The Latest. Effects of Railway and Dock Embargo. Triple Alliance Action Revived. Government Preparing for Emergencies. (United Service Cables.) London, Tuesday Night
Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 May 1921 · page 2
The Government is taking a most serious view of the railwaymen's and dockers' embargo on coal, which revives the possibility of concerted Triple Alliance…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 3
The State Treasurer said subscriptions to the Good Roads Loan were coving in steadily, and he hoped to be able soon to moke an encouraging…
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Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 4
The "Sydney M. Herald" says :—Since the Ministry has asked for a loan of £500,000 to put the main roads of the County of Cumberland in order a…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 2
The Mayor said the main work in connection with the Council's road scheme has been completed and he had instructed the ganger to cut…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railways. Future Control. London, May 12
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 5
The text of the Railway Bill, introduced in the House of Commons, has been slightly modified since the original drafting, notably with regard…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 5
Mr. Estell, replying to a deputation at Albury, said there was a railway deficit of £160,000 last year. Although the revenue this year would be larger…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 7
The advent of the motor omnibus in the passenger service between East and West Maitland is now so seriously affecting the tramway revenue that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Wind Tunnels" for Aeroplane Tests
Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 8
Improvements have recently been introduced into the equipment of the "wind tunnels," which are used at the National Physical Laboratory (the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Main Roads Scheme. Assistance of Railway Department
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 10
The State Treasurer (Mr. Lang) stated that the Railway Department was lending valuable assistance in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Narrowgut Road
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 4
Regarding a letter from the Raworth and Narrowgut Progress Association to the Department of Local Government asking for a special grant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Absconding Swindler. Euchred by Aeroplane. London. May 7
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 12
Two Copenhagen bankers pursued an absconding bank swindler in an aeroplane. They overtook him on board a harbour steamer, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Electric Railways. an Enormous Saving
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 2
Important information is disclosed regarding the financial advantages of the railways electrification scheme in a pamphlet issued by the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 5
Councillor Croft, referring to the new railway carriage on the Milson's Point line, said he was more than ever convinced that the cars had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor Accident at Cessnock
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 4
In connection with the motor car winch ran into a shop window at Cessnock, on Thursday morning, we are informed that the car was not one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railwaymen's Action. London, May 13
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 5
The executive of the National Union of Raiwlaymen has decided that its members shall not handle imported coal no matter for what purpose it is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Border Railways. Ministers to Confer
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 13
The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. J. Estell) leaves Sydney to-day for Albury, and will be absent about nine days…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Railway Matter
Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 4
The Town Clerk (Mr E. W. Fawcett) has received word from the District Superintendent of Railways at Newcastle that the matter of inconvenience through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wireless Telegraphy on British Railways
Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 6
Several tests were carried out recently in the use of wireless telegraphy as an auxiliary means of communication on a British railway. Ordinary apparatus…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Smash. Motor Car and Sulky. Two Men Killed
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 6
A motor car crashed into the rear of a stationary sulky in Parramatta-road Camperdown, on Saturday evening, causing the death of Thomas…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2
London, Saturday.—According to a Paris message, M. Michelin, president of the Aero Club, in the course of a speech, said that Germany, though compelled…
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