Local and General. Belmore Bridge Gauge
The member for Maitland (Major Nicholson) has again requested the Department of Public Works to replace the flood guage on the Belmore Bridge, and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 78
Snake in a Train. Passengers in Full Flight at an Underground Station
As the passengers were pouring out of a crowded train at the Paris Opera underground station at the buslest hour of the morning the cry was raised by an…
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The Cape branch of the railway employees has decided not to strike. The Amalgamated Society of Engineers at Johannesburg has decided to support the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways £1,500,000 Expenditure This Year
The Minister for Works, Mr. Griffith, states that he intends spending £1,600,000 this year on railway construction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recent Maitland Motor Collision. Car Driver Fined £5. and Has His License Suspended
At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before the Police Magistrate, Clarence Roy Bartrop was charged with having, on December 20, committed a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane in Jerusalem. Bewildered Populace. Jerusalem. Jan
M. Honner arrived here in an actor on Wednesday, having flown from Pa[?] This was the first aeroplane th[?] been seen here, and the entire [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dived Off Fyrmont Bridge. Man Who Could Not Sleep. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Thomas Gallagher, a recent arrival from New Zealand, after walking a'bout all, night unable to sleep, took a header over Pyrmont bridge and dived 50 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Boom
The Minister for Works informed a deputation, which urged the speeding-up of the Wyalong-Cudgellico railway, that he intended to spend…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General. Sunday Tram Services
Commencing to-morrow, the tram services between 6 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. between East and West Maitland will be:—From Victoria-street, 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0. From…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Motor Accident Twelve Persons Injured
A picnic party proceeding to [?] Cotha, Q., says a Brisbane message, [?] exciting experience. The party number 25. They were travelling in a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Railway Improvements
Since the conclusion of the holidays, work in connection with the railway improvements in the vicinity of Church-street station has been resumed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder in Railway Car. Seven-year Old Boy the Victim. London, Jan. 9
A seven-years-old boy was found strangled under the seat of a railway carriage at Shoreditch. The child has been identified, but the names of the parents, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Strike. Railways Disorganised. Federation Controls Situation. Pretoria, Jan. 9
The drivers, shunters, and guards have struck on the Transvaal railways. The service is disorganised. The Orange River Colony is affected in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Smash. Bolt Down Hill
On Friday night about 11 30 as sensational tram collision occurred on the Watson's Bay line, near the Rushcutter Bay tram depot. A double tram, containing cars Nos. 1291…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Railways. Chief Commissioner's Position
Prior to the holidays, the position of Mr. T. R. Johnson, Chief Railway Commissioner, was informally considered by members of the State Cabinet. He has three months' leave…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railways and Mines. Capetown
Unrest, among railway men is increasing. At a meeting held at Pretoria, a resolution was passed, requesting the Prime Minister, General Botha, to abandon the retrenchment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Railway Directorates. Result of Public Agitation. New York
Owing to the agitation throughout the United States against this system of Interlocking directorates, whereby a single firm of ten controlled a dozen other huge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Recent Motor Collision Car Driver Fined £5. and Has His License Suspended
At the West Maitland Police Court on Thursday, before the Police Magistrate. Clarence Roy Bartrop was charged with having, on December 20,; committed a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Railways
The Minister or Works, Mr. Griffth, stated on Wednesday that he intends spending £1,500,000 this year on railway construction. He made this announcement to a…
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