A Defensive Action. Guarding the Railway
The Battle of Gaza was the result of heavy Turkish attacks on our outer mounted corps, who are covering the railway which we are building. The British accepted action…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
1,378 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 69
Maitland Tramways. Their Unsatisfactory Financial Position
At the last meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council a communication was received from Mr. E. J. Doran, Traffic Superintendent of Tramways with, regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Smash. Sydney Lady Injured. Singleton
About half-past, eight o'clock last night a sensational motor car smash occurred on the Maitland road, about two miles from Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Singleton Argus Published Good Friday. a Railway Heed
Ever since the 5 p.m. train for Newcastle was cut out of the Singleton service there has been constant inconvenience, loss, and trouble caused to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Fatality. Collision with Bridge Stanchion
Mr. Arthur T. Perkins, boot man[?]turer, of Lavender Bay, North Sydney was killed in a motor accident on the bridge over the Lane Cove River at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Accident. Collision with a Van
As a result of a collision between a motor car and a spring-van on the Mani[?]-road, near Attunga, on Saturday, three persons were severely injured, and are now in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Australian Railways. Strike Ballot Being Taken
Soon after the present Government came into power, a delegation from the Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees, West Australia, waited upon Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Exeter Road. a War-time Improvement
Few roads are alike so romantic and such historic interest as the Exeter Road, and especially that part of it which runs through Dorsetshire. There the scenery is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Breaks Down
A party of motorists had an unpleasant experience returning to Maitland from Wallsend evening. A short distance beyond the train line on the Sandgate road, trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Accident
Ernest Maunders, a taxi car driver, was driving his car on the main road Bellbird and Cessnock on Sunday evening, when he came into collision with a sulky. A shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Railways. Wearing Out Due a Shortage of Iron
An American-Seandinavian business man who has been all over West and South Germany during the past four months, and who left the country before the peace proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News by Wire. Accident at the Railway. Sydney
A serious accident occurred at No. 2 Platform, central Railway Station, last night when two men were pushed off the platform, and one sustained serious injuries. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Main Roads. Request by Motorists
A deputation from the Automobile Club of Australia yesterday waited on Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, Minister for Local Government, to urge that a board be established to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Betterment of Main Roads (By Telegraph.) Sydney
In response to a deputation from the Automobile Club, Mr J. D. Fitzgerald promised to refer the matter of the betterment of the main roads to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Official's Promotion
Mr. Arthur Smith, who has efficiently and conscientiously discharged the duties of parcels clerk at the West Maitland railway station during the past seven years, took his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Collision
Mrs. Nicholson, wife of Lieut-Colonel Nicholson, member for Maitland, and her two daughters, Misses Vera and Daisy Nicholson, had an exciting experience in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. (Before Mr. W. J. N. Fincham, P.m.). Thursday, April 12. Railway Prosecution
Thomas William Bennett pleaded guilty to committing a nuisance on the West Maitland railway station on March 18, Mr. R. E. Evans, traffic inspector, prosecuted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Troubles at Darwin
A peculiar state of affairs exists at the Darwin railway workshops, where for about ten days fitters have held stop work meetings. One hours's work in the morning is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accidents
The crowd was so dense on the No. 2 platform at Sydney railway station at about 6 o'clock on Monday night that two men were pushed off on to the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Australian Railways. a Losing Department
Respecting the West Australian, railway employees' ballot enforcing the demand for more pay, the Commissioner, Mr Short, states that the crux…
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