Railway Bungling
IT should be possible to carry on the work of re-laying the Grafton-Kyogle section of the interstate railway without the bungling that…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
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Theft of Motor Car. Extraordinary Story
Sydney, Friday. -- The Gundagai police arrested five men, viz., James Spencer (16), John Sargent (78), Harold Pugh (35), Wesley Sargent…
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FACILITATING HOOD ERECTION. Every time the chassis is lubricated, it is quite a good plan to apply a few drops of fairly thin oil to the various…
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Work in connection with the raising of the Mooball railway platform is shortly to be put in hand. The material, which is now on the ground, will soon be placed in position…
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The following is a return of motor traffic business for 1927 in connection with Kyogle Police Station, supplied by Constable Morgan, officer in charge:—Permits to learn to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drunken Motorists Gaoled Melbourne
Frederick Holdsworth (56), a clerk, and John Donovan (19), an aircraftsman employed at Point Cook, were sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment at Melbourne to-day for…
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Mr. Buttenshaw, [?] Premier, stated this morning that the report that the State Government might dispose of Sydney tramways to a private company was news to him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Snake in Aeroplane
After an anxious wait for news of the "Red Rose," the aeroplane which is being flown by Captain Lancaster and Mrs. Miller to Australia. the fliers…
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To date 320 men have registered their names at the Grafton Labor Bureau with a view to obtaining employment when work on the Clarence River bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stone Chocks on Roads
Definite action should be taken to supgress the menace caused by motorists leaving on the roads large stones used as chocks for their wheels. The N.R.M.A. says that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Marooned During Road Work
During the recent rain motorists between Gosford and Newcastle were marooned because lengths of the road about to be reconstructed were ploughed up for the full…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →N.r.m.a Notes Metal on Roads
The N.R.M.A. expresses itself as frankly puzzled with the reported statement of an alderman of Parramatta who, during discussion of a circular asking for action to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire on a Train. Ten Mail Bags Destroyed
SYDNEY, Friday.--Ten bags of mail for Queensland stations were destroyed when a van attached to the Brisbane mail train caught fire between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mistook Bush Track for Road Sydney
A message from Goulburn states that Reginald Cooper, mistaking a bush track for a road leading to his home, spent two days and a night in the mountains surrounding…
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Be careful after handling accumulators not to touch the face or eyes. It has been found that the centre carbon from an old pocket flash lamp will…
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A New Zealand Magistrate, giving judgement in a claim for repairs, decided the question whether a motor car is such a necessity as to give a wife…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mooball Railway Plat- Form
Work in connection with the railing of the Mooball railway Platform, is shortly to be put in hand. The material which is now on the ground,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Accident Near Ballina
While travelling from Lismore to Ballina on Monday, near the canal bridge to spend the holiday, the door of a car driven by Mr. Harold…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-Drunken motorists have become so great a menace in Melbourne that the Justices have given up imposing only fines…
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Synthetic petrol from hydrogenated coal will be Germany's principal motor fuel within five years. Application of similar methods of…
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