Pneumatic Plant for Road Work
Owing to the increasing use of concrete in road construction, considerable attention has been given in Great Britain to the development of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1922
2,010 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 101
Our Telegrams. Attempt on Bank. Manager Assaulted on Train Robbed of His Keys. Sydney
Francis Cecil Kemmis, manager of the Government Savings Bank at Hornsby, was brutally assaulted in a train last night and robbed of his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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 2 →Motor Car Fatality. London, June 29
An inquest took place at Basingstoke on the body of Mr. John Harvey Maclellan of Pembroke college, Cambridge University, son of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Freights. Effect Upon Country Industries
A deputation which waited upon the Minister for Railways (Mr. Ball), requested that the railway freights from the Abeden meat works to Newcastle should…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →America's Railway Strike. Vancouver, June 29
Scores of maintenance way and railway men on the chicago yards are quitting work in response to the strike call to 400,000 men. As all hope of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →American Railways. Strike Proceedings. Vancouver, July 1
Fifty operators and union leaders discussed the coal strike at White House with President Harding, who urged an end to the strike in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Surface Panacea." Subsidising Non-paying Railways
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 16 →Question of Rentals. Railway Refreshment Rooms. Now Showing a Profit
"It is now being suggested that private catorers are willing to pay between 40,000 and 45,000 per annum to the Railway Department for the leases of its…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →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 2 →Tramway Strike. Gruesome Results. London, July 2
The "Times" Vacnna 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 2 →American Railways. Strike Spreading. Vancouver, July 3
A message from Cineage 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 2 →M. Railway Strike. a Million Idle. Vancouver, July 6
Reuter's Washington correspondent states that the statistician reports that more than 1,000,000 strikers are idle in the United States. Many train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Motor Liners
Excellent results continue to be obtained by the oil-driven ships constructed in Great Britain. Recently a large passenger liner equipped with oil…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Clyde Railway Contract. Probable Solution Expected
It is anticipated that as a result of the Cabinet discussion on the Clyde Works question, a solution will be found which will enable the works to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cycling. Road Race
The Maitland District Bicycle Club held a seven miles road race on Saturday from the "Mercury" corner to the junction of the Rosebrook and Paterson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tramway Dispute. Strike Likely in New Zealand
The dispute between the Wellington City Council (New Zealand) and the tramway men has reached a serious stage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rail and Motor. North Coast Route
It is quite possible that within a few months, passengers will be able to book at Sydney direct to Grafton, Lismore, and other destinations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S.A. Railway Strike. Hopes of Settlement. Vancouver, July 8
More than a million workers are idle through, strikes in the United Statta, according to figures compiled at Washington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Telegrams. Motor Car Fatality. Sydney
Mrs. Annie Robinson, one of the victims of last night's motor car collision in Macquarie-street, died early this morning. The others are…
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