Alleged Conspiracy. Railway Sleeper Case
The case was concluded at Grafton in which Patrick Doyle, Thomas William Mitchell, William Rooke, Harold Cecil Cundy, Alexander…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1922
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Giant Motor Car. Burnt in Race. London, July 23
A Benz of 21,504 cubic centimeters capacity, a giant German motor car, made its first appearance at Brocklands. It started from scratch, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway. Flood Waters Stop Traffic
Due to the heavy rain, nearly ten inches having fallen, about 600 yards of the railway line between Moorlands and St. John's River, were covered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Secrets
Most people do not know why some railway signals are square at the ends, while others are swallow-tailed. In this regard it must be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Costs. Enormous Increase. Mr. Fraser's Statement
The Chief Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Fraser, said the increase in wages and working expenses and the increased rate of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Stock Concessions
The Railway Commissioners have secured executive authority for a new bylaw, which came into operation yesterday, making provision for store stock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Workers' Generous Offer Will Accept Lower Wages. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Mr Stein, secretary of the Railway Workers Branch of the A. W. U., says that in order to solve the unemployed problem, and in order to assist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Position of the Railways Speech by Mr Fraser
Speaking at the annual dinner of the Commercial Travellers' Association in Sydney on Saturday night, Mr Fraser, the Chief Railway Commissioner, spoke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Irish Disorders. Train Attacked. London, July 25
A train conveying 60 prisoners from Wexford to Dublin was ambushed at Killurin. station by irregulars, who occupied the heights on both sides of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Feeders. Northern Tablelands. Waiting Development
Between the North Coast railway line and the Great Northern line there is a large area of little developed country with good rainfall and much good soil only awaiting transit facilities to enable it to add greatly to the progress and prosperity of the State, and to promote closer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North-south Railway. Evidence in Adelaide
The Federal Public Works Committee is at present sitting in Adelaide, taking evidence as to the most desirable route for the proposed north-south…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gostwvck Bridge Approach
The Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., has been informed in reply to his representations that the Minister for Labour and Industry has granted the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rebels Ambush Train. Women and Children's Panic
A train convoying 60 prisoners from Wexford to Dublin, was ambushed at Killarin by Irregulars occupying both sides of the line. The passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Award Varied. Railways and Tramways
The Government Railways and Tramways award of October 24, 1921, has been varied, with respect to the salaried staff as from next Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Washaway. on North Coast Line
Due to the heavy rain, six hundred yards of railway line and a quantity of ballast were washed away between Moorlands and Johns' Rivery near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Fatality Motorist Sent for Trial
John George Bryen, of Belmore-road, Randwick, was committed for trial by the Sydney Coroner on Tuesday on a charge of manslaughter in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lake and Abernethy Roads
Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., went out of his way to visit the Cessnock Shire Council meeting on Monday to see what he could do by way of getting…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Collision. Mail Train Smashes Into Guard's Van. Melbourne
Rounding a turn in the Joliment railway yards this morning, the Gippsland mail train crashed into the guard's van of a Kew train, which had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Karuah Tea Gardens Road
Mr. J. J. Fitzgerald, Esq., M.L.A., has forwarded the following letter from the Under Secretary to us for publication:— "Your representations on behalf of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Works Committee's Report. Main Roads Grant 1922-23
That from the above grant £150 be applied for and apportioned as Tamworth, painting hand-rails of, follows:—Road Newcastle, etc., to Tamworth painting hand-rails of…
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