A Candid Tramp Stole for His Living
At Singleton Police Court en Tuesday, before Messrs A. Simmons and J. W. B Waterhouse, J.s P. a young man giving the name Sydney Percy Berry was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1919
1,194 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 60
Tea Gardens-Karuah Road
At the last meeting of the Strond Shire Council reference was made to the suggestion for the expenditure of a large sum of money on the Tea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bishop's Bridge
On Saturday evening last the residents of Bishop's Bridge and locality, assembled at the residence of Mr. F. Ekert, to welcome home his soldier son after doing his "b[?]"…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Maitland's Position. Train Restrictions. Much Inconvenience Results West Maitland
The restrictions imposed in regard to persons travelling by train beyond Maitland, which were so suddenly sprung upon the community, resulted in much…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Vocational Training. Soldiers and Railway Department
The Minister for Repatriation (Senator Millen), in an interview in Melbourne, gave further details of the arrangement which has been come to with the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Officers. Further Rates Fixed
In delivering an interim judgement for the section of claims dealing with the rates of pay for shed chargemen in the application by the Railway Officers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Railway Smash. Stock and Goods Trains Collide
At Sunbury (Vic.) on Wednesday morning a railway smash of a sensational nature occurred between a goods and a stock train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Electric Workshop Repair Train
Everybody has heard about the wonderful system of light railways which the British constructed for military transport in Flanders, but only now has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Railway Men. Eight-Hour Day Granted. Recognition of Union. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Paris, Tuesday Night
The French railwaymen have been granted the eight-hours day, with a minimum wage of 3400 francs per annum (about £2/15/- per week). The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Maitland Railways
In consequence of the influenza epidemic, the passenger train service on the South Maitland railways have been reduced. On week days trains will leave West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter to the Editor. Who Runs the Railways?
Sir,âOn Friday last I journeyed from Sydney to Morpeth, leaving in the 8.15 a.m. supposed through train to Maitland. We arrived at Gosford in good time, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Officers. Further Rates Fixed
In delivering an interim judgment for the section of claims dealing with the rates of shed chargemen in the application by the Railway Officers'…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Vocational Training. Soldiers and Railway Department
The Minister for Repatriation (Senator Milieu), in an interview in Melbourne, gave further details of the arrangement which has been come to with the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Case for the Airship. Advantages Over Aeroplane
The remarkable development of the aeroplane during the last four years, coupled with the relative failure of the Zeppelin as a weapon of war, has fostered the popular…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Tragedy. Prisoner Shot in Attempting to Escape
Further particulars with regard to the shooting of Private H.M. Jemmett, on the Melbourne express, differ in some respects from the earlier stories…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Children Injured. Motor and Sulky Accident
A collision which occurred between a motor-car and a sulky in Belmore-road, Lakemba, late on Saturday night, resulted in a man and 10 cildren being injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Matters
At a recent meeting of the Stroud Shire Council an interesting point cropped up concerning the closing of a road. It appears that a resident at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Military Prisoner Shot. Fatal Fracas on Train
In a disturbance by military prisoners en route from Melbourne to Sydney under escort by the express on Friday night, Private H. M. Jemmett, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Gates
Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter:— Dear Sir,—With reference to the representations made by you on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Jump From Burning Tram
A fire occurred on an electric tram running on Yarra Bank-road, Melbourne, on Saturday night. The passenger's jumped off. Lily Robinson,…
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