Good Roads Loan. Disappointing Response. Men May Have to Be Discharged
Owing to the poor response to the Good Roads Loan, which was the Governments scheme t[?] for unemployment, it is feared that it will be…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1921
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Railway Hotel Muswellbrook Transaction
William McCormack was the plaintiff in an action brought by him before His Honor, Mr. Justice Ferguson, against John Mitchell to recover…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident at Parkville Fettlers' Trolly Run Down
A serious accident on the railway occurred at Parkville on Tuesday morning. The Brisbane mail train was running some 90 minutes late,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →to rally round _____ the Muswellbrook Railway Refreshment Rooms
The work of erecting the railway refreshment rooms is still going on. The building is to be two-storeyed, the upper storey being reserved for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Disaster. London June 24
Further particulars are to hand concerning the railway disaster at Adavoyle, where a troop train was blown up by a land mine…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Claim for £750 Injured by Motor Car
The hearing was commenced in the Banco Court, Sydney before the Chief Justice and a jury, af an action in which Angus Matheson, merchant and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Race Down Hill. Sixty Miles an Hour. Motor Lorry Smash
With engine racing and body swaying from side to side, a three ton motor lorry dashed down the hill, at National Park on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →French Railway Disaster. London. June 26
A message from Lille reports that [?] persons were killed and 62 injured through the de-railing of the [?] Paris express at Be[?] Hamel,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central Australia. Railway Facilities Needed
Before the commonwealth public works Committee, Augustas Elliott and Sargeant pastoralist, hotelkeepers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Railways. Wage Reductions Resisted. Vancouver, June 28
A message from Ca[?]ge announces that the railway shopmen by an over whelming vote have rejected the 12 per cent, cut in wages ordered for july…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Derailed
The team which left the depot [?] about eight o' clock last evening, was derailed in victoria-street, before proceeding for an its journey. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Washaway. Coalfield Trains Affected
Traffic on the South Maitland railway was interfered with last night as a result of a washaway caused by the heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale at Newcastle. Tram Service Disorganized
A gale from the north-east, with heavy rain-squalls, seta in between seven and eight o'clock last night. Torrential rain fell. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram an Motor. Fatal Collision in Melbourne. [?] Pedestrian
[?] could be heard we-seater motor [?] struck the [?] tram at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ash Island Bridge. Reconstructed After Being Washed Away. Opened by Mr. Estell
The new bridge connecting Ash Island with the maitland at Hexham, was officially opened on Saturday afternoon by Mr. J. Estell, Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Precautions
The railway department determined to take risks has pre[?] for an emergency All goods in the railway goods shod were packed as high…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trams Through Water
Throughout yesterday the trams continued to run until 5.30 p.m. in High-street and along Newcastle s they had to pass through about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railways
A large batch, of telegrams, stating the damage to the lines and the delays to train through the effects of the flood, was received by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Roads Stand the Test
Generally the roads in the Muswellbrook Shire stood the test of the heavy rains very well. At a few places, however, the roads are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tarro Shire Roads
The Tarro Shire Clerk (Mr. W. .7. Grieve) notifies by advertisement in this issue that the council has resolved that no greater weight of load than…
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