Trade Slump. Unemployment in Britain. Losses on Railways. LONDON
The unemployed in Britain is estimated at over a million. The trade slump is shown on the British railways from April to October, when the profits…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1921
2,199 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 110
Railway Strike. Diggers Take a Hand
SYDNEY, Friday. -- There are no further developments in the railway strike at Perth, where the Returned Soldiers' League carried a resolution…
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Several trucks and a brake van became disconnected from a train about three miles from Dubbo on Tuesday right. They ran west, through the…
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Mr. G. Mitchell, stationmaster, kindly furnishes us with the following return of revenue for the month of December, 747 passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cablegrams. Slump in Railway Traffic. (United Service, Ltd.)
LONDON, Thursday.—The railways are hard hit by the slackening of the goods traffie all over the country as the result of the trade slump. The loss of revenue for…
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While motoring from Eltham on Tuesday afternoon Mr. Steve R. Blackman, district manager Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ltd., and Mrs. Blackman and little…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →W.a. Railway Trouble. Emergency Transport Arrangements
PERTH, Friday.—The Citizens' Transport Committee in Perth is rapidly making emergency provisions for the carriage of mails and urgent supplies to the country centres…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cairo Tramway Drivers. (Renter.)
LONDON, Thursday;—The Cairo tramway drivers adopted 'canny methods with the object of enforcing a wage demand, telling the angry public that the cars were worn-out:…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—When Henrietta Wright, aged 50, was stepping on to a train at Milson's Point station this morning the train moved off. She was jolted off and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Road Grader
Mr. L. B. S. Reid, engineer to Glen-gallan Shire (Q.) submitted plans of a machine he has invented a road grader which he claims, will overcome to a…
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An interesting case was heard at Penrith Police Court when the Municipal Council proceeded against Ald. P. J. Quinn on a charge that, without the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paralysed by the Strike. Melbourne a Dead City. Not a Tram or Passenger Train in Motion. MELBOURNE
Melbourne was like a dead city today. Certainly the hot and oppressive weather kept many people indoors, but the chief, reason for the unusual stillness…
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White motoring [?] Mr. [?] Blackman, district manager [?] and…
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kyogle Railway Returns
Mr. G. Mitchell, stationmaster at Kyogle, furnishes the following return of revenue, etc., there for the month of December:—7.17 passengers travelled,…
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SYDNEY, Monday, A new union of railway stationmasters and night offi-cers has been formed in Sydney, The organisation has decided to make a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Westralian Railway Strikh
SYDNEY, Monday Ne[?] for a settlement of the [?] men's ren[?] on Saturday without success. In the…
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While motoring from Eltham on Tuesday afternoon Mr. Steve R. Blackman, district manager of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ltd., and…
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The railway trouble has been adjusted, and the men have accepted the Government compromise. It is believed that the settlement was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Railway Discontent. Night Work and Overtime. Ballot in Favor of a Strike. BRISBANE
By a majority of about six to one the members of the Loco. Engine Drivers, Firemen and Cleaners' Association have, in the ballot just held, decided in favor…
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