Beckwith-street Bridge
Last night the Works Committee of the Wagga Municipal Council reported that the committee discussed the matter of repairs to the Beckwith-street…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
1,110 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 56
Rail and Tram. Heavy Traffic Yesterday. Despite Increased Fares. SYDNEY
It is understood that the train traffic yesterday in the metropolitan area constituted a record, while the traffic on the trains was also particularly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft From Railways. Employees Assaulted. Police Protection Sought. Melbourne
This Victorian Railway Department to-day appealed for police protection for railway employees ut Chelsea and Carrum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Bandits. Busy in France. Rich Hauls Made. London
The correspondent of the "Daily Express" in Paris says that four thieves, masquerading as rich tourists and ensconsed in powerful limousines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Engineering. the Motor Tractor. Its Possibilities In Australia
When during the war the necessity of increasing the home food production faced the British Government, the motor tractor came as a solution…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Tractors and Other Operations
What work in the way of ploughing was seen was quite satisfactory. The turning on the headlands was accomplished as quickly as or quicker than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Main Roads. Motorist's View. Sydney
Mr. Cooper, president of the Roads and Tourists' Committee of the Australian Automobile Club, speaking on the best methods of improving the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE O.B.U. Railwayman's Counter Move Sydney
The Railway Workers' branch of the Australian Workers' Union have drafted a motion for submission to the A.M.U. Conference "viewing with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Engineering the Motor Tractor Its Possibilities in Australia
When during the war the necessity of increasing the home food production faced the British Government, the motor tractor came as a solution of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guarding the Railway. London
Reuter's correspondent at Irkuts[?] declares that the Allied Commissioners and Koltchak's Government have agreed to entrust the guarding of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Gates Closed. Strong Protest From Shire
"I would like to bring under your notice the proposed action of the railway officials in contemplating the blocking of the public traffic over the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trams and Trains. Heavy Holiday Traffic. Sydney
The tram [?] yesterday in the metropolitan area constituted a record. The traffic on the trains was also particularly heavy, despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Items of News. Motor Car Crash
In the early hours of New Year's morning, a motor car crashed into one of the verandah posts of the Loftus Hotel, Junee, knocking the post out of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bank Robbers. Escape in Motor Cars. New York
At Omaha six armed bandits robbed the Farmers' National Bank, stealing £30,000. They escaped in a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Smash. Machine Overturns. Two Men Injured. Melbourne
After a successful flight from Sandringham to Frankston and tack yesterday, the Sopwith Gnu aeroplane, carrying newspapers for places between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rates From Railway Property
There was jubilation at the Junee Council meeting, when it was announced that with the passing of the new Local Government Bill, all raliway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Workers in London. Minimum 60/- To Increase with the Cost of Living. LONDON
London news states that the Government agrees to pay the lowest grade railway workers a minimum of 60/ weekly, and proportional increases…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Accident. a Woman Killed. Body Badly Mangled. Sydney
Adele Christen, 47, a single woman, was crossing Elizabeth-street this morning when she was run over by a tramcar. When extricated, all her limbs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lithgow Iron Works. Proposed Stoppage Heavy Railway Rates Lithgow
Notice was posted at the Lithgow ironworks this morning stating that in consequence of the excessive increases in the railway freights it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railwaymen's Wages. Minimum of £2/16/ Weekly London
A new offer has been made by the Government to the railway men as the result of protracted negotiations. The proposal is to increase the bonus…
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