Church-street Tramway
After having lain idle for a considerable time, the Church street blanch tramway is being pulled up. For a time after its construction the line was used, but the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
1,694 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 85
Activity at Cessnock. Railway Fares and Freights. Cessnock
Combined Progress Associations, miners and other public bodies met on Saturday evening, when a strong protest was entered against the uncreased passenger fares and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Essential Railway. Walcha Road to Port Stephens. Scope for Repatriation Development and Decentralisation
Mr S. W. Down, Walcha, writes in the Tamworth "Observer":— Any comprehensive scheme for the repatriation of the returned soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Railways. Negotiations Proceeding. London, Sunday Night
In response to a summons from Mr. Lloyd George respecting the railway situation Sir Eric Geddes, Minister for Transport, and Sir Robert Horne, Minister for Labour, have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Connections
Note.—All railway connections, except Walcha Road to Woodside (perhaps), North Coast Railway to Salamander Hay, will be be as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Railway Men Reject Wages Offer. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night
The railway unions' conference has rejected the wages offer. It was referred back to the executive for further negotiation with the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Cars and Motor Robbed, Driver Assaulted. Raid on Dublin Post Office
Two masked cyclists robbed the mail Motor near Mullingar. Several men attacked the mail car on the road way at Galway and knocked the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Better Roads. National Roads Association
Consideration was given at a meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Sydney, to a proposal to form branch of the National Roads Association in New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loc/ L and G.2kesal News. Wybong Road
People wlio have to travel on the Wybong road, complain that it is in a very had state at the present time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Engineering. the Motor Tractor. it's Possibilities in Australia
When during the war the necessity of increasing the home food productaon fuced the British Government, the motor tractor came as a solution of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Freights and Fares
At Monday's meeting of the Shire Council the president (Councillor Russell) referred to the increased passenger and freight charges on the South Maitland Railway Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Electric Lighting. the Railway Commissioners' Scheme
At the meeting of the Went Maitland Municipal Council last evening the Mayor, Major Cracknell, submitted a minute in regard to the electric lighting proposal. In…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavier Railway Freights
Farmer and all operators of country industries are concerned at the raising of fares and freights on the railway lines, which increases are the necessary result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of Aeroplane
Lieut, J. H. Butter, representative for the Per[?] Rubber Company, arrived ever Singleton in the Brintol aeroplane about half-east 3 yesterday afternoon, and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commerce by Aeroplane Arrival of Lieut. Butler
The Bristol experimental model aeroplane, need by the Perdrian Rubber Co. for conveyance of their commercial representative, Lieut. J. H. Butler,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Storm at Scone. Streets and Railway Line Flooded. Scone
A heavy thunderstorm occurred here yesterday afternoon, yielding over 2½ inches in half-an-hour. It was much heavier on the surrounding hills, the water from which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rail, Motor Services. Demand From the Country
A demand is setting in from the country for rail motor services on the branch railway lies, as a cheap means of haulage. The Merriwa local committee of the Graziera'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proposed Electric Service. Railway Commissioners' Offer. a Possibility Becomes a Probability. a Possibility Becomes a Probability. the Council's Changed Attitude
During the controversy on the electric light scheme as far back, as August 11 last, Mr. W. J. Enright, in a letter to the "Mercury," indicated four different schemes for supply of electricity, and added: "It is possible there may be a fifth, as rumour has it that the Commissioner for Railways proposes to electrify the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Railwaymen Negotiations with Government. London. Tuesday Night
A most important interview between Sir Eric Geddes (Minister for transport), and the committee of the railwaymen, regarding the latter's decision in rejecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Railway Men Confer with Sir E. GEDDES. Conciliatory Spirit Showing. Delegate at Cabinet Meeting. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday Night
A most important interview has taken place between Sir Eric Geddes and a committee of the railwaymen, regarding the latter's decision of the 9th instant…
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