The State Railways. Mr. Johnson and the Farmers
The Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Johnson, was unable to find voice to respond to the plandits of the delegates to the Farmers and Settlers' Conference in Sydney on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
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Railway Fatality
Thomas Watson Wallace, aged 27, a railway guard, was crossing the permanent-way, near the Eveleigh Junction signal-box, on Thursday afternoon, when…
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A party of motorists had an extraordinary escape in Oxford-street, Paddington, on Friday night Mr. J. Heine, of Ashfield was driving his car, in which were two…
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The inability of the Government railway workshops at Eveleigh to turn out locomotives quickly enough to supply the needs of the State railways has caused the people of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Roads. To the Editor
Sir,—I desire to lay the following facts before the ratepayers of Walla[?]bba shire: The present state [?]our roads throughout our…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accidents. a Woman Killed
A sad accident occurred at the Roderick-street railway gates, Tamworth, on Thursday morning. A passenger train from Armidale was…
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London, .Saturday.—The Australian motor car conspiracy case was opened yesterday. Alfred Kemsley, who was' too ill to attend the court when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chief Railway Commissioner. Question of Retirement. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Mr. Cann stated to-day that Mr. Johnson, Chief Railway Commissioner, had not applied for leave, nor notified his wishes in regard to the matter of his…
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Arrangements are being made by the Newcastle district centre, of the New South Wales League of Wheelmen, for a road race that, if carried out, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Federal Railway. "No Easy Problem."
The Hon. Federal Minister (Mr, Kelly) in Adelaide, had a conference with the South Australian Commissioner for Public Works (Mr, Butler) regarding the working of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Loads on Roads. Wider Tires Needed
At yesterday's meeting of the Cessnoek Shire Council, Councillor Brown referred to the serious damage to roads by heavy loads, He frequently saw loads of about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Railways. Recommended by Works Committee. Grafton to South Grafton
The Public Works Committee has recommended the construction of several new railway lines. One of the lines favoured is from Craboon…
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News was received to-day that Mr [?] Bull, a resident of Maitland, who,was ployed on the railway between Hamilton as Newcastle, had been run over by a train [?]…
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A motor-car – accident on the Sale-Maffra-road (Vie.) on Monday night possessed remarkable features. A car travelling at a high speed struck a horse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Belmore Bridge Gauge
Major Nicholson, M.L.A., has received an official communication from the Director-General of Public Works, informing him that with reference to the painting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Roads. To the Editor
Sir,—I was considerably amused, while perusing your journal on Monday, to notice an interminable article from Mr J. R…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Upkeep of Main Roads. Work of Classification
Mr. Griffith, the Minister of Works, has received an interim report from Mr. R. E. Jones, Chief Engineer for National and Local Government Works, to whom has been…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Heavy Loads on Roads. Wider Tires Needed
At yesterday's meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council, Councillor Brown referred to the serious damage to roads by heavy loads. He frequently saw loads of about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Village Mystery. Unclothed Woman on Road
Villagers in Ringland, Norfolk, were startled by the apparition of a woman wearing no clothes wandering along the road. A constable took charge of her, and a search resulted in her clothes being found two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Market Report. John Bridge and Co. Ltd., Report
The wool market has undergone very little change, but there is rather more disposition on the part of the buyers to operate, but on the basis of values recently established…
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