£2,000,000 for a Road
Queensland soon will be one of the few places in the Empire that is not realising the asset that lies in new and well-built roads. A paragraph in the "Empire…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
2,037 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 102
Phenomenal Downpour at Bathurst. Washaway on Railway Line. SYDNEY
The Bathurst district also had a phenomenal downpour, and many fences have been washed away. A washaway on the railway line near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ghastly Tram Fatality. Woman Shockingly Mutilated. SYDNEY
A woman named Adele Christen was terribly mutilated by a tram yesterday, her brains being dashed out, while the wheels passed over her body and limbs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Across Denikin's Front Cut. Reds Claim Substantial Advances. LONDON
Serious news states that the railway across Denikin.'s front has been cut, and the Reds claim to have advanced within 45 versts of Tangaroo, and also threaten…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Washaway on Railway
SYDNEY, Saturday.—The Railway Department has been advised that an extensive washaway at Warrobil, between Gulgong and Mudgee, has interrupted the traffic. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heat Buckles a Railway Line
Great heat has been experienced the Central West during the last two months. A day or to ago the rails on the line at Yalleroi buckled, and at one place were 2ft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Gas for Motor Cars
very important results have been reacbed by the committee appointed by the British Government to examine the feasibility of using ordinary town gas for the propulsion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smashing Up Motor Cars. (United Service, Ltd.)
LONDON, Saturday.—A score of armed men ransacked Limerick Post Office and threatened the staff with revolvers. They stole £3000 sterling. The "Evening News"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News. Bawden's Bridge Drowning Fatality
The body of Cecil Payne, who was drowned in the river at Bawden's Bridge, on Thursday last, was recovered on Friday afternoon and conveyed to his parents' residence,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the High Road. British Prospects. LONDON
Mr. hurchill at Sunderland in ah optimistic survey, said the country was on the high road. We have recovered quickly and were getting our stride…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ratable Railway Lands
For the past seventeen years the only railway lands which have been ratable for local government purposes are those which the Commissioners own…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railways. Standardising Employees' Wages. LONDON
Newspapers unofficially, report that the result of the negotiations: for standardising railway men's wages, which was proceeding since the October strike, was a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Mail Service
With reference to a request of the Murwillumbah Chamber of Commerce that the mails now arriving at Murwillumbah from Brisbane on Mondays,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Telegrams. Tram Fatality
WELLINGTON, N.Z., Monday.—Two persons Were killed and a number seriously injured as the result of a tram running off the rails near Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washway on Railway
SYDNEY, Monday —At Komulga, near Goulburn about six chains of the Cooma railway line was swept away, and the line for about five miles was under water. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increased Railway Freights. Effect on Lithgow Ironworks
SYDNEY, Monday.—A notice posted, on the Lithgow ironworks gate this morning stated:—"In consequence of the excessive increases in railway freights it is impossible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oversea Labor Affairs. Railway Workers' Wages. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Sunday. — The Government agrees to pay the lowest grade of railway workers a minimum wage of 60s weekly. There will be proportional increases in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Railways. The Leaders Divided. Original Demand. LONDON
If peace of the railway world depends on the happenings of the next few days the Trades Union leaders are divided with regard to the outcome of the task…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ghastly Fatality. Caught and Mangled by Tram. Woman's a Wful End
What is described as the most ghastly tram fatality that has occurred in Sydney for some years took place in Hunter-street, near the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lismore Police Court. Monday, January 5. (Before Mr. A. J. Feisley, P.m.) Motor Act Infringements
Walter Edward Johnson, for driving a motor car without a light through Unionstreet, South Lismore, pleaded guilty, and was fined 20s, with 6s costs, in default 48…
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