Heavy Storm. Railway Washaway Trains Delayed. Passengers' Alarming Experiences. WAGGA
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 13
Passengers by the Melbourne to Sydney mail train, which left Wagga at 20 minutes to 6 o'clock to-night, had a dangerous and exciting experience after passing Harefield station…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Penny Sections. On The Trams. Opposed by Commissioners
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 16
The matter of a return to penny sections on the tramways in the metropolitan area has been fully considered by the Commissioners, and, as stated in the "Herald" some…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway Employees. Basic Wage Increase. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 16
"I do not think it is fair thal raliway employees should first exhaust the Railways Classification Board and then go to the Federal Arbitration Court, or vice versa. There…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Western Australia. Railway Officers' Salaries. Perth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 16
The Cabinet to-day considered claims made by railway officers and tram employees for an increase of 3/4 in the basic wage, which was recently given to men employed in other…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Yachting. Geelong Championship. Taree
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 16
The Sydney Motor Boat Club has asked Mr. J. W Breckenridge, of Wallumba, to represent New South Wales with his speed boat Miss Breck in the championship race at Geelong on February 1 for class [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motoring. Grand Prix Meeting
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 16
The next fixture at the Olympia Speedway, Muroubrs, will be the must important [?] cycling truck race yet decided in any part of Australia it will be the Motor Cycle Grand Prix, and will be open to three…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Firms Duped. Salesman Sentenced
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 8
The system by which several city firms were duped was revealed at the Central Police Court yesterday, when John Anderson, aged 20 years, a salesman, pleaded guilty to 10 charges of theft. The firms concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Car Racing. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 15
Sir,—Properly managed, on well laid-out tracks, motor racing is as safe as any other sport. Some accidents will always occur, but they can be reduced to a minimum, and most…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Alleged Drunkenness. Tram Driver Charged. Court's Jurisdiction Challenged
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 9
The question whether an employee of the Railway Commissioners should be proceeded against by his employers in a Court of law on a charge which had already been preferred…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Deaths by Violence. City Coroner's Review. Many Motor Fatalities
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 14
According to the annual return furnished yesterday by the City Coroner (Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher), the number or deaths by violence in the metropolitan area during last year…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Cycles Overturn. Four Men Injured. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 14
Returning from Mordialloc to Dandenong at an early hour this morning, a motor cycle struck an object, balieved to have been a horse, and overturned. A second motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Car Burnt. Bombala
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 14
Yesterday afternoon, while proceeding from the Bombala railway station, a motor car, owned by Mr. Wm. Peadon. and driven by his Son, caught fire three miles from the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motorist Severely Burnt. Junee
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 14
Mr. A. H. Crawley, solicitor, was severely burnt to-day while cleaning his car. Having opened, the bonnet, he was approaching the car, when the dipper of benzine which he…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fatal Injuries Footballer in Motor Smash Father Hurt. Too Melbourne
The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 9
George Cook, who was injured in the Mornington crossing smash yesterday, died at Santa Rosa Hospital, Mornington, at 3 a.m. to-day. He was an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Smash Truck and Cycle Collide Melbourne
The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 2
A collision between a light motor truck and a motor cycle, at the corner of Grattan-street and Sydney road, at 7.30 a.m. to-day, resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Someone Said "Right" How Motor Mechanic Died
The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 10
While Percy Walter Fuller, aged 23, of Blenheim-street, Enfield, a mechanic employed by Inter-City Coaches, Lfd., was under a big motor coach at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Maximum Sentence Tram Driver Was Drunk Lives Endangered
The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 11
"I much regret that a man of your long service and good record should be guilty of such a serious offence," said Mr. Giles Shaw, C.S.M., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Only Three Survive Motor Cycle Club Test
The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 2
Out of 24 entries in the Eastern Suburbs Motor Cycle Clut's three-day trial through Goulburn and Bathurst, only three riders survived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Thief Sentenced. Some Clever Frauds Six Months' Hard Labor
The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 6
JOHN ROBERT ANDERSON. 29. motor mechanic, has good reason to be grateful for that section of the Crimes Act which says…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Will Cost Too Much Penny Tram Fares People Must Pay
The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 1
"STATE CANT AFFORD IT" THE Railway Commissioners express themselves averse to penny tram fares, and state that both on…
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