The Road to Ruin. Bank Clerk and Geisha
That human nature is the same the world over is evidenced by the story told in the Japanese papers of, Isuta Yoshlo, aped 22. a bank clerk, who was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1919
1,194 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 60
North Coast Railway. Cause of Delay in Construction
In a letter to the Casino Municipal Council, acknowledging the receipt of a communication urging the Government to complete the Coast Railway, and inviting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Townsville Strike. Railway Employee Arrested
A Townsville message says that the steamer after left for Bowen to load fruit. Some Passengers for Brisbane had booked by the steamer, but the crew refused to go unless…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Brawl. Emu Plains Resident Falls Off Tram
In the course of a brawl on a tram, which was travelling along King-street, Newtown, on Saturday night, Frederick George M'Arthur, a resident of Emu Plains, lost his balance,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Pilfering. South Australian Losses
Pilfering of consignments of merchandise entrusted to the Railway Department has been carried on on South Australia for some time on a very extensive scale, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria's Railway Chief. London, July 11
Mr. M'Pherson, the Victorian Treasurer, will return by way of America, where he will inquire for a suitable Chief Railway Commissioner. He has already submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Railway Strike. Dramatic Swiftness. London. July 17
With dramatic swiftness the employees of the North-Eastern Railway Co. have struck, demanding a relaxation of the eyesight test…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Railways. Commonwealth Provides Money
The Minister for Mines in New South. Wales (Mr Fitzpatrick) has secured the endorsement of the Commonwealth authorities for the construction of four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Townsville Riots. Railway Employees Suspended
Advices have been received from Townsville to the effect that 23 employees of the Railway Department there have been susponded for disobedience…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Higher Cost of Railways
A statement prepared by Sir Albert Wyon and Sir William Plender, and issued by Sir Auckland Geddes, on behald of the Board of Trade, places the estimated value of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bishop's Bridge
Peace celebrations in this locality took the form of a school picnic. At an early hour the children, parents, and citizens, assembled in the Schoolroom where proceedings were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Aviation. New Type of Aeroplane
For some days much has been heard of a new type of aeroplane which, is being perfected near London. The novelty or this machine is that it is said to depart from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Official Retires
After many years service on the State Railways, and particularly at Morpeth, Mr. C. Edwards, leading porter, was made the recipient of a handsome silver mounted pipe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle and Cab Collide. Cyclist Badly Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
George Seal was rifling a motor cycle at a fast pace last night at Annandale, and was following a motor car which turned to go into a garage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Long Bridge
Advantage has been taken by the department of the presence of the bridge workers in Maitland, in connection with repairs to the footway of the Belmore Bridge, to give…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Leap to Death. From Blazing Aeroplane
A verdict of "Death by misadventure" was returned at the inquiry at Frien Barnot into the tragic death of Mr. Peter Legh, nephew of Lord Nowton, and ex-flight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Pilliga Scrub Railway
There is apparently a good prospect of the long-promised Pilliga Scrub railway materialising. Mr. W. E. Wearne, M.L.A., has received a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Officer Transferred
Mr. J. H. Harris, of St. Andrew-street, who has for the past ten months been engaged at the West Maitland booking office as chief coaching clerk, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Pilfering. South Australian Losses
Pilfering of consignments of merchandise entrusted to the Railway Department has been carried on in South Australia for some time on a very extensive scale, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Victoria's Railway Chief. London, July 11
Mr. M'Pherson, the Victorian Treasurer will return by way of America, where he will Inquire for a suitable Chief Railway Commissioner. He has already submitted…
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