Local and General News Grazing on Railway Lines
Mr. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, recently suggested that stock might be allowed to graze by the sides of railway lines. The Chief; Railway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
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Tram Men and Royal Visit Sydney Demands Refused. Mass Meeting to be Held
An announcement was made at the Sydney Trades Hall on Tuesday that the Railway Commissioners had refused to receive a deputation from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clyde Station Robbed Railway Clerk Held Up
Bailing up the booking clerk against the wall a masked and armed robber helped himself to £30 out of the till at the Clyde railway station on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bellbird Road
A good coating of metal is being spread on the main road between Cessnock and Bellbird. This road carries heavy team traffic and it had got into an extremely bad state…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quoits. Match at Bishop's Bridge
A quoit match for £5 between J. Kidd, of Kurri Kurri, and E. Griffiths, of Bishop's Bridge, will take place at Bishop's Bridge wine shop on next pay Saturday, June 5…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling. Ten Mile Road Race
The Maitland Bicycle Club will run a tenmile road race on Saturday, June 5. from Campbell's Hill to Black Hill and bacs. Good prizes will he offered. The entries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Empire Day Celebrations at Stroud Road
Ideal weather prevailed for the Empire Day sports held on the school grounds al Stroud Road on Monday last. At mid-day the attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Strikers. Progressive Leader's Statement. Accepted As Challenge by Labour
The statement by Mr. Wearne, M.L.A., leader of the Progressive party. that if the 1917 strikers were reinslated and the loyalists dismissed. it would mean the withdrawal…
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Router's Bombay correspondent reports bat the railway strikers rioted. damaging rails and signals and holding up traps. Military assistance was requisitioned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Guard. Equal to Emergency. London. May 25
As the Penzance express dashed at top speed through Newbury the [?] was struck by a ball of paper bearing a message asking him to telegraph for an ambulance to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Borrowing. Brisbane Tramways. London, May 27
Mr. W. A. Wait. Federal Treasurer, speaking at a luncheon at the City Carlton Club, detailed Australia's finances and requested city men to regard her borrowings other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Desert Tragedy. Self-sacrificing General
The "Times" Paris correspondent reports that Sergeant Bernard is seriously ill. He was pilot to General Loperine in the Sahara Desort, and it is revealed that the General…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Shore Bridge Immediate Action Urged
A conference, attended by representtives of all the municipal and shire councils on the northern side of the harbor interested in the proposed North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Falls from Train a Crawl for Life
Alice Meagher, aged 19, of Croydon Park, fell from a train between Redfern and Macdonaldtown on Wednesday evening. She crawled about 100 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Men Deputation to Acting Premier. Reinstatement of Strikers. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The Railway and Tramway Employees' deputation interviewed Mr Dooley to-day and discussed the question of making up the Board of Trade's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Men the Demand for Double Pay. Chief Secretary to Receive Deputation
In regard to the railway and tramway men's demand for double pay during the Royal visit Mr Dooley, Chief Secretary, has notified the Amalgamated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French President. Falls Out of Train. Regarded Insane. LONDON. May 24
President Deschand fell out of an express train at Montargis, near Fontainblean. He was badly bruised, but otherwise not seriously injured. The accident was not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Free Railway Tickets. State Treasurer's Objections
Having been asked to pass vouchers for a number of free railway rickets issued chiefly in January and totaling in value £296/[?] the State Treasurer (Mr. Lang) has…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railwaymen's Intervention. London
The Railwaymen's National Executive is inviting the "triple alliance" to consider the question of active intervention in the Irish, situation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Racing. London, Monday Night
The last post-war meeting at Bookiands attracted leading motorists. The chief event, the Lighthing Handicap, was contested by four cars-Harry Hawker's…
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