Railway Workers Provision for Sick Pay
For the first time in Australia the principle of sick leave for daily paid railway worker [?] provided for in an award made by the Commonwealth…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
2,293 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 115
Sunday Football for Railway Men
It is expected that four special trains, conveying nearly 2000 people will travel from Sydney to Lithgow on Sunday for the annual Rugby League…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Renewal of Motor Registration Sydney
The executive committee of the Roads Safety Conference will recommend to the Government that a certificate of mechanical fitness should be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coalfields Electricity Bulk Supply From Railways?
Last night the Chief Electrical Engineer of the Railway Department (Mr. W. H. Myers), accompanied by the District…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Friendly Road
SIR JAMES BARRIE. At the age of seventy-seven there was removed from the world of letter on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Smash Cessnock Residents Lucky. NEWCASTLE
A narrow escape from injury was experienced by Mr. and Mrs. Ross Springer of View-street, Cessnock, and their two daughters, who were travelling to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook Railway Works Activity in Business Circles Muswellbrook
Officer of the Railway Department carried out further inspections this week in connection with the proposed extensions to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Woirld The World's Greatest Motor Cycle Contest Frith's Thrilling Ride 90 M.P.H.
The decision last week of the world's greatest international motor cycle road contest for the classic…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Britain's Motoring "Crimes"
The British motorists' annual crime list has again been published and reveals that in 1936 610,126 persons were dealt with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stock Bridge Inspector Critical
Action towards the proposed new stock bridge over the Hunter River near Bays-water, was referred to in critical terms in a report furnished by the stock inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Party Military Ball Benefit
Colourful howls of iceland popples and mauve Iris [?] provided an effective decorative scheme for the home of Dr. and M. Selling on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Walkers and Road Accidents British Controversy
Who is chiefly to blame for the alarming number of accidents which occur every year on British roads? It has been suggested that it is largely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Strikes Tram Newcastle
Thomas Casey, 27, of Cook's Hill, received treatment at Newcastle Hospital last night for shook, The utility truck he was driving along…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sisters Killed in Shanty Struck Down by Riderless Motor Cycle Mildura
An amazing motor cycle accident occurred at Hendytown, on the New South Wales side of din Murray yesterday, when two sisters were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Tram Accident Newcastle
George Holden, 40, a baker, of s[?]-sou-street, Mayfield, died in Newcastle Hospital on Sunday afternoon from the effects of injuries received when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Surplus of £30,000 Railway Finances Improve Commissioner Gives Figures
Mt. T. J. Hartigan, Commissioner for Railways, announced at the week-end that the New South Wales Railways showed a surplus during the financial year of approximately £30,000. This compares with a deficit, four years ago, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Lorry Crashes Over Cliff Man Killed at Mconee Moonee Sydney
Crashing 100 feet over a cliff at Moonee Moonee, 10 miles south of Gosford, on the Sydney-Newcastle road, early this morning, a motor lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prime Minister to Open New Railway Ceremony at Red Hill
The Prime Minister (Mr J. A. Lyons), who will reach Perth on his return to Australia on July 20, will fly to Port Augusta, where preparations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Price of Motor Cars to Go Up Production Costs Rise
Following an announcement in England that a rise in the price of motor-cars could be expected, it is considered in local circles that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sisters Killed by Riderless Motor Cycle Sought Safety of Shanty
Two sisters were killed and another was injured when a dirt track motor-cycle, without a rider, dashed into a shanty at Hendy-town, on the…
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