Motor Overturns. Miraculous Escape. Cessnock
Sergeant While, of Cessnock, his wife, two children and two lady friends had a remarkably fortunate escape from serious injury yesterday afternoon at Mount…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
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Railway Men. Indefinite Promises Unsatisfactory
According to Mr. Corrish, secretary of Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association, a plain statement is required as to what the Government intends to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Australian Railways Cost of Construction, £224,921,708
According to figures issued by the Commonweal the Statistician, the Commonwealth in 1919 had 22,647 miles of railways open for traffic, and on them…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Three Persons Injured. Tram and Sulky Collide
Frederick Roberts (40). of 67 Phillip-street Balmain, accompanied by his wife and son Jack, was driving a horse and [?]ky along Gordon-street, Balmain…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Fuels on Railways
Important trials with pulverised coal and "colloidal" fuels have been carried out recently on the Great Central Kailway, England. Colloidal fuel is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Aeroplane Smashes. Mishap at Culcairn. Parer and McINTOSH UNFORTUNATE
Liotcuants Parer and Macintosh met with trouble at Calcairn on their journey to Melbourne. Owing to further magneto trouble, it was decided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strikers Expelled. Railway Union's Action
Twenty-four shunters in the Perth goods yard who struck work on their own account and in defiance of the Railway Employees' Union. having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cycling. Motor Cycle Speed Record
Harold Parsons broke the world's motor cycle road record over distances from 300 to 1100 miles in Victoria on Saturday, when he finished…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Speed Motor Cycling a World's Record
Harold Parsons broke the world's motor cycle record over distances from 300 to 1100 miles early on Saturday, when he finished 1114½ miies at Sale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strikers Expelled Action by the Railway Union
Twenty-four shunters in the Perth goods yard who struck work on their own account and in deflance of the Railway Employees' Union, having refused up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Sleepers
The Railway Commissioners draw attention elsewhere to the localities and depots at which they are prepared to accept railway sleepers. The prices…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transfer of Railway Officer
Mr. A. E. Goodwin, railway night-officer at Singleton during the past 18 months, has been transfered to Hermidale, in the Nyngan district and left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Saturday Work to Apply to Rail and Tramway. Other Big Works Affected. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The District Committee of the Engineers' Association has decided that the no-Saturday work embarg[?] will apply to the railways and tramways, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling. To-morrow's Road Race
Following are the handicaps for the road race to take place on Saturday from the "Mercury" corner to Morpeth Bridge and back, 10 miles:—R…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Facilities
At the Farmers and Settlers' Conference resolutions were carried that the Commissioner for Railways should come under the same regulations as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Maitland Railways
Mr. P. S. Hunt, estate agent for the Railway Commissioners, who has been appointed sole valuer in connection with the possible acquisition by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane Smashes. Mishap at Culcairn
Lieteuants Parer and Macintosh met with trouble at Calcaira on their journey to Melbourne. Owing to further magneto trouble, it was decided…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Car Capsizes
A motor car, occupied by Messrs. F. Rowley and Harold Webb, capsized while turning from Parallel-street into East Maitland road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sulky and Tram Collide
A very fortunate escape is what can be said of an accident in High-street, West Maitland, last evening. A lady was driving a pony and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trams in Collision
A moving tram collided with a stationary tram at Leichhardt. Both cars were considerably damaged, while the passengers were slightly shaken. The…
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