Serious Tram Accident Takes Place in Wellington One Man Killed Wellington
A serious tram accident took place at Wellington (N.Z.) on Saturday. A motor man on a train from Lyall Bay collapsed while the tram was going…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
689 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 35
Railway Wages New Offer Is Made by British Government Porters to Get £3 a Week (United Service Message.) London, January 3
The Government's new offer to the railway men, as the result of [?]otracted nesot[?]ations, is an increase of the bonus from 33/ to 38/, meaning that, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unrest in Ireland Limerick Post Office Robbed of £3000 Motor Smashing Campaign London, January 2
A scor[?] of armed men ransacked the Limerick Post Office and threatened the staff with revolvers and sto[?]e £3000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lady Cut to Pieces by a Tram in Sydney a Resident of Adelaide Sydney
A train fatality in which the victim was cut to pieces, occurred at the corner of Elizabeth and Hunter streets on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Captain Ross Smith Repairs to Aeroplane to Occupy a Fortnight Adelaide
Captain Sir Ross M. Smith has telegraphed to his mother that he expects that the disabled aeroplane, engines will be repaired in a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Work Offering on Railway Instruction Statement by the Engineer
During the put few days a number of men have called on Mr. T. Rhodes, constructing engineer of the Broken Hill section of the Broken Hill to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lithgow Ironworks Have Been Closed Down Railway Freights Too High 1100 Men Affected Sydney
As the result of the new railway freights. Messrs. [?]ings' Lithgow [?]works have closed down. Representations are being made to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aiano in Coal Truck Act Of Vandalism on Victorian Railways
A piano has geen found buried in a truck of coal lying at Spotswood station, near Melbourne. The piano had been packed in canvas and tarpaulin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Australia Aeroplane Flight Adelaide
The lady Mayoress (Lady Hackett) is to fly from Glenelg to Adelaide to-day with Captain Moore…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty Persons Injured in French Railway Crash Four Coaches Splintered. ("The Times" Message.) Paris. January 5
Two trains on the Paris-Ve sailles railway collided at St. Cloud Bridge, where only a single line is working owing to the floods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Railways Meeting Another Crisis Offer by the Government Moderates and Extremists Great Tussle Expected (Reuter's Message.) London, January 5
The peace of the railway world depends on the happenings of the next few days. The trade union leaders are divided as regards the outcome of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Use of Motor Cars for Rabbit Extermination Successful Experiment
Reports have described how rabbits have been exterminated by the exhaust gases from motor engines, and a Sydney telegram in the Melbourne "Herald"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Railways Government's Terms Rejected by "Welshmen" Demand for a Strike ("The Times" Message.) London, January 6
The Welsh railwaymen almost solidly rejected the Government's terms. Several branches instructed the delegates in the conference on January 7…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returning Soldiers How to Get Free Railway Tickets
Next-of-kin may obtain two fres fir[?]-class return tickets to Adelaide to meet their returning soldier relatives— one for the next-of-kin and one for [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Vickers Aeroplane Will Carry 100 Passengers Believed for Government (The "Times" Message.) London, January 7
A new Vickers aeroplane will carry 100 passengers. It has been constracted for the Government, it is believed, for military purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Works Close Down Owing to the Coal Shortage Railway Trouble Threatened (Reuter's Message.) Berlin, January 7
The lack of coal, due to the freezing of the rivers and the shortage of rolling stock, has resulted in the closing down of numerous works in Berlin and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Trouble Critical Decision Awaited Tn Great Britain Delegates in Conference (United Service Message.) London, January 8
Sixty-three railwaymen's delegates are now closeted at Unity House endeavoring to reach a critical decision. Great Britain anxiously waits to know…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aeroplane Flight Ballarat to Broken Hill a Newspaper Statement
A Ballarat message published in the Melbourne "Herald" on Wednesday last read:—"Mr. W. M. Treloar formerly flight-lieutenant, will leave…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returning Soldiers How to Get Free Railway Tickets
Next-of-kin may obtain two free first-class return tickets to Adelaide to meet their returning soldier relatives— one for the next-of-kin and one for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prolonged Conference [?] of British Railwaymen Government's Offer Discussed. (Reuter's Message.) London, January 8
Indications promise a prolonged Rallwaymen's Conference, possibly until January 11. It is now regarded practically as certain that the Government's…
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