Motor Prosecution. Driver Fined £5
The prosecution brought against Charles Christianson, who was charged with having driven a motor car on the Newcastle Maitland road in such a manner as to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
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Sensational Railway Smash. Fireman and Driver Scalded to Death. Sydney
A Brisbane message states that while a light engine was being driven down the range from Kuranda, it left the rails, and while travelling at a great rate crashed…
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A memorandum from the Railway Department to the Minister for Works and Railways, Mr. Ball, in explanation of the actual increases in fares recently imposed was…
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The social, which was arranged for the 23rd instant, in aid of the 34th Battalian Comforts Fund, proved a far greater success than even the most sanguine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Railway Fatality. Compensation to Widow
In connection with the death of Roland Michael Allsopp, a shunter, who was killed on October 30 at the Singleton railway yards while engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court. Tuesday, November 26. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge) Motor Cycle and Car Collision
This was a matter in which Ernest Foster Edwards, motor engineer, of Muswellbrook, claimed £40 damages from Joshua Jeffries, colliery manager…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament's Privileges. Passenger Train Delayed
Mr Lang, M.L.A., recently, alleged that it had cast £80,to povide a train to take home one member of Parliament, and the statement evidently had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclist's Claim
In the Singleton District Court on Wednesday, before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge, a claim was made by Ernest Poster Edwards, motor…
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Mr. Henry Ford, who was recently defeated for the Senate, has announced his retirement from the active management of the automobile business. He has bought…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Presentation to Railway Official
Mr T. A. Maguire, who was recently promoted to the position of coaching clerk at after 25 years' service in the Railway Department at…
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On arrival at Strathfield yesterday a passenger by the Melbourne express found the lock broken off his-truck, and a cash box containing a quantity of jewellery had…
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Ernest Prince, a motor driver, was remanded at the Sydney Police Court, on a charge of having feloniously slain. Jessie Agnes O'Neil, who was killed on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Repairing Belmore Bridge
Preparation are being made for beginning the work of repairs to the decking of the Belmore Bridge, which has been in a very unsatisfactory state for some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deputations. Kearsley Road
The extremely bad state of the Kitchener road, or at least a portion of it at the bottom of the road approaching the township, was…
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Mr. Winston Churchill's announcement of the nationalisation of the railroads has stirred the greatest interest. No details of the Government policy have been announced and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers. in Railway Department
Mr. Ball, Minister for Works and Railways, yesterday received the following report from the Railway Commissioners:—"Where a returned soldier employee, after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damages for Motor Accident. Chauffeur Awarded £185
In the District Court at Newcastle Arthur Pankhurst proceeded against the Lake Macquarie Shire Council for £400 compensation for personal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued avery wools, under the personal supervision or the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 396. Pastoral. Sheep [?] DESTRUCTION. No Royal Road
Commenting on the last year's work at the Sheep Blow-Fly Experiment Station at [?], near Moree, the Minister for Agriculture remarks that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strange Disappearance. Adelaide Motor Driver
The disappearance of Harold Jacques, a well-known Adelaide motor, driver, has puzzled the police, On November 22nd, [?]ques, who lived with his wife and two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Railways. Eight Hour Day Conceded London
The railway crisis caused by the attempt to precipitate a strike unless railwaymen's national programme was conceded in principle has ended, the Board of Trade…
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