Motor Car Disappears
A four-cylinder runabout motor car, valued at £250, and the property of Mr. L. A. Turnbull, Bridge-street, Drummoyne, was taken from outside the Hotel Australia on the 6th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1917
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Bombala Railway Deputation to Minister Union Secretary's Prophecy
A request for the completion of the railway line from Nimitybelle to Bombala was tho subject matter of a deputation which waited upon tho Minister for Works, Mr. Ball,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Trams £335,000 Compensation MELBOURNE
Mr. Justice Cussen, sitting to-day in the Practice Court as an arbitrator appointed to determine what amount of compensation should be paid in connection with the taking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram to Maroubra Bay
A deputation, headed by Mr. David Storey. M.L.A., waited upon the Railway Commissioners to-day to ask for the construction of a tramline to Maroubra Bay Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Charges Against Railway Employees
In another column of this paper there appears the report of a speech delivered by the Chief Commissioner (Mr. Fraser) before a gathering at the Hallway Institute a few days ago. The report is reprinted from the “Sydney Morning Herald,” and may,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Organising. the General Secretary’s Preaching the Gospel of Closer Unity
Continuing his tour of the metropolitan depots during the week, the general secretary (Claude Thompson), accompanied by organiser…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Fatality at Bell Inquiry Into the Death of Fireman A. H. Jamieson
On Wednesday of last week, at Lithgow, Mr. E.' P. Richards, J.P., held an inquiry touching the death of Alfred Herbert Jamleson, railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roll of Honor Unveiled at the Randwick Tramway Workshops
On Thurday last, at the Randwick trainsheds a large gathering of employees and others assembled to witness the unveiling of the roll of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Railway Ken Ai D President Wilson Wilson Accused of Favouring Anti-Strike Legislation
An American writer [?] a Lahor paper says that President Wilson’s declaration in favour of anti-strike. legislation in so far as the railroad…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Daylight Saving and Tram Traffic
The operation of the Daylight Saving Act has proved -a blessing to the Tramway Department owing to the increase in the traffic to the seaside…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tramways. Traffic Branch. Appointments
Conductors: Lee E. Combs, Norman D. Collins, William F. Burroughs, Timothy Murphy, John R. Scott, Walter Greenwood, Thomas C…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Staff Changes and Promotions RAILWAYS. Week Ended 30th December, 1916. Permanent Way Branch. Appointments
Fettlers: George F. Hill, Ashley, Percy Grainger, Garah;. Edward Lockyer, Bengerang; . Richard Rix, Bunarba; Albert Hancock, Upper…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →RAILWAYS. Week Ended 6th January, 1916. Permanent Way Branch. Promotions
Fettlers to Gangers: Edward Wells, Harden-Junee; Reginald Beverley, Byrock-Brewarrina. Resigned or Left the Service,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railways and Sabotage. (“The Evening News.”)
The decrease in the efficiency of the State railway system, which has formed the subject of a pronouncement by Mr. James Frazer. Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Soil. Railway Wheat Traffic. Block in Sydney
The Hallway Department reports that the number of trucks of wheat on hand-dally not released by the shippers is increasing at an alarming rate. notwithstanding that ample…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatalities & Accidents. Double Bay Motor Smash
The body at the young man who was killod in the motor smash at Double Day on Tuesday has been identified as that of Frederick Piercey (26). a showman, a natpe of New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country Washaways Railway Lines Affected Train Passengers Transhipped
Two washaways that have seriously affected railway traffic have been reported to the Railway Commissioners. At Brogan's Creek, on the Mudgee line, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Wanted Over the Macquarie
A deputation from the [?] and residents of the Wellington [?] introduced by Mr. Thrower, M.L.A. [?], asked the Minsiter for works [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Public Road, Shire Councillor's Right
"Subscriber" writes:—(1) Can a person fence across a public three-chains road and close it from traffic? Thin road has been open for the last 30 years, and the owner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gems of Thought. Road's Last Turn the Best
Let me. but live my life from year to year, With forward face and unreluctant soul; Not hastening to, nor turning from, the goal…
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