Items of News. Main Road Grant
Yesterday at its monthly meeting, the Mitchell Shire Council received a letter from the Department of Local Government, informing them that a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1923
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Bridge Collapses Eighty Lives Lost Vancouver, January 4
A suspension bridge across the Cowlet[?] River, State of Washington U.S.A., collapsed while crowds of workers were crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Railways. Commissioner's Bulletin. Important Facts
In a bulletin issued to the staff, the Railway Commissioners point out that in the first bulletin of the series (issued November, 1921), it was stated…
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On Wednesday, at 9.21 a.m., the New South Wales Railway Station Sites Board will arrive at Wagga by rail from Sydney. At the station they will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Interstate Railways. Line Via Broken Hill Advocated. Sidney
Members of the State Government will very probably urge upon the new Federal Government, when formed, the advisability of co-operating with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle Hill-climb
Commencing at half past 2 o’clock this afternoon, motor cycle enthusiasts will conduct a hill-climbing contest on the s[?]ee[?] hill at the rifle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Modern Shipping. World’s Largest Motor Liner
The oil engine was first applied to comparatively small vessels, but year by year the size of shire driven by oil fuel used in internal combustion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train-wreckers Busy London, January 6
Armed men held up a goods train at Rabeny, uncoupled the engine not [?]eeding warnings of the danger of a collision, and set off the engine at…
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Joseph' Brett was driving a cart down a street at Marrickville yesterday. As a tram was approaching in the opposite direction Brett tried to…
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Those of us who wituessed William Lyne turn the first sod for the railway from Cootamundra to Temora little imagined the extensions and branches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Noisy Motor Cycles
It is a curious fact that the smallest motors are generally the noisiest. A large wagon will get along with only a fraction of the noise made by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor A[?] Collision in G[?] Reet
What at first looked like being a very serious accident occurred late yesterday afternoon at the corner of Fitzmaurice and Gurwood Streets…
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A large crowd attended the Motor Cycle Hill-climbing C[?] at the rifle butts on Saturday afternoon, when some [?] times [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hurled to Death. Tragedy on Wagga Railway Viaduct. Mail Train Runs Inspector Down. a Frantic Struggle for Safety
While the business people of Wagga were commencing another week's duty yesterday morning a man was chatting to some friends at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycling. Melbourne-Sydney Record
At 4 a.m. on Sunday morning Hodgson left Melbourne riding a 74 Harley motor cycle. He rode hard over the Victorian roads,…
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Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., forwarded the following telegram last evening:—"The Stations Sites Board will be at Wagga on Wednesday to select…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Coal. Commissioners Adamant. SYDNEY
The Railway Commissioners remain adamant in, thor attitude regarding coal supplies. They not accept the prices and conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trapped a Railway Tragedy Inspector Caught on Viaduct
The railway vinduct near Wagga station was yesterday morning [?] scene of an accident as the result [?] which Charles Bye (5) an [?]…
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The Governor of the Commonwealth Bank has offered £150,000 to [?]nable the Spit Bridge to be built. The money can be had at 5½ per cent…
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