Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

Riverina · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

2,416 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 121

These Are Two Sorts of Main Roads

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 2

To-day's meeting of the Southern Riverina Main Roads Association is, or should be, fraught with importance to the district. Formed to advise the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Death in Train. MR. J. H. Chapman, of Coreinbob

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 3

After hurrying to the Tumbarumba station after the show, Mr. James Hart Chapman, of "Coo-ec," Coreinbob, died suddenly in a carriage of the special…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Motor Notes the Toll of Overloading. Effects Not at Once Apparent, but Inevitable

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 1

Many happy-go-lucky drivers are inclined to scoff when one points out to them the very bad effects which will eventually arise from the habitual…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Malvern Tramways Band. New Zealand Contests Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 2

This afternoon the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Band returned from New Zealand by way of Sydney. In the Dominion they had won the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Motor Car Fatality. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 5

A motor car capsized at Brunswick to-day following the bursting of a tyre. One passenger named Rankin was killed outright and four others…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Junee Railway Station Status Raised

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 3

Owing to the increase in the volume of work at the Junee railway station during the last year or two, the Railway Commissioners have…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Strike That Failed Railway Men Withdraw From Labor Alliance. Wellington, (N.z.)

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 2

The Amalgamated Society of Railway. Servants has carried a resolution condemning the strike of last Easter. It has been decided not to…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Railway Figures

Ariah Park News · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 4

The staff at the local railway has had a busy time during the past month, as will be seen by the following figures, for which…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Murrumbidgee Bridge

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 2

Arrangements are being made by the hon secretary, Mr. M. Laseron, for the officials and committeemen of the Yanco-Eurolie Murrumbidgee…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Auto Accidents. the Careless Use of Roads

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 3

The "Australian Motorist" thus refers to the long list of motor accidents:— "In every country of the world…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Southern Riverina Main Roads Recommendations to Main Roads Board Conference Urges Greater Subsidy Shire Resources a Drop in the Bucket

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 2

Delegates from eight shires and municipalities, with a total population of about 40,000 persons, met at Wagga yesterday as the Southern Riverina Main Roads Conference. They deplored the fact that without adequate…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Popular Railway Official. Mr. J. D. Horan

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 4

Perhaps the most popular railway official in the South in MR J. D. Horan, who for many years held the position of District Superintendent of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Motors and Motorists Motor Notes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 3

The remarkable record of 38.95 miles to the gallon was achieved recently by a stock Oakland tourer for a petrol consumption test between…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Motoring Common Ailments of the Carburettor

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 6

The carburettor has been described in various poetical terms as the lung and the heart of the engine, but whatever may be its precise place in…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Train and Car Collide. ADELAIDE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 2

There was a sensational accident at the railway crossing near Hove station last night. A man named Ragahsw, with his wife and two children, was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Arbitration Court Bridge Workers Concerned SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 1

In the Arbitration Court to-day, before Judge Rolin, the Federal Engine drivers and Firemen's Association submitted the proposed award to…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Left on the Road. ADELAIDE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 2

While attempting to break the Brisbane to Perth motor cycle record, E. C. Clarke, aged 50. injured his foot midway between Adelaide and the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Junee Railway Station Status Raised

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 1

Owing to the increase in the volume 1 work the Junee railway station during the last year or two, the Railway Commissioners have decided to…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Items of News Railway Camp Squabble

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 2

A navvies' squabble in which a pick handle is alleged to have been used resulted is a charge against William Collier in the Wagga Police…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Railway Vagaries. Adventures of a Trunk

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

The Sydney "Evening News" publishes the following: On February 27 Mr Arch Penfold forwarded a trunk from a small station on the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →