Shots Fired at Train
As a train was passing through Erskineville on its way to Sydney early this morning, two bullets crashed through two of the windows, one bullet narrowly missing a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
1,694 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 85
The Biggest Year for Good Roads
The good-road programme now being carried out in the United States is the largest ever planned, we are informed by a contributor to "The Forecast" (New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Maitland Railways. Fares and Freights. Cessnock
Following upon the public meeting that was held on Sunday when it was proposed to send a deputation to the south Maitland Railway Company to protest against recent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Indian Railway Outrage. Delhi, January 22
It is officially reported that on the night of the 18th a bomb was thrown at a passenger train between Tarn and Pabbi, near Newsferrn. It was apparently aimed at the…
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Commencing on Tuesday, 27th inst.,Mr. Alf Ditton will run a motor bus service between Cessnock and Maitland, via Kurri. Two trips daily will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Increased Railway Fares the Cessnock Protest. Deputation Appointed to Meet Directors
Despite the unfavorable weather conditions which prevailed last Sunday there was a large attendance at the public meeting convened by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Miners and the Railway Fares
At a meeting of the Aberdare Miners' Lodge, held last night, the question of the excessive fares charged on the Aberdare Railways was disuessed. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman's Skull Fractured. Tram and Motor in Collision
A tram ana motor car came into collision in King-sired, Sydney, on Saturday afternoon, as a result of which Miss Ve[?] Filmer sustained a fractured skull. She…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Serious Motor Smash. Tenterfield
A party of Tenterfield residents motoring from Tenterfield to Stanthorpe on Monday evening, met with a serious accident fifteen miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Railwaymen a Protracted Conference. London
The meeting of railway men with Sir. [?] Geddes this afternoon lasted two and a [?] hours It is reliably stated that the proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Egyptian Railway Outrage
Reuter's Cairo correspondent sports that the Luxor-Cairo express narrowly escaped disaster. An armed band tampered with the rails, bringing the train to a standstill. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Mattland Railways. Fares and Freights. Cessnock
A meeting of citizens of Cessnock, convened by the shire president, Councilor Russell, to protest against the increases fares and freights on the South Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →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 mid stones, held up and smashed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Smash. Four People Injured. Sydney
Four people were injured in a motor car [?]nash in Auzac Parade, Moore Park, early this morning. One girl, Olga Neville, aged 26, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Serious Motor Capsize. Several Persons Injured
A serious motor car accident occurred near Lilydale (Vic,), when seven visitors front Melbourne, who were being driven to Marrysville. were injured as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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 →The Living Wage. Anomalies in Railway Service
A meeting of the New South Wales Parliamentary Labor Party decided to appoint a deputation to wait on the Chief Railway Commissioner, "to ascertain the reason why the increase…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cycling
An attempt is being made to stimulate interest in motor cycling at Cessnock, with a view of the formation a club. Several previous attempts to form a club failed, not…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shots at Railway Carriage a Dangerous Prank. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
As a train was passing through Erskineville to Sydney early this morning two bullets crashed through' the windows…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fall From Tram
Frederick Barton fell from a tram in Norton-street, Leichhardt. He got up and went on with his work apparently uninjured. Later he became ill, and was conveyed to…
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