30,000 Workless Men Sought Employment on Railways
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Nearly 30,000 applications for employment were received by the Railway Department during 1929. During the same period…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1930
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Over Side of Culvert Motor Lorry's Wild Leap
Another motor accident which was fortunately without serious consequences occurred about half a mile on the Murwillumbah side…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--During last year nearly 30,000 applications for employment were received by the Railway Department. During the same…
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Figures issued by the railway department show the traffic at the Casino station during the year just ended. Passenger fares and parcels brought…
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Nearly 30,000 applications for employment were received by the Railway Department during 1929. During the same priod it was found necessary,…
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"In going through the report that chart the rise or fall in the tides of our various kinds of business, I have found it interesting [?]d useful to…
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As evidence of the progress of Casino the following railway figures speak for themselves. The coa[?]hing figures, including passenger fares and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclist Injured Grafton
Allan Jay, son of W. G. Jay, storekeeper, of Grafton, was riding a motor cycle along the Port Macquarie road, nine miles from Kempsey, last…
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The special fruit train left Murwillumbah on Tuesday with 289 cases of bananas, and 59 packages of sundries for direct transit to Sydney. An…
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About 18 years ago a member of the executive of the Local Government Association put forward a proposal that the then Government should borrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Self Piloting the New Aeroplane Success of Invention
Experiments in the automatic balancing and direction-keeping of aircraft, which have been proceeding for many years, have been brought to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ambassador Bridge Joins Two Nations Longest Span in World
WINDSOR, Canada.--Spanning the Dotroit River between Detroit, Michigan, and Sandwich, Ontario, the Ambassador Bridge has been built by…
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Neglect of the means provided for lubricating the brake camshafts of rear wheel brakes is responsible for the reduction of braking efficiency in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A fine of £50, or imprisonment for four months, was the penalty imposed to-day on Donald Macdonald, aged 30 years, a…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Considerable surprise was expressed in both Federal and State political circles to-day by reports of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods Railways Still Blocked; Weather Improving
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Railway services are still suspended in the Far North owing to rain water being feet deep over the rails in several places…
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A commencement has been made by the contractors, Messrs. Hornibrook Ltd., of Brisbane, with the construction of the bridge over the Maryland…
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After a fortnight's suspension over the Christmas season, work on the construction of the Clarence River bridge was resumed on Monday last,…
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Returns furnished by the Main Roads Board, the N.R.M.A. states, show that during the four months form July 1 to October 31 the board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cheap Petrol and Good Roads
Petrol is still cheaper in U.S.A. than in any other part of the globe. Moreover they have bettor roads and more of them there than anywhere else in the…
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