Motor Strike Conference Suspended DETROIT, January 18
After a brief meeting with officials of the General Motors Corporation, Mr. Martin, a union leader, announced that the conference had been suspended. He…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1937
3,526 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 177
34 Single Men Railway Retrenchment New Policy Criticised Sydney
Further retrenchments are to take place in the railway service, according to the Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Railways Union…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Linesman's Agility Held to 600 Volt Tram Wire Sydney
An electrical linesman to-day clun[?] for several seconds to an overhead tram wire carrying 600 volts, then calmly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Search for Motorist' Knows Identity of Murdered Man Sydney
Having obtained the number of the car, the police expect soon to locate Mr. P. A. Greenaway, who is being sought to assist in the identification of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wonder Railway Carriage Luxury Vehicle for Maharaja London
The world's wonder railway carriage has been built for the Maharaja of Indore by the Gloucester Waggon Co., of which Mr. H. L. Boyce, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclists on Road and Track Handicaps for
District cycling clubs will continue their club point score competitions on Saturday. Carrington League Club will contest…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Industry Not Affected by Strikes
Neither the shipping nor the motor strikes in America is effecting the Australian motor-car and assembling industries, said the director of manufacturing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Strikers Resist Tear Gas Attack Ford Official Intervenes Detroit, January 20
The Automobile Workers' Union picket line, estimated at 2000, yesterday with-stood a police tear-gas attack, and succeeded in closing the Briggs Manufacturing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Left Boy to Die Hit-run Motorist in Victoria MELBOURNE
Badly injured when he was struck by a motor-car or truck as he rode a bicycle along Prince's Highway at Mt. Moriae, near Geelong. George Alexander Bennett,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hurled Into Air Man Clung to Overhead Tram Wire Saved by Presence of Mind Sydney
Hurled into the air from a Tramway Department overhead lorry, after it was struck by a tram, a man saved his life to-day by clinging to the tramway power…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Valuable Motor Car Damaged Illegally Taken From Owner's Yard Sydney
Damage to the extent of £700 was done to a car valued at £1100, said Detective Dogan in a case at Central Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Trespassers
Found sleeping in a railway carriage in the Newcastle goods yard early this morning, Patrick Smith (32), laborer, Arthur James Franklin (34), laborer,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Causes of Road Accidents
NOT long ago a campaign was inaugurated to make the roads safe. It was, as is usually the case, mainly a Sydney effort, although Newcastle and other parts of the State did participate to a certain extent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Road Obstruction Man Sent for Treatment
It was alleged in evidence at the Newcastle Police Court to-day that Harry Smith (45), laborer, had placed stones across the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Smash in Sydney Serious Hold-up of Traffic Sydney
When portion of an empty electric train leaped the rails at Canterbury this morning, one carriage broke in two and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed on Road Critical Injuries to Two Others Melbourne
Two men were killed and two others critically injured near Warracknabeal last night when the car in which they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Collision Duke of Windsor Shaken VIENNA, January 20
The Duke of Windsor was slightly shaken in a motor collision today. He was driving along the ice-covered road from Castle Enzesfeld, where he has been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Strike President May Intervene Deadlock in U.S.A. Buick Plant Closes Down (Australian Associated Press.) New York, January 21
The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the possibility of the intervention of President Roosevelt in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Climatic Area Elimination of North Coast Railway Department Move Sydney
The Federal Arbitration Court next Monday will consider the claim of the Railway Department to have the climatic area in this State reduced by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Gesture of Optimism" Visit of New German Motorship SYDNEY
The hope that the visit to Sydney of the new German motorship, Wuppertal. would increase trade between the two countries was expressed by the…
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