North Shore Bridge
The Chairman of the Public Works Committee(Mr. John Storey, M. L. A.) states that the committees report on the North Shore bridge proposals will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1913
543 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 28
Main Roads. Indignant Shire Delegates
The Government's Main Roads Bill, defeated last session of Parliament, came in for a rough handling by the Shires Conference on Monday. There…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pineapples v. Cows. "The Road to Fortune." a Queensland Suggestion
A CORRESPONDENT, writing from Nambour (Q.), thinks there is more money in pineapples than in paspalum and cows, ,and he makes a suggestion to North Coast dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Shires Conference. Matters of Local Interest. Councillor McKINNON and Main Roads Management
The Annual Conference of the Shires' Association of New South Wales was commenced on Monday last, the President (Councillor R. [?] Higgins) in the chair. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Porters Strike. Alarming Outlook Sydney
Four hundred employees at the Darling Harbour railway goods station struck work yesterday afternoon over the question of wages. The strike occurred at the opening…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Big Strike. Railway Porters Out. Goods Traffic Paralysed SYDNEY
The even to of yesterday suggest that the State is entering upon a period of serious industrial warfare…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Goods Manager of Railways Sydney, 26th March, 1913
Gentlemen,—In reply to your letter of the 13th instant, respecting the transit of stock from Bundook to Maitland. I beg to inform you when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Strike. Goods Traffic Disorganised. the Minister's Proposals Declined. Sydney
Nearly 400 railway porters and other workers at Darling Harbour goods yards went on strike yesterday afternoon. The men have been dissatisfied since Mr. Justice Heydon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Coast Railway
Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Public Works Department:-- With reference to that portion of your letter of 29th ultimo, asking to be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Main Roads Bill
The Minister for Works did not hesitate to beard the lion in His den. That is to say he paid a visit to the Shires' Conference. The lion's teeth,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Strike. Sydney
The railway porters' strike has extended. On Saturday night the shunting staff of the Clyde yards refused to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Time-table
The Maclcay "Chronicle" reprints an item concerning a proposed alteration in the time-table of the late train from Sydney to Taree, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Strike. Assuming Alarming Proportions. Royal Commission Accepted by Unions Conditionally. Sydney
The railway strike continues to spread, and additional men are becoming hourly involved in the trouble. AID the metropolitan shunters have come…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another New Motor
The growth of motor traffic, not only from here to Taree terminus, but on all main roads out from Kempsey, shows there is still large scope for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Railway
There are now a great number of navvies working on the section between Taree and Wauchope, and the monthly pay runs as high as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Strike. SYDNEY
There is yet no sign of a settlement of the railway strike, and the position is ominous. Negotiations for a settlement came to an end at a late Hour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Strike--ministers' Speak Out. Sydney
Mr. Griffith, Minister for Works, last night congratulated the Labor Council for their efforts in settling the railway strike, and inducing a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday Night. Railway Strike Ended
The railway strike has been settled. The porters have accepted the offer of the Government to appoint a Royal Commission to go…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Main Roads
THE dead Main Roads Bill and the action of the Minister for Works in connection with it were the subjects of a good deal of comment at the annual conference of Che Shires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obstructing a Road
At the Dungog Police Court last week the local Shire Council proceeded against Frank Freeman, for obstructing a public road. Defendant pleaded guilty. The evidence…
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