Motor 'Buses To Be State-owned Government Decision
The Government decided yesterday to heed the cries of the Railway Commissioners, and eliminate motor-'bus competition with the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
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Paying Twice Motorists on Harbor Protest Gathers Weight
The compelling of season-ticket, holders to pay a separate fare when passing over the harbor by the vehicular ferries is arousing a protest of a…
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Sir,--There is still another person alive who was present at the turning of the first sod for our railways. I refer to Mr. Tom Baker, who was born in…
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The board of management of the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce has accepted the recommendation of its committee that a…
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Our highways in cities, towns and villages, and the roads between populated centres are now so heavily used for private and commercial purposes…
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Mr. Arthur G. Manning, M.P., is in receipt of the following letter from the Minister for Works and Railways, the Hon. W. C. Hill, M.P.:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Smash to Order
At the annual show of Aurora (Illinois, America), the committee arranged a novel spectacle. This consisted of a collision between two trains. The engines and carriages were well saturated with kerosene before they were headed for the smash. The engines were started at a speed of 30 miles an hour. Our picture indicates the result…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great White Train Binnaway
In Binnuway over 2000 wont through the Great White Train in one day. From distances up to 100 miles spectators came in ears, lorries, sulkies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Building in Five-day Week
Throughout the Metal Trades Industry a feeling of optimism prevails regarding the attitude of Messrs. Dorman, Long and Co. to the working of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rope's Greek Bridge Fatality Coroner's Finding
A coronial inquiry into the cause of the fatality at Rope's Greek Bridge, on 13th December, when two people met their death, was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Money for Roads Cudgegong Plaint Mudgee
At Cudgegong Shire Council meeting the president. Cr. Williams, referred to the difficulty of obtaining money from the Main Bonds Board…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WATERSPOUTS. On South Coast. Viewed From Train
Two remarkable water spouts were observed during the jrogress of a heavy electrical storm which developed off the South Coast in the vicinity of Bulli and Scarborough late…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Miner Killed by Train. Kurri Kurri
Arthur Peel was fatally injured this afternoon while alighting from a train which brings the employees from the Richmond Main colliery to Pelaw Main township each…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Killed by Train Young Mineworker Newcastle
A. Peel, 20, of Victoria Street, Kurri, a shiftman at Richmond Main, was instantly killed this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five-day Week. for Bridge Employees. Contractors' Decision
Dorman, Long, and Co., Ltd., has decided to institute a five-day working week of 44 hours for all employees engaged on the construction of the North Shore Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Where to Motor Dangerous Road Section at Bulli a Mountain Bush Track Condition of Interstate Routes
MR. H. F. COTTERELL draws attention to the dangers which motorist will encounter at present on the Bulli-Bellambi section of the Prince's Highway, where the road has been torn for up for repairs at an [?]ppo[?]tune period…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Town Planners to Meet 44 Hours and Bridge
Many matters of interest will be considered by the Council of the Town Planning Association of New South Wales, when it meets at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great White Train Popular at Binnaway Binnaway
In a "one horse town" like Bannaway over 2000 people went through the Great White Train in one day. From a distance up to 100 miles spectators…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed by Train Miner's Death West Maitland
Arthur Peel, a young man, employed at the Richmond Main Colliery, was run over and killed by a train this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Metal Thrown at Train Passengers' Escape Apathetic Official
A piece of blue metal thrown at a train travelling to Sydney from the Mountains yesterday gave passengers in one compartment a shock…
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