North Shore Bridge. Kearney Tube Condemned. Sydney
A statement was made by Mr. Estell Minister for Works, condemnatory of the proposed Kearney tube as a means of solving the traffic over the harbor. In…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1922
1,360 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 68
Tramways to Run. Commando Movement Growing. Johannesburg
A sudden development to-day was the Germiston strike committee demanding a change in personnel of the workers leaders owing to recent inaction. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Fatalities. the Latest Victim. Sydney, Thursday Evening
John Henry Caldwell, a resident of Manly, was run over and killed by a motor bus at Manly last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Express Train Messages How Criminals Were Caught
Recently the guard on an express train in England, being suspicious of the conduct of three passengers, wrote a note asking for the police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Vicar as Tramp Couldn't Get a Job
A "tramp," who was rewarded with half a crown and a. tract for cleaning out a garage in England recently, turned out to be the Rev. David…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Ambulance Fund. Subscriptions to Date, £2861510
Mr. Adam Englert acknowledges the following additional subscriptions to the Grafton District Motor Ambulance Fund, and remarks: Interest certainly seems…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland More Torrential Rains. Railway Services Suspended. Brisbane
Further torrential rains are reported from Central Queensland. The railway services on many of the branch lines have been completely suspended owing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strike in Germany. Of Railway Workers. Several Towns Isolated. Police Seize Strikers' Funds. Berlin
A general strike of railway men arising out of the wages dispute has begun. It was preceded yesterday by a general exodus from Berlin, when many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Precautions. Sydney
It was stated to-day by the Minister for Railways that every precantionary measure was being taken for the prevention of an outbreak of plague by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Commissioner. Attacks Dr. Page's Statement Sydney
The reference to the work done in the New South Wales railway workshops contained in Dr. Page's statement on the subject of the conference convened by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rail and Tram Dispute. Back Pay Claimed. 3000 Men Affected. Sydney, Friday Night
Officials of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers say there is discontent throughout the railway and tramway services, and a mass meeting is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes. a New Piston. Australian Invention. 60 M.p.h. on Second Gear
Having obtained a speed of 60 miles per hour on second gear, and used only one gallon of petrol over 48 miles, Mr. Cyril Holderness, of Petersham, Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision. a Guard Killed. Part of Train Runs Away. Melbourne, Saturday Night
As the result of a railway collision between two goods trains, the guard, Evans, was killed. The rear portion of one train broke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Couplings of Train Breaks. a Guard Killed. Melbourne
Owing to the couplings' of a heavily laden goods train snapping serious accident, occurred on the railway line between Macedon and Woodend early this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Garage Destroyed. Damage Estimated at £8000. SYDNEY
About' midnight a fire broke out in the garage of William Alfred Hales, motor bus proprietor, Paddington. It was caused by the engine back-firing. Before the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →INDUSTRIAL. Railway Engineers' Claims. Application for an Injunction. Motion to Discharge the Commissioners. Sydney
A mass meeting of numbers of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers employed at the Eveleigh, Randwick, and Enfield workshops was held in the Trades…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Berlin Strike. Spreading in All Directions Situation Most Serious. 350,000 Now Idle. City May Lose Trams, Light and Water. London
A Berlin message says: The general railway workers have Joined the strike, which, it is estimated, is causing a loss of 196.000.000 marka daily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Safety First." Railway Conference in Sydney. State Service Equal to Any in the World. Sydney
The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. J. Fraser), in opening the second annual conference on, "Satety First" yesterday, whereat 200 delegates from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Fire. Five Motor 'Buses Burnt. Horse Perishes in Flames. Sydney
A fire at a Rushcutter's Bay (Sydney) garage last night caused damage to the extent of £8000, five motor buses being destroped and a horse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forty-four Hours. "A City Agitation." Denounced by Country Railwayman. Sydney
At the opening of the Railway and Tramway Institute at Armidale, Mr. Mclnnes, a locomotive engine driver and president of the local branch of the…
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