Going the Pace. Motoring and Racing
In the course of; his examination, before the Registrar in Bankruptcy, on Tuesday, David Daniel Hill laborer, said he was formerly a man of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
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"John Bridge's" New Department. Two Useful Agencies Secured
Wool-growing and dairying are undoubtedly two of the greatest of our primary industries. Anything that assists to render either of these…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Muswellbrook Letter. Shire Councils and Road Boards. Muswellbrook
A number of shire councils have recently passing resolutions disapproving of the provision in the new local Government Bill to constitute independent boards for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor. Proposed Paterson and Allyn Road Deviation
Sir,—In your issue of the 27th ult. appeared a letter with regard to the above, which was forwarded to the Minister for Local Government by the Wallarobba Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Produce in Railway Yards
The general secretary of the Primary Producers Union has intimated to the local branch that, in response to representations regarding dumping of produce in the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Strike in Ukraine. Railwaymen's Revolt. London, Wednesday night
In connection with the railway strike in Ukraine the "Norddeutsche Zeitung" quotes a manifesto issued by a secret organisation of Great Russia urging railway to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Bridge Repairs
Lieut.-Colonel Nicholson, member for Maitland, has been officially informed that in reply to his recent representations to the Engineer-in-Chief for Public Works,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"John Bridge's" Newest Departmnet. Two Useful Agencies Secured
Wool-growing and dairying are undoubtedly two of the greatest of our primary industries. Anything that asists to render either of these…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railways and Tramways. Annual Report
The annual report of the Commissioners of Railways and Tramways for the year ended June 30 has been issued. The earnings of the railways were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sensational Motor Accident. Sydney
Mr. Massey Greene, Minister for Price Fixng, had a wonderful escape in a motor car accident on the direct Western-road, near Linden, yesterday afternoon. he was being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers' Railway Fares
The member for Maitland, Lieut.-Colonel Nicholson, has been interesting himself with the Railway Commissioners on behalf of returned soldiers and sailors in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Passenger's Remarkable Escape
William Wilson, a passenger by the Melbourne express, had a remarkable escape from death on Wednesday night. It appears that owing to a slight delay…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Construction. Raising Revenue. CESSNOCK
The expenditure upon road construction in the Cessnock Shire, and, indeed, in many other shires and municipalities, falls lamentably short, of what it should be. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mont[?]dier-roye Road. London
The "Times" Paris correspondent reports: The road from Mont[?] to Roye is crammed with enemy transport. The greatest confusion prevails…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aberglasslyn Road. Complaint to Water Board
At yesterday's meeting of Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board at Newcastle, a letter was read from the shire clerk, Cessnock Shire Council, complaining that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Intense Air Fighting. 41 Hun Machines Downed. Giant Germans Aeroplane. London, MOnday morning
Sir .Douglas Haig reports:—There was intense air fighting on Saturday. We destroyed 11 enemy machines and drove down 20 uncontrollable. Twelve of ours are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Commissioners' Denial
The Railway Commissioners emphatically deny the existence of any booklet pointing out to the foremen at Eveleigh and Randwick how to obtain grater production from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Trams. Antiquated Service. Newcastle
The statement made by the Chief Commissioner for Railways that there was a loss of £14,000 on the Newcastle tramway system last year, and that the people of the city and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Primary Producers' Union. Waste at Alexandria. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners
At the quarterly meeting of the central executive of the Primary Producers' Union in Sydney, last week, a sub-committe reported having met…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Accident. Mr Massey Greene's Wonderful Escape
Mr Massey Greene, Minister for Price Fixing had a wonderful escape in a motor car accident on the Great Western-road, near Linden, on Friday…
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