Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

1,784 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 90

Steel for Bridge. Newcastle Report Unconfirmed. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 5

Official sources at Newcastle will neither deny nor affirm the statement of an engineer employed at the local steel works to the effect that the whole of the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Road Grants. What North Coast Gets. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 5

Proposals for road construction to the amount of £132,732, submitted by the State Government, have been approved by the Federal Government. They…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Cross-country Railways

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 4

Reference was made recently in this column to the success which was attending the new cross-country line from Binnaway to Werris Creek, and the value of it to that and the surrounding district. Further glowing reports have come to hand from the "Sydney Morning Herald's"…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Railwaymen Will Support Dockers. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 5

The National Union of Railwaymen has promised the Transport and General Workers' Union to support the dockers in the event of a strike…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Clarence Valley Railway League Requires Funds

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 4

An appeal for financial assistance being made by the president of the Clarence Valley-Killarney, Casino-Bona[?] Railway League (Mr. Norman…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Boarding a Moving Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 4

A passenger on the Sydney mail train, on Wednesday, while the train was leaving the Byron Bay station, endeavored to open the door of the last carriage…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

North Shore Bridge. Let Australians Build It. "Basic Interests Involved." Chamber of Manufactures to Cabinet. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 5

At a meeting of the council of the New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures to-day it was unanimously agreed to send a declaration to the Government…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Man Found Dead. Body in Railway Cutting. Kiama

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 5

The body of Jonathan Francis, of Bombo, was discovered yesterday lying in a railway cutting near his home. There was a big gash in the top of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Railway Staff Changes

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 4

Amongst recent railway staff changes are the following: J. Gollan, fitter's laborer, Taree, promoted to pumper at Coff's Harbor; M. Griffiths, fireman,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Thieves Fail. Railway Safe Too Strong. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 5

The railway station at Rockdale was entered between 4 and 5 o 'clock yesterday morning and an attempt made to open the safe, which contained a large…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Roads' Vote

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 2

The telegram that came from Mr. R. S. Vikicent, M.L.A., which we published in our fact issue with reference to the Main Reads Loan Vote allocations…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Bridge. Australian Workmen and Materials. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 5

Regarding the North Shore bridge, the Minister for Works, Mr. Ball, hopes that within a fortnight the matter will be finally dealt with. He indicates that…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Orara Shire. the Roads Vote. How to Spend £2000. Glen Innes Conference

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Orara Shire Council was held at the South Grafton Shire Chambers yesterday morning, there being present Crs. J .T…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

South Grafton Railway Station

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 4

The fallowing are the particulars of the revenue, etc., made available last night from the South Grafton railway station for the month ended January 31…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Trams and Trains. Attacked by Mill Strikers. Bombay

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 5

The cotton mill hands strike took a serious turn to-day, when there were disturbances in two or three localities. Trains and trams were stoned by the strikers…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Aeroplane As Ambulance Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

While driving a team of camels near Carnarvon in the North-west, Stanley Illes, a teamster, was severely injured…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Copmanhurst Shire Ferry Punts. Bridge at Yulgilbar

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 3

Copmanhurst Shire Council met yesterday. Those present were:--Crs. W. C. .Thorold (president), R. H. Davison, W. Amos, J. N. Short, J. C. Allen, W…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Grafton-lawrence Road. Copmanhurst Shire and Grant Urgent Necessity Tor Attention

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 1

The urgent necessity for attention to the Grafton-Lawrence road was discussed by the Copmanhurst Shire councillors at the meeting of the shire held yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Railways. Revenue Down £56,916. Commissioners Quarterly Retort. Increased Expenditure. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

The quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners ending December 31 last was presented to the Minister for Works to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Flood Falls. Railway Washaways. Train Services Interrupted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 5

From various inland towns reports are to hand of heavy rainstorms. At Bathurst all the creeks and watercourses overflowed, and at Evans Plains the flood…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →