Road Construction
The Minister for Load Government, Mr. T. D. Mutch, has written to Mr. Walter Bannett, M .L.A., in reply to his letter asking that a departmental…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1921
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Troop Train Derailed
Sinn Feiners derailed a train near Dundalk, which was conveying troops participating in the King's visit to Belfast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good Roads Scheme the Loan a Failure
It now seems inevitable that the Good Roads Loan launched by the State Government some Months ago will prove a dismal failure. A sum of £500,000 was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ravensworth Road Matters Letter Prom Local Government Minister
Some little time ago the Ravensworth residents requested the local members to approach the Minister for Local Government with a view to having an officer of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LOCAL & General News New Motor Lorry
We notice today the arrival in town or a new and up-to-date 2- 3 ton International motor lorry to the order of A. Brazier and co., which is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stepped from a Moving Tram
Mrs. Bonrelf, of Lemon's Flat, a Gloucester, a visitor to visitor to West Maitland, had a very fortunate escape from serious injury last evening. She was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Railway Disaster. London, June 26
A message from Lille reports that 25 persons were killed and 62 injured through the de-railing of the Lille Paris express at Beaumont Hamel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident at Parkville. Fettlers' Trolly Run Down
A serious accident on the railway occurred at Parkville this morning. The Brisbane mail train was running some 90 minutes late, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trams v. Motor Omnibuses
At a meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council a letter was received from the East Maitland Municipal Council asking that the licenses in respect to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Destroyed
A commercial traveller's sample car was completely destroyed by fire near the Four-Mile Creek, just beyond East Maitland, on the Newcastle road, this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Roads Loan Extension Suggested
The State Treasurer (Mr Lang) stated on Monday night that although the expenditure already authorised by him under the Good Roads Loan scheme exceeds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Smash in France Awful Scenes
London, Monday.—A disastrous train smash is reported from Beaucourt Hamel, France. Heat caused the rails to expand, and this resulted in the breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing Documents. Evidence at Railway Commission
At a sitting of the Railway Commission last week, the question arose of whether a letter written by the Chief Commissioner to the Acting-Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Audacious Boy Thieves Robbery at Central Railway Station. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
While two employees were counting cash in the refreshment room at the tral Railway Station last night two boys aged about 10 walked to the counter and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash Averted Sensational Escape at North Shore. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A disastrous railway collision Was averted by less than the length of a carriage on the North Shore line this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Railways. and Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Railway Commissioner have made a report to the Government urging the [?]sation of the construction of country railway lines util…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Facilities. Stagnation in Country Production. Significant Figures
Figure's, which indicate a serious condition of stagnation in the production of the State since 1914, despite the expenditure of £18,000,000 in railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Opening of the Railway to Muswellbrook
Inquiries have recently been made here about the date of the opening of the railway to Muswellbrook, and for those [?]corned it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AEROPLANE v. Submarine. American Experiment. Vancouver, [?]
The former German [?] 117 was sunk this morning by [?] first squadron of naval aeroplane [?] which bombed it in the opening [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Irish Outrages. Troop Train Derailed. London, June 24
A troop train was derailed near Belfast, it is reported by Sinn Feiners. Forty were killed and a number of others injured…
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