Railway Gratuity Retrenched Men to Benefit
Mr. Connell, M.L.A., has been informed by the secretary of the Railway Superannuation Board that all railway employees retrenched since…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1930
4,000 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 200
Problems Faced Railways and Tramways Road Competition
"The railways are a ling force, and always will be," said the Assistant Area Commissioner (Mr. D. Mulheron), at a social gathering tendered to Mr. E. H…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Affect Shipping? New Carrington Bridge
It was reported at the meeting of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce that tho Pyrmont swing- bridge is to replace the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Auction Bridge Overhauling the Rules Is It Needed?
The occasional excursions into contract that even the most conservative Auction players make Just now are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eleven Killed Express Hits Goods Train Calcutta, January 10
Eleven Indians were killed and 13 injured in a midnight collision between the Peshawur-Lucknow express and a stationary goods train at Glutterbuckganj, near…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Interference Rothbury Road Intact Shire Engineer Makes Inspection
The President of Kearsley Shire, Cr. A. Burns, on receipt of information that a hole had been blown in Rothbury road to ston traffic, sent the assistant engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Zealander Fined Motor Smash in London London, January 9
Amyas Douglas Connell, a New Zealand architect, who won the Rome scholarship, and is now residing in the West End of London, was charged at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Romance Smith to Works Manager MR. H. Parker to Retire
In 1876, a young English blacksmith became obsessed with what he described as "a roaming notion," and boarded the sailing ship Lochee. Australia-bound. Ten…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Chamber of Commerce Customs Uniformity Payment of Motor Fees
A meeting of the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday morning, in the chamber rooms, Watt-street, Mr. W. A. Winn, presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Industry British Factories Hard Hit Overseas Markets Needed London, January 9
Depressing reports continue to be circulated as to the condition of the British car industry which, until recently, was the one bright spot in hard-hit industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MR. E. E. FREWIN Railwaymen's Tribute
Mr. E. E. Frewin, who recently retired from the position of Chief Clerk of the Railway District Superintendent Office Newcastle, was entertained at a social…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Bodies Big Australian Contract Adelaide
Mr. H. B. Phipps, Vice-president of the Chrysler Export Corporation, announced to-day that a contract had been awarded to Australian motor-body builders for the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Cycle Collides with Cow
Francis Christopherson aged 31, living at 89 Laman-street, Cook's Hill, and his brother, Joseph Christopherson, aged 50, living at U Beresford-lane, Wichham, both…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →East Maitland Motor Prosecutions
Several cases under the Motor Traffic Act were dealt with by Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Chaos Settled Chinese Railways Reopening Back to Normal Shanghai
'Official despatings received from Harbin to-day show that the Manchuri:railway situation is rapidly returning to normal. From Mukden it is reported that Chang Hsueh-liang has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Social Presentation to Mr. Frewin Problems Discussed
Mr. E. E. Frewin was the guest of a social gathering of local Government railwaymen and officers at Tyrrell Hull last night, when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Carrington Bridge
Claiming that the Public Works Department should emulate the example of the Main Roads Board and do away with all sharp turns, the Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spit Bridge Tolls
Motorists who regularly use the Spit Bridge are asking how much longer they will be required to pay the tolls imposed in order to pay for the structure, nays…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →STOPPED West Wallsend Train Private Coal Line
The West Wallsend-Cockle Creek private line train usually leaves West Wallsend at 7.25 a. m., and returns from Cockle Creek .with passengers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newtown Fatality Woman Killed by Train SYDNEY
An unknown, woman was killed by a train at Newtown station at 11.30 o'clock to-night. The driver of an empty passenger electric train from Sydney to…
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