A Remarkable Escape. Motor-car Falls 120 Feet
A motor-car carrying six persons went over a bank in the Buller Gorge (N.Z.), falling 120ft. into the river. The car was passing a lorry at the time, and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1915
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Fall From a Motor Lorry
Marshall Sheehy a motor [?] driver, was driving near the Zoolo[?] Gardens Sydney. when he fell from [?] seat to the roadway. He was taken to St…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inefficient Railways. Add to Cost of Meat. Trucks That Don't Come. Trains That Crawl
The enquiry into the price of meat was continued in Sydney on Friday by the Necessary Commodities' Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Retrenchment. More Light Wanted
Mr. F. E. Winchcombe writes:— With all due respect to Mr. Harper, whom I regard is a very able administrator, the alterations which he proposes…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Motor Tax
More than half of the owners of motor cars and motor cycles have not yet paid the tax upon their vehicles in accordance with the Finance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycling. Acceleration Test
The acceleration test set down for decision by the M[?]tor Cycle Club of N.S.W. did not take place on Saturday last on account of inclement weather. The competitors and officials had just arrived at French's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Duplications. Goulburn
The duplication of the line from Coolalie t[?] Mundoon was opened to-day. There [?]s now [?] double road from Gunning to Mylora, 33 miles The duplication between Marulan and Most…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Police Courts. Tram Passenger Fined
At the Water Police court yesterday [?] 38 appeared before Mr. C.N. Payten, [?] charges, For refusing to pay a penny [?] Jones was fined £1 or 7 days gaol [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legal Profession Motor Ambulance Fund
Messrs, John Williamson and Sons beg to acknowledge receipt of the following subscriptions:- Amount previously acknowledged £474/2/. A. E. Page (Burrowa) £1/7/. McEvilly and McEvilly £2/2/,…
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The members of the executive committee of the Red Cross Society are well pleased with the response to the special appeal made to New South Wales by headquarters in Great…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Child Killed by Tram
On the 27th ult Edna May Hunt, 5, got [?] front of a tram near Marion- street, Leichhardt. She was knocked down, and received fatal injurics. A verdict of accidental death…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Wrecked Tramp
Latest particulars from the wrecked scow Tramp report that she is in a bad position on the most southerly point of North Head. She is lying broadside to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tramp Steamer
The ordinary freight carrier of the ocean, commonly known as the "tramp" steamer, owing to the roving nature of its calling, does not antedate the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Economy. Objections to Reduced Hours
The general secretary of the Amalgamated, Railway and Tramway Service Association (Mr. Claude Thompson), speaking to-day in regard to a statement that the principle of…
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James Jones (38), a laborer, was fined £3 at the "Water Police Court yesterday because he had refused to pay 1d fare on a tram. The fine was made up of £1 for the refusal to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North Coast Railway
WOOLGOOLGA, Monday.--A large meeting of residents of Woolgoolga and district carried a motion on Saturday, urging the Minister for Works to submit to the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers and the Railways
Mr. E. S, Twigg, Cowra, writes:--"On January 11 I engaged a special gang of men to press straw with one engine and cart with another traction engine; I rang up to order trucks but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Superannuation Board
During the three months ended December 31, 1914, the Railway Superannuation Board authorised 95 pensions, amounting to £1914 16s per annum, to retired officers over 60 years of age…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →German in Canada. Dynamites Railway Bridge. Protest Against Extradition Vancouver
An attempt has been made to destroy the railway bridge across the St. Croix River, the international boundary between the province of New Brunswick, in Canada, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Train Accident. Melbourne
A tragic ending to a Sunday-school picnic occurred on Saturday evening, when John Gibson, 13, living at Hawdon-street, Heidelberg, was thrown on to the line as he attempted…
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