The Road Loan. Sydney
The Treasurer explains with regard to the million pounds for roads that lit is necessary to keep down expense. He adds the responsibility for spreading this…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
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Sydney Bridge. Tariff Board Criticised. Sydney
Referring to the North Shore bridge to-day, Mr. Marr M.H.R., strongly criticised the action of the Tariff Board in allowing certain materials used in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roads Loan. Federal Government Grant. ''Difference of Opinion." Sydney
The Minister for Local Government is considering the matter of sending a special officer to Melbourne in consequence of the reported statement by the Federal,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →National Road. Woodenbong to Border. Work to Start at Once. Sydney
Colonel Bruxner, M.L.A., has received letter from the Local Government Board stating his representations on be haIf of Kyogle Shire Council. re road…
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Thursday was pay day along the railway works. As there was no lost time during the fortnight the amount distributed was a substantial sum. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INEVITABLE Strike of Railwaymen. to Start on Sunday Night Effort at Mediation Fails. London
Despite an official announcement to the contrary, Sunday midnight is fixed' for the strike of the locomotive drivers and firemen Industrial circles are optimistic,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Tenders. Pressure on Cabinet. Tenderers Spend £150.000. SYDNEY
One tender for the North Shore bridge was received in a packing case about 8ft. by 4ft., that required several men to lift and a lorry to move…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strike Notices. Union Refuses Withdrawal. Railway Upheaval Inevitable. Abortive Conferences. London
Miss Margaret. Bondfield, M.P., presided over a meeting this morning of the Council of the Trades Union Congress and representatives of the three railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Truck On, Fire. Sydney
When a Special goods train was within half a mile of Lockhart, the engine driver noticed one of the trucks ablaze The truck was promptly side-tracked and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Struck Dumb. Tramp Frightens Hoy. Mute's Christmas Box. London
Ernest Hall, of Maidstone, the five year old son of a war cripple, was so badly frightened by a tramp a few months ago that he lost, his power of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany. the Occupied Railways. French Action Causes Surprise. London
Surprise is officially expressed in London at the news from Cologne that the French authorities have issued a proclamation practically prohibiting all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy on Tricycle . Run Down by Motor Car Toowoomba
A six-year-old boy, Spencer Williamson, was riding a tricycle in Margaret street to-day and was coming downhill towards the city when he was run into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Traffic. Contribution Towards Road Upkeep. Sydney
To reply to a deputation of residents of Taren Point, who asked for an additional grant for the construction of a road to Cronulla, the Minister for Local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton City Council. Clarence River Bridge. Boulevard Extension
Grafton City Council met last, evening. Those present were: Aldermen W. T. Robinson (Mayor), W. H. Henson, T. H. Loxton, C. A. Howard, W. M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Made in Australia." Material for Sydney Bridge. Sydney
The Minister for Works, Mr. Ball, to-night gave an assurance that no matter who was the successful tenderer for the North Shore bridge it would be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car in Shop. South Grafton Smash, Motor Driver Prosecuted. Police Court Proceedings
A police prosecution, arising out of the sensational motor smash at South Grafton occupied the attention of Mr. W. B. Geddes, P.M., in the Grafton Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trains Stop. Railwaymen Strike Petrol in Great Demand. Harvest for Lorry Owners. Railway Men Out. London
The railway strike began at midnight on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany. French Blockade on Railways. London
The "Daily Express" Cologne correspondent says the Marquis of Crewe, British Ambassador at Paris, has asked France to explain why the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stock Upon Roads
Councils are given special rights of impounding in regard to animals "at large in any public place." The power to impound only exists in…
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The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Fitzpatrick) blames the Fedearl authorities for the delay in the allocation of the Federal Road Grant…
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