The Motor Industry. Great Competition
"There never was such competition since the beginning of the motor industry. Makers are out, [?] speaking to cut each other's threats wherever they can. No man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1920
1,694 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 85
Espionage by Aeroplane. Difficult to Prevent
It is going to be a very difficult matter to prevent espionage be aeroplane, for with the development of aviation aeroplanes will be able to slip in and out of England unnoticed. Even the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Faulty Work. "Go-slow" Policy in Railway Workshops
It is reported from a reliable source that a number of men have been dismissed at the Islington Railway Workshops, South Australia for what in regarded as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Paterson and Maitland Motor Service
Mr. George Duggan, the well-known coach and livery stable proprietor of Paterson, notifies the public by advertisement in this issue that Mr. A. Garland has taken over his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Tram Traffic
It is understood that the tram traffic yesterday in the metropolitan area, constituted a record, while the traffic on the trains was also particularly heavy, despite the increase…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Question of Train Advertising
Business was very brisk at the local railway station on New Year's morning, a goodly number of passengers mustering to travel by the 7.5 train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baby Run Over by Train
Lilian Davis, the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J. L. Davis, of Hexham, was fatally injured by a train between Hexham and Sandgate on Thursday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Railways. Restoring Private Ownership. Vancouver, December 24
President Wilson announces the return of the railroads to their private owners on March 1, 1920…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →British Railway Freights. London
Increases a British railway freights are announced [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality. a Forgotten Christmas Present. Sydney
While a taxi was travelling down a hall from Huntley's Point to Drummoyne, on Christmas eve a powerful street lamp dazzled the driver, and the car crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Labourers. 44-Hour Week Favoured
Mr. Bodkin, secretary of the Railway Workers and General] Labourers' Section of the A.W.U., stated that his organisation was unanimously in favour of the 44-hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Smash. Five Persons Injured
Two motor cars each travelling about 35 miles an hour, collided at the intersection of the cross roads at Wallacetown and Southland, near Wellington (N.Z). One of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Congested. London
The "Times" Paris correspondent says the wounded and sick refugees hardships are appaling during the retreat in winter across a single congested railway, with dissensions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Trans-siberian Railway. Guarded by Czecho-slovaks. London, December 30
In view of Koltchak's retreat in Siberia and Japan's determination to stem the flow situation is being reviewed by the whole situation is being reviewed by the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Catering
"Traveller" writes: "It is very much to be questioned whether the railway refreshment rooms, since they have been taken over by the Commissioners,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girls in Railway Refreshment Rooms. Not Paid Overtime
Although everybody in the employ of the State appears to be well cared for in the way of fixed hours, minimum rates and payment for overtime, the girls who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Fatality. New Zealand Sensation
A serious train accident occurred at Wellington on Saturday evening, as a result of which one person was killed and sixteen injured. The motor man on the tram from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Workers. Wages Advanceed. London, January 3
The Government agrees to pay the lowest grade railway workers a minimum of £3 weekly, with proportional increases in the higher grades. The wages will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Engineering. the Motor Tractor. Its Possibilities in Australia
When during the war the necessary of increasing the home food production laced, the British Government, the motor tractor came as a solution of the difficulty with some of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Running the Railways
Britain and the United States have each recently had to face serious national situations in connection with their railways, and while the wheels are turning again,…
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