The North-South Railway Commission
The above Commission, which included Sonators Foll and Newland and Mr. D. S. Jackson, M.H.R., saw a good deal of A.I.M. activities and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1922
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Penny Tram Fares. Why They Are Not Restored
The fight is on between the trams and buses. It is understood that the policy of the Government is to give motor buses almost a free run—even along tram routes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American Railways. Strike Spreading. Vancouver, July 3
A message from Chicago states that with the shopmen's strike of eighty per cent of effectives, interest in the railway situation has shifted. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Subsidy Suggested
Mr. Walter Bennett suggested that the Government should subsidise the Railway Commissioners for the non-paying lines, instead of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Refreshment Rooms Question of Rentals
"It is now being suggested that private caterers are willing to pay between £40,0000 and £50,000 per annum to the Railway Department for the leases of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Subsidising Non-paying Railways "Surface Panacea."
The proposal to subsidise non-paying country lines so as to enable fares and freights to be reduced was criticised by Sir Thomas Henley…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Penalised Railway Jazz Bandsmen
As the result of complaints, a dance at Bathurst was slopped recently by two railway investigation officers, because several members of the jazz band…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Strike in America 400,000 Railway Men Out
New York, Sunday.—The railroad shopmen-throughout the country have struck over wage reductions. The union leaders estimate that 400,000 are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Repair of Main Roads
The Members for Maitland have received word from the Local Government Department in reply to their representations on behalf of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kurri Motor Cyclists
Last Saturday's unfavorable weather and the condition of the roads necessitated the postponement of the South Maitland District Motor Cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French Railway Accident. London, July 4
Reuter's Strasbourg correspondent reports that three persons were killed and thirty injured by the derailment of the Strasbourg-Paris Express near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Strike. Gruesome Results. London, July 2
The "Times" Vienna correspondent reports that the result of the strike of the tramway men, which has lasted a week, is becoming unbearable. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Grader
The road grader purchased by the East Maitland Municipal Council for the purpose mainly of cleaning watertables has been at work on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slag as Road Material
In recommending the East Maitland Council to construct a certain section of Newcastle street with slag from the Steel Works, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Strike Limited. Vancouver, July 5
A message from Chicago states that the shopmen on strike are playing a lone hand following the announced reluctance of the leaders of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Motor Business. Alleged False Pretences. Sydney
Joseph Alexander Manning and Frank Wilson were charged at the Central Court to-day with false pretences…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pelaw-main Road
A a result of the recent deputation which waited on the responsible Minister in Sydney in reference to urgently required improvement and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Upper Hunter Shire Council. Not in Favor of Agricultural Society. the Dry Road—minister to Visit District. Principle of Self-relp
Monthly meeting held yesterday. Present: Councillors H. L. White (President), S. Holmes, R. C. McAdam, A. A. McDonald, and A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbkook Railway Works. Local Men Dismissed. Question Raised in Parliament
In the Assembly, Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, asked the Minister for Railways, was he aware that at the railway construction works at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Catts and John Bridge and Co. Mr Lionel Bridge's Denials, Sydney
Considerable indignation was expressed by Mr Lionel Bridge to-day regarding statements made by Mr Catts in the House of Representatives in respect…
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