British Railway Men Settlement Accepted. London, Thursday Night
The railway men's leaders have now by a majority, accepted a settlement on the basis of the Government's offer…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
1,694 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 85
The Weather. Heavy Storm at Scone. Streets and Railway Line Flooded
A heavy thunderstorm occurred at Scone on Wednesday afternoon, yielding over 2½ inches in half-an-hour. It was much heavier on the surrounding hills,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Fatality Capsize on Anzac Parade, Sydney
A motor car collided with the stone coping at Anzac Parade, Moore Park, this morning. The driver saw a motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intimidation in Queensland. Railwaymen and the Police
An extraordinary statement was made by Detective-Sergeant Donnelly in the City Police Court at Brisbane on Thursday during the hearing of a case in which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sinn Fein Outrage Motor Cars Wrecked. Ball Guests Stranded. London, Thursday Night
Sinn Feiners, with revolvers, held up six motor cars conveying guests to a ball near Kilkenny. The men and women were compelled to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman's Skull Fractured. Tram and Motor in Collision
A tram and motor car came into collision in king-street, Sydney, on Saturday afternoon, as a result of which miss Vera Filmer sustained a fractured skull. She…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horse injured Tram
Mr. A. King of East Maitland. had a narrow escape from serious injury this morning. He was riding to work, and when nearing the corner of Lawes and Melbourne streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Maitland Railways. Fares and Freights. Chessnock. Monday
A meeting of citizens of Cossnock, "convened by the shire president, Councillor Russell, to protest against the increased fares and freights on the South Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Wreckers. Audacity Increasing
The "Times" Dublin correspondent reports that the audacity of the organised motor-car wreckers is increasing. A mob, armed with sticks and stones, held up and smashed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Drivers Wreck Cars
The Irish motor drivers who are on strike wreeked the Under-Secretary's car and damaged the machinery. Similar attacks were made on cars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayfield Railway Bridge
Several Persons who constantly pass over the bridge spanning the North Coast railway line at Mayfield, near Rutherford, decking. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Motor Capsize. Several Persons Injured
A serious motor car accident occurred near Lllydale (Vic.), when seven visitors from Melbourne, who were being driven to Marysville, were injured as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stealing From Railway Two Men Fined £20 Each
At the Moss Vale police court, Kenneth Leslie Beatty and John Hoare, Wingello residents, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing 5 bags of onions, 3 bags of maize, 3 bags…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Egyptian Railway Outrage
Reuter's Cairo correspondent sports that the Luxor-Cairo express narrowly escaped disaster. An armed land tampered with the rails, bringing the train to a standstill. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Future Transit. Vast Underground Roads
London, Monday.—Lord Ashfield, formerly Sir Albert Stanley (ex-president of the Board of Trade), states that within a decade transport facilities in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Services. Expert Views. London
Sir Eric Geddes, in his speech on railway problems, states that wholesale competition for the same traffic was wrong and wasteful. The railways should compete in developing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Motor Smash
A party of Tenterfield residents motoring from Tenterfield to Stanthorpe on Monday evening, met with a serious accident fifteen miles from Teuterfield…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Flights
The Australian Aircraft Company have arranged for a series of flights, starting from Maitland on Wednesday next in their latest model Avro aeroplane, conditionally on 20…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Need for Good Roads
New South Wales needs better main roads now than were needed 20 years ago, because of the much larger use of roads for motor traffic, not only for pleasure, but also for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bicycle Road Races
Two bicycle road races are advertised to take place at Cessnock on Saturday afternoon next, one for seniors and one for juniors. The course for the former is from the…
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