City's Lighting Using Railway Surplus An Unsigned Contract
Members of the lightning [?] of the City Council are at present [?]voring to unravel a tangle [?] with a decision arrival [?]…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1919
6,224 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250
Precipitate Action. Railway-men Claim a 36-hour Week
A sensation was provided at the meeting of the Queensland Railway Union's Conference at Brisbane on Friday last, when President…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Land Settlement and Railway Development Soldiers' Settlement in Progress Remarkable Differences of Opinion As to the Market Value of Lands for Subdivision. Land Values at Bathurst
An interesting inquiry into the value of land proposed to be acquired for soldiers' settlement has been concluded by the Bathurst land board, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fall From a Tram. a Boy Fatally Injured
George Nichols, aged six years, resident at Leichhardt (Sydney), fell from a tram in Balmain on Saturday night last. He was unconscious when picked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Court. (Before Judge Scholes and a jury.) Tram Accident
Emily Simpson, wife of Alfred Simpson, of Raglan-street, Waterloo, sued the Railway and Tramway Commissioners for £200 damages. The plaintiff stated that when she was about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Auckland Railwaymen. Increased Wages Wanted
WELLINGTON, Monday.--The Auckland railway men have decided to wait till next month for the Minister's statement of his proposals to meet the men's demands for bettor wages and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stolen Motor-cars. Charges of Receiving
At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Shaw, S.M., Alfred John Joyce (34), agent; Leslie Jenkins (28), motor mechanic; and John David Pateman (36), motor mechanic, were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Deviation
JUNEE, Monday.--A large meeting of delegates was held at Mr. Geo. Main's house, Retreat station, on Saturday last, to consider the best means of forwarding the Combening-Junee…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Italian Railway Accident. London
A message from Milan elates that a troop train was climbing a steep ascent, and had reached a height of 11,000 foot, near Trieste, when seven coaches, containing 450 soldiers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rise of the Western District an Old Carrier Tells Interesting Yarns of Adventures in Earliest Days on the Bathurst Road. Charles White's Historical Series. (Continued from the Issue of Feb. 18.)
"The deep beds of sand on the road were a great annoyance to the carriers, who had to help each other through by adding their horses to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge Wanted
The need of a bridge over the Murrumbidgee at Carrathool has been a long felt want. Six years ago the shires of Carrathool and Murrumbidgee agreed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Military and the Roads
While the military camp at Liverpool was in full swing, the tradespeople of that country town reaped considerable benefit. But now that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bundarra-inverell Road
Complaints are frequent as to the bad state of the Bundarra-Inverell road, between the top of The Gap and Cope's Creek. In parts it is positively…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Great Road Rider
The latest photograph of E. A. (Teddy) Pearson appears in to-day's issue: The picture is lifelike, and the youthfulness of the sportsman it depicts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Over the Spit Pile Bridge Suggested
Speaking to a motion, carried at last night's Mosman Council meeting, that the [?] Warts should be [?] is providing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Sydney Streets Concrete Road Surface
Within the next few days the work of constructing a cement road along Alfred Junction and Walker streets, from Fitzroy to Mount streets, North Sydney, will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cement Road Best at North Sydney
The work of constructing a cement road along Alfred, Junction and Walker streets, from Fitzroy to Mount-streets, North Sydney, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aerial Survey Party Atrocious Queensland Roads Yeulba (Q.)
Prickly pear, heavy sand, and rocky creek crossings made travelling for Lloyd's aerial survey party on Sunday from Dalby to Yeulba strenuous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MASKS Not on Railway Premises Commissioner's Ruling Only on Trams and Trains
The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Fraser) issued instructions to-day to railway officials that the service regulation regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railways & Tramway First Railway in Australia
The aim of these notes is fo provide news of the great railway and tramway services of New South Wales, and while avoiding matter of a technical nature, to furnish general readers with matter of interest. The page is conducted by Mr. F. F. Vogel, an old and highly respected member of the railway service…
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