SYDNEY TRAM ACCIDENT.
SYDNEY. November 21. At the inquest on Samuel Peter Wyclie. 'William Thompson, the conductor. gave evidence that just before the accident tile tram had travelled down a steep bill between two and three hundred yards long at about twenty miles per hour. That was the usual speed on that decline. He noticed nothing unusual in the speed before the derailment. He had been on the line HI years. Expert evidence was given by members of the staff < f the Tramway Department. after which the Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death. NEW WOOL RECORDS. SYDNEY, Novemlier 21. Two new records for the Sydney wool sales were established when broken wool sold at thirty-nine pence per pound and necks at forty pence, an increase of one half penny and three pence per pound respectively.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19241121.2.21
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 21 November 1924, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
136SYDNEY TRAM ACCIDENT. Hokitika Guardian, 21 November 1924, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in