French Railways 40-Hour Week--higher Wages. Paris
President Le Brun to-day signed a decree enforcing the 40-hour working week on the railways as from January 25. It is expected to result in work…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
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Heavy Rains In Central Australia Railway Lines Submerged. Alice Springs
Heavy rains have caused floods which have covered the railway lines in Central Australia and transformed the creeks into extensive lakes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Victim? Mine Shaft Murder Search For Motorist Believed to Be in N.S.W. MELBOURNE
The police are still endeavoring to trace P. A. Greenaway who, it is believed, would be able to clear up the identity of the man whose…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike Over at Ford Motor Works. New York
Following intervention by an official of the Ford Motor, Co., Mr. Briggs, the dispute at the Ford factory has been settled by agreement, and 35 men laid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News Kempsey Aerodrome Closed
Owing to recent rains, the Frogmore aerodrome has been temporarily closed against practice by members of the Kempsey Aero Club. It is realised that,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Fees. P.P.U. Seeks Reduction
Owing to the importance of motor transport in primary production, tue Primary Producers' Union has urged a reduction in motor registration fees…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Notes (News and Notes by the N.R.M.A.)
Up till now petrol has cost in Germany 37 to 38 pfennige per litre, but modern roads cost money and, in or der to raise funds for the new State…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Fees P.P.U. Seeks Reduction
Owing to the importance of motor transport in primary production, the Primary Producers' Union has urged a reduction in motor registration fees…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£700 DAMAGE To £1100 Motor Car Lenient Treatment for Youth. Sydney
When Jan Francissen, 19, was charged at the Central police Court today with having illegally taken and used a motor car, Detective Dogan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sixpence a Day Railway Climatic Allowance for North Coast Area. Sydney
Federal unions have been cited before the Federal Arbitration Court next Monday to consider the claim of the Railway Department to have the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Lucky Motorist. Melbourne
To the amazement of the crew of a goods train which crashed into his motor car at a level crossing near Launching Place railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Leapt the Rails Empty Electric Train Traffic Held Up. Sydney
When an empty electric train leapt the rails at Canterbury this morning, and one carriage broke in two and was wrecked, thousands of people were late…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leg Broken When Motor Cycle and Road Grader Collide. Bellingen
Mr. Ron Pawley, of the Bellingen staff of the Bank of Australasia, received a bad fracture of the leg, above the ankle, when a motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Teacher Killed Car Leaves Road. Sydney
A man was fatally injured when a car carrying six passengers left the road in Blacktown road, Blacktown. to-night, and running down an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →UNSUCCESSFUL U.S. Strike Conference 134.000 Motor Employees Idle. Washington
The Secretary for Labor (Miss. Frances Perkins), the Governor of Michigan (Mr. Frank Murphy), and the chairman of the Committee of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General Excursion Train to Sydney
An excursion train from Grafton to Sydney will leave Grafton station at 10.10 a.m. on Wednesday and will leave South. Grafton at 10.21 a.m. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways and Floods
The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan), referring at a civic reception in Taree to the damage done to railroads in floodtime through lack…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swan Creek Road in Bitumen
The Department of Main Roads in to-day's issue calls tenders, for the surfacing in bitumen of the approaches to the Swan Creek bridge. This will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fettler Injured Fell From Bridge Discovered Unconscious
John Welsh, a married man, aged 40 years, who is a railway fettler, was picked up unconscious under the railway bridge at Glenreagh…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →17 DROWNED Motor Bus In Canal Wheel Collapsed. Miama (Florida)
Trapped when a wheel collapsed and caused an express motor bus to overturn on the highway and roll into a canal, 17 persons, including two…
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