Motoring Notes
The English authorities have made arrangements with a number of motor manufacturers to immediately take in hand the construction of 10,000 farm motor…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1917
1,378 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 69
East-west Railway. Australian Remaining Task. London
The "Daily Chronicle" in the course of leader appreciative of the completion of the new Australian railway, recognises that its development is [?] easy problem, as the desert distances are more difficult than across…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Luggage. Porterage Charges Fixed
With a view to improving the facilities for dealing with passengers luggage, the Railway Commissioners have decided to appoint a number of licensed luggage porters at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Alleged Perjury. Sequel to Railway Case
Robert John Tucker was charged at the West Maitland Police Court, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., that on September 6, 1917, before Charles Henry Gale, P.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dubbo to Werris Creek. Firm's Offer to Construct Railway
A deputation organised by the Dubbo Progress Association was introduced to the Acting Premier by Mr. Ashford (Minister for Lands), to urge the completion of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unemployed Tram and Bailway Men. Newcastle
The assistant secretary of the Newcastle branch of the Railway and Tramway Service Association said 400 men have been victimised as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Earnings. Sydney
The Chief Commissioner for Railways reports that the quarter ending September 30th shows a decrease of £377,229 in earnings, and a decrease of £233,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lochinvar Railway Fatality. Death of Othol Byrne
The adjourned inquest touching the death of the young man Othal. The[?] Byrne, the victim of the railway fatality at Lochinvar on the 15th instant, was held…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pilgrim Bishop. Tramp with a Pastoral Staff
Robed in his purple cassock, carrying a crooked staff, the Bishop of Peterborough is [?]king form parish to parish of his diocese [?] a three weeks' pi[?]gramage among [?] clergy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Train Service
As foreshadowed in the "Chronicle" a few issues ago, the Commissioner for Railways in reply to a deputation on the question, stated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Y.M.C.A. at Bridge
Bishop's Bridge is a locality that is doing its bit in the country's great cause faithfully. Its patriotic work centres about its public school. The well-kept…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roads and Trees. Sir William Cullen's Regret
The Lieutenant-Governor (Sir William Cullen), in opening the annual conference of the Local Government Association in Sydney, stressed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock on the Road. Rights of the Pastoralist
A question of interest to pastoralists and sheepowners was made the subject of a special case heard before Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Justice Sly, and Mr. Justice Gordon,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring Notes
Official sources show that there are 40,314 cars, 2,200 commercial vehicles, and 22,180 motor cycles now running in Australia. As regards motor cars, New South Wales has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News. Wanchope-Kempsey Railway
It is understood that the Wanchope-Kempsey section of the North Coast railway will he officially opened on November 26th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girls' Patriotic League. War Bridge Evening
Members of the above league met last evening to make arrangement for a war bridge evening, to be' held in the School of Arts on November 18th. Miss Quinton' (vlco-l…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Aeroplane. Its Commercial Possibilities
Lieutenant W. W. Suitt, Chief Instructor of the State Aviation School at Richmond, in reply to congratulations of a party of Prossmon who were entertained at the aerodrome, stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fettler Killed. Mail Train Collides with Trolley
Five men belonging to a gang employed reralling on the Temora. line were returning from Temora, to their camp, riding on a Shellield trolley, when they were suddonly confrouted, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall Out of a Train. Little Boy Seriously Injured
When the Tamworth mail, bound to Sydney, was running between Alandale and Lochinvar yesterday afternoon, a little boy, Joseph Benham, 4 years of age,…
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