from the same…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Perth Tramway Strike Settled
PERTH, Friday.--After a meeting which did not conclude until 3 a.m., Perth tramway men decided to resume normal running on the basis of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kyogle-Border Railway Queensland Opinion
Thus the Brisbane "Courier" of Thursday:-- "Within the present week some very enigmatic messages have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mutilated Body. Found on Railway
SYDNEY, Friday.--The mutilated body of an elderly man, believed to be W. J. Kelly, was found in a railway tunnel at Darling Harbor this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accident
Whilst returning home from Evans Head on Saturday night last, a car driven by Mr. J. A. Henderson, of Kyogle, was overturned. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring the N.r.m.a. During 1926
A remarkable record of service is revealed in a summary of returns for 1926, supplied by the National Roads and Motorists' Association. These show that the…
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