Infant's Dead Body. Found on Railway Line
Inspector Walker, of West Maitland has received information that the dead body of a female infant was found on the Great Northern railway line at 33—20 chian…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
1,378 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 69
Motoring Notes
Whoever would have thought to see a Ford motor car slowly plodding along the furrows of a wheat field, taking the place of the sturdy farm horses before the plough? Such is the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →South Maitland Coal Mines. Railway Extension
A further extension of the South Maitland coalfield railway system has recently been made by the construction of two lines of railway to connect the Caledonian…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Singleton Argus. Saturday, September l5th. Railway Men's Privileges
Among other intimations issued by the Railway Commissioners is one to the effect that, while returning strikers will not be debarred from the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Across Australia by Motor
Frank Birtles, who was to have left Perth, W.A., on Wednesday morning in an attempt to lower the existing motorcar record from Perth to Sydney, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Men Obdurate. Pickets' Lists of Workers
The tramway men held a mass meeting at the Protestant Hall to-day. Pickets supplied full lists of men who have refused to strike or who have returned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All Austrlaian Motor Car
The first motor car to be made in Australia was christened in Sydney on Thursday by the Lord Mayor. Messrs W. B. Foulis and Rupt. Jeffkins designed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Railway Strike. Question of Arbitrator
Mr. Ryan, Premier of Queensland, on Saturday announced that delegates representing the northern strikers had arrived from Townsville, and the their request he had telegraphed to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Road's Lament
Up spake the road, [?]th grit in its teeth And a whirl of dust in its spine: "I long for the feet of the vanished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring Notes
In a paper read before the Coventry Engineering Society (England), Mr. E. A. Watson, M. Sc., brought forward a point which illustrates how we were exploited by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Military Railway
To facilitate transport, a now railway line of about four miles is in course of construction from Liverpool to Holdsworthy. A bridge spanning George's River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Strikes Sulky
Shortly before noon on Saturday a collision occurred between a motor car and a sulky, at the intersection of Pitt and Bathurst streets, and as a result the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Argentine Railway Strike. London
While the Argentine Government is awaiting Germany's explanation of the Luxburg affair, it s faced with a serious strike of railway men, interrupting the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Men. "Present Regrettable Position."
A mass meeting of the tramway men was-held at the Protestant" Hall, Sydney, at the week end. The following motion was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor and Sulky Collide
A sensational collisien took place shortly, before noon on Saturday, at the corney of Rathurst and Pitt streets, between a 6 cylinder Buick car (owned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Inconveniece
Despite the fact that the railway service is each day reported as improving and nearing normality, the information lirings small comfort to Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Men. Strike Fizzling Out
The railway officials to-day expressed the opinion that the strike would not last much longer. Already it had started to fizzle out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missing Aeroplane Plans. London
A number of valuable aeroplane place mysteriously disappeared last week. The police have discovered and arrested a Creek, who has been charged with theft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways and Tramways. Full Services in Near Future
The Chief -Railway Commissioner states that tho Department is using for the present service 600 engines. He added: "We can' restore the full rail-,…
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