Accident on East Greta Road
Whilst driving along the East Greta-road on Saturday, Mr. E. C. Bragg, proprietor of the Maitland Steam Laundry, met with an accident, but he was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
1,378 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 69
Recruiting Train. Visit to Cessnock. Cessnock
The visit of the recruiting train to the Mines district on Sunday resulted in 17 recruits being enrolled, blue from Kurri district and eight from Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Building Under Fire. a Mile a Day. For real hustle come to France
I have just returned from a day with a battalion of railway builders in Khaki. They build a mile a day of broad-gauge railway. They have to keep tin helmets and gas bags…
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On Sunday the recruits and staff of the Northern recruiting train visited Cessnock and Kurri Kurri, and they did not reach West Maitland, at their return journey to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram and Motor Collide. Man Killed, Three Injured
A sensational accident with fatal results occurred on Friday evening near the corner of Gray-street and Railway Parade, Kogarah, when a steam tram…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The White Glove. Chapter Xii. the House in Cromwell Road
It was at about this time that Doris received a letter from the house agents whom she had inteructcd to let her house in Cromwell Road. They had an applicant, they said; a lady…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Notes
Much of the carbon deposit in most engines which suffer from it is due to overheating of the lubricating oil. Quietly gloaring over the prospect of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Motor Accident
Mr. David King, conductor for the clio mail service, died at Albion Downs last week at Richmond as the result of a motor car accident while he was covneying the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Tram Smash. London
Ten persons were killed and 40 injured in a runaway tram accident at Dover…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Strike Railway Commissioners' Report. 2018 Strikers Re-employed
In a report issued yesterday, the Railway Comissioners state:— "All the trains provided on the schedule ran into Sydney this morning practically…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trams and Trains. Sydney
The Chief Commissioner states that the suburban train service is satisfactory, and that the tram service is also making great headway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Strike. Men Demand Right to old Positions. Rail and Tram men may go back. Flour Millers won't Strike. Indepedent Tribunal Wanted. Sydney
An official representative of the Strike Committee, referring to the arrest of the leaders, declared it would not have any effect, except to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Fraser Na Railway Men an Important Meeting. Card System Defended
Mr Fraser, addressing over 1200 rail and tramway men at the Railway Institute to-day, stated the Commissioners' position regarding the trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike Commissioners' Report Services Satisfactory. Big Goods Traffic. Increased Tram Revenue
The Commissioners' progress report States that all trains provided ran practically on time. Seventeen goods trains arrived and 13 left Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Psocession and Cartoons Tram Traffic Held Up
Tho Strike Defence Committee met at 2.30 to-day. This was the first meeting since the law stretched out its arm. The usual strikers' procession to-day…
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The police authorities are considering the question of revising the speed degulations, as motors are driving too speed speedily through the congested streets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Service. Regular Time Tables
Sixty hundred and fifty men in uniform were on the Sydney trams to-day, excluding officers of the official staff and volunteers. More than half are loyalists, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Street March Miners and Railway Men Unite
A combined demonstration of unionists comprising miners, railway men and others in sympathy with the industrial upheaval, was held this afternoon. It was on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Engine Drivers. Dispute Settled. London
It is officially reported that the President of the Board of Trades met the Society of Railway Engineers and Firemen and settled the dispute on the basis of the Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Railways. Appointment of Commissioner
At this week's meeting of the Victorian Cabinet the question of appointing a Railway Commissioner to fill the vacancy-caused by the death of Mr. McClelland was discussed, but no decision…
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