Railway Station Theft Taxi-driver's Statement
Frederick Daniels, a motor driver, has been arrested and charged with the theft of £2754. from the Victorian Railway Commissioners He came to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1923
2,882 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 145
Railway Water How Parkes Deals with the Commissioners
At the end of June the existing agreement between the Railway Com missioners and the Municipal Council for tho supply of water for railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Employees Union Applies for Award
The Federal Arbitration Court Bat in Sydney on Wednesday to hear an aplication on behalf of the Railway, and Tramway Employees' Union for an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Smash. Goods Train Bolts. Wreckage Piled Up
There was a sensational railway smash on the Blue Mountains early on Sunday morning. A Sydney-bound train, loaded with 26 trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Over Embankment. Motor Car Brakes Fail
While driving a motor ear along Carrington Drive, near Waterfall, on Sunday afternoon, Mr. S. Glasser, who resides in Wells-street. Balmain, had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Smash. Collision at Lewisham. Four Persons Injured
Mrs. Annie Bruce was admitted to Lewisham Hospital in an unconscious condition on Sunday afternoon, the result of a collision between two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →California's Roads
This example was afterwards followed on a much larger scale by the State of California which has now about 1700 miles of concrete roads,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Crash. Two Men Injured
The quiet of Jerrawa, a little farming community 185 miles from Sydney, and 15 miles by rail from Yass, on the Sydney side, was disturbed on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early Concrete Roads
The Pioneers of this good road movement were the Road Commissioners of Wayne County, Michigan. After Investigation they came to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Concrete Roads
Many of our City and Suburhan Councils are fully aware of the advantages of concrete construction, which has been carried out in many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Single Track Roads
These roadways are 10 feet wide and 6in. thick with shoulders on each side made up with the best available material, the traffic of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maintenance of Concrete Roads
As regards the cost of maintenance, so heavy with other forms of construction such work is only required in filling up any cracks that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cost of Concrete Roads
A plain concrete roadway 10 feet wide and 6 Indies thick can be laid in this country for about £3500 a mile, or with the added cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advantages of Concrete Roads
Economically constructed concrete roads are what are required to make this a far more prosperous country than it is at present. May…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lake Road
The Cessnock Shire Council has approached the members to put before Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, the council's claim for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stroud Road News
On Saturday, 12 th instant, Mr. W. Cramp, late porter at the local railway station for the past two years, was made the recipient of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advantages of Single Track Roads
In the country districts of the U.S.A. such roads have proved their value. They have placed farmers nearer the markets, and have made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Runaway Goods Train. Smash at Springwood
A goods train, consisting of 26 trucks,got out of control between Lawson and Springwood early on Sunday morning. he runaway train was loaded with coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Concrete Roads. for Country Development. T. W. Seaver,. B.E., H.I.E., Aust. Macadam Roads
About 13 years ago the people of the country districts of the U.S.A. realising that macadam roads were dusty, muddy and very expensive…
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