Railway Employees Commissioner's Unjust Claims. To Reduce Wages to £2/2/-
THE Railway Commissioners of New South Wales and South Australia have served a claim on all the railway employees to bring every…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1934
803 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 41
The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Country Motorists Piloted
The N.R.M.A. welcomed many country motorosts to the city during last month. The Association's patrol met and piloted 506 country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Picnic Committe[?] Railway Men at Wo[?]
Mr. P. Colohan presided at [?] morning's meeting of the Rail[?]nic Committee for 1934, held [?] Railway Institute Hall. Ab[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GEURIE Roads Suffer Storm Damage
STORMS and more storms. Since writing you last, the weather around Geurie has ben very unsettled. Roads have been knocked about by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Marooned by Flood Waters Passengers Spend Night at Balladoran
The Coonamble mail train which left Gilgandra on Friday afternoon last and was timed to arrive at Dubbo at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drover's Misfortune Sheep Killed by Train Others Poisoned by Weed
A drover in charge of a mob of some 600 sheep which were travelling along the Gilgandra Gular West road on Friday last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring Country Motorists Piloted
The N.R.M.A. welcomed many country motorists to the city during last month The Association's patrots met and piloted 506…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Timely Topics for Women Many New Materials for Winter Wear Something Useful for the Lady Motorist Sydney, February 24
We talked about the new season's materials last week. But not in just a paragraph or two, can we sum up the loveliness that is woven in wool,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Protest By the Salaried Staff Sydney
The Railway Salaried Officers' Association, at a special meeting last night, strongly protested against the replacement of station masters at four suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Men Strong Protest Sydney
The Railway Salaried Officers Association, at a special meeting last night, strongly protested against the replacement of stationmasters at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Commission Value of Land Near Railway. Sydney
Giving evidence before the Wheat Commission to-day, Ernest Field, President of the Farmers and Settlers Association, said he would not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed Railway Log To Reduce Wages A Strong Protest at Meeting
MESSRS H. B. Turner and W. Barrow, two railway employees, who are on holidays, and are spending their time in travelling the country,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Railway Tragedy Killed on Wedding Eve to Have Been Married at Dubbo
On the eve of his wedding, the decapitated body of Ronald Cousins (27), of Stoney Creek, near Bathurst, and a member of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cars and Motoring British Trucks
Advice has been received that the Commonwealth Government has recently placed an order for the purchase of 18 Commer British trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Got Drunk Twice Life Ban on Motorist
In addition to two fines of £20 each, with ten guineas costs, Joseph Caals. 44, a Dutch subject, described as a caterer, was disqualified for life from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →7/- Per Day Proposed Basis of New Award Effect on Storekeeper, Farmer and Grazier Railwaymen Put the Case Before Public Meeting
Stressing the fact that reduced wages for railway men would eventually mean reduced wages all round and that the decreased amount in circulation would effect the business man, the farmer and grazier, two railway men addressed a public meeting at Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Picnic Westerners for Dubbo
Special trains from all parts of the West will convey railwaymen and their families to Dubbo on Monday for the annual picnic, which will be held at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railwaymen in Arms Against New Log Public Meeting Registers Protest Would Deprive Dubbo of £25,600 Annually Time for the People to Push the Protest
The drastic and far-reaching effects which would follow the adoption of the now log served upon railway employees by the Commissioners, wore vividly detailed at a public meeting at tho R. and T. Institute Hall on Thursday night, when it was stated that under the new award, the railwaymen of Dubbo would lose at least £25,600…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Of Interest to Motorists Corroded Battery Terminals
Corroded battery terminals are a great nuisance, for not only do they interpose an excessive electrical resistance between the battery and its main…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Successful Finale to Railway Picnic
The big dance in the Show Ground pavilion last night was a successful finale to the 1934 Railway Picnic. It was attended by a huge crowd, and a…
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