Attempt at Tramway Strike. Negotiations May Prevail
The Transporters' executive ordered the tramway men's branches throughout the country to tender strike notices, expiring on April 3rd, but the strike may…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
1,694 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 85
Sinn Fein Explanation. Victim a Secret Service Agent. Tram Line Blocked
Recent Sinn Feinn propaganda describes Bell as having been acting in the English secret service for forty years. He had always been in the closest touch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycle Record Sydney to Melbourne in 20 Hours 38 Minutes
A new record for a motor cycle ride between Sydney and Melbourne has been established by Fred Borry on a HarleyDavidson machine Accompanied by C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality Run Down by Engine
A commercial traveller from Brisbane, named Martin W. B. Brodrick,was run over and killed by a locomotive at the Central railway Station, Sydney, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Smash on Mountains Miraculous Escapes
A sensational motor car accident occurred on the Jenolan Caves Road, near Katoomba, on Friday night, when a car ciniiing up the Zig-Zag went over the side…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News. Easter Tram Traffic
The time-table for Easter holidays in connection with the running of the Maitland trams—Good Friday to Easter' Monday inclusive—will be founded this issue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Maitland Railways
Mr. D. Murray, secretary to the Newcastle Eight-hour Commitee, has received a reply from Mr. Storey, M.L.A., Labour leader, in reply to a communication…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stroud Road. [?]Parents and Citizens' Association
[?]meeting of the Stroud Road [?]ts and Citizens Association was [?]in the school room on Monday,[?]inst. Mr Hunter presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rapid Road Reconstruction
A new type of road repair equipment has been produced by a leading British firm. It consists of an electric battery-driven truck on which is mounted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coonamble Mail Train. Collision with COAl, TRUCKS
A collision occurred at Eskbank, on the Western railway line between one and two o'clock on Friday morning, the Coonamble mail, on its way to Sydney, coming into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cost of Ringing Tram Bell
If a passenger by ringing the bell starts a tramway car and another passenger is injured, who is to blame? This was the question (report the "Scotsman") in an action…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor, Car Adventure. Fall of 600 Feet
At midnight on Tricky a motor party, consisting of seven men-Bert. Paul, two brothers Egan, Gordon Esgate. Eric Bell, Sam Duff, and Charles Kirton, all of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Fatality. Two Boys Killed on Railway
A shocking railway fatality occurred at Pearith on Thursday. Three boys were walking on the vicdict situated between [?] and East Plain[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Picnic Motor Capsizes
A motor lorry, with a party of picnickers on board, at the entrance to National Park suddenly got out of control and left the road. After narrowly missing trees on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fell From Moving Train
Thomas Nicholls, a returned soldier, fell from a moving train at Lidcombe railway station, and was so badly injured that his life is despaired of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Road to Fortune
The road to fortune is the road to health Success and the ability to enjoy it annually be the property of those who keen their bodies at and their brains clear. If…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Wretched Roads. Unenviable & Notoriety. Better Methods Needed
Maitland municipalities have acquired an unenviable reputation among northern towns for the badness of their roads, and particularly for the loose stones that are so dangerous to cyclists, so destructive of the rubber tyres that are now so much in use, and also so cruel on horses that the attention of the Society for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railwaymen's Leader's Reward. London, April 4
The Railwaymen's Union has presented the wife of their secretary, Mr. Thomas, with the deeds of a new residence at Dulwich, in recognition of her husband's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality
A party of Sydney visitors were returning from Mount "Wilson yesterday, and when Hearing Mount Victoria the cur overturned, the occupants being thrown out and pinned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The First Aeroplane
Lord Montagu of Beaullen, lecturing on aviation at the King College, London, reforred briefly to the history of avlution. Lord Montagu spoke of his visit to America…
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