Motoring and Motor-cycling
The Royal Automobile Club of Australia will, next Saturday, hold a one-day reliability touring contest from Sydney to the South coast…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1921
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Railway Men Preference to Unionists
The New South Wales Branch of the Australian Railways' Union has carried the following motions:-- That the Minister for Railways be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extraordinary Rain. the East-west Railway
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The rainstorm reported from Adelaide to have been raging over part of the area served by the east-west railway appears to have been of an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dumbleton Tramway. Residents Will Build Line
A special meeting of the Dumbleton Tramway League, to consider a scheme proposed by the Tramway Advisory Board, at a recent visit to the district, was largely attended. Mr. W. P…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Parramatta Road
The reconstruction of the Parramatta Road is now nearing completion, and, according to the engineer-in-charge (Mr. Allen) the finishing touches can be put oh it within a fortnight. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Main Roads Bill Municipal Criticism
Strong exception to the provisions of the Main Roads Bill was expressed by aldermen at the Manly Municipal Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Wreckers. Attempt at North Sydney
An attempt was made yesterday between noon and 1 p.m. to wreck a train on the Milson's Point line, but the timely arrival of George Warner, an assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Level of the Road
To the layman the road is a simple problem. So long as it is well metalled and the holes kept out of it there the matter ends. To those, engaged in municipal work it is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →PARRAMATTA-ROAD Repairs Nearly Completed Big Demonstration
Within a few weeks Parramatta-road will be completed in accordance with the plans laid down by the Public Works Department, and the residents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Wreck a Train. Alleged Attempt at North, Sydney
What is believed by the police to have been a deliberate attempt to wreck a train on the Milson's Point line was foiled by a raliway employee'a discovery early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Pimp System. in Railway and Tramway Services
The Royal Commission, appointed by the N.S.W. Labor Government to inquire, among other matters, into the circumstances surrounding the 1917 strike…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Botany Tram Service
As the result of a conference between the Alderman of Botany, and the Tramway Traffic Manager, the Railway Commissioners have agreed to make altera…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Obstacles on Railway Signalman's Timely Discovery
The police are investigating what [?] have been a [?] attempt [?] train on the North Sydney line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Railways Union. Extension Desired
At the annual conference of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Railways' Union, held last week, a motion was carried instructing the president…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Restore 1917 Men. Demand by Railwaymen's Union
At the annual conference of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Railways Union, held at Sydney last week, the following motions were carried:…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →S.A. Floods. Towns Still Isolated. Railways Damaged. Adelaide
Although pleasant sunshine has succeseded the week end floods, large areas in the north and upper north are covered with water and towns such as Port Pirie, are partially…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Industrial Court. (Before Judge Ro[?]n.) Railway Officers
The Railway Salaried Officers' award was amended in part to include chemists and assistant chargemen. The rates for chemists, were fixed at from £885 to £450 for class A,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Found on the Railway Line
Two pieces of hardwood, four inches by three, and two large stones, which were placed on the North Shore railway line, near the Lavender Bay tunnel early yesterday afternoon, with the intention apparently of wrecking a passing train. The obstruction, however, was discovered In time by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Tragedy Steering Gear Blamed BATHURST
At the inquest into the death of Mrs. Christina Phelan, who died from injuries sustained through the capsizing of a motor car near Hill End on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Railway Loan Proposal at Wingham WINGHAM
At the last meeting of the Wingham Municipal Council the Mayor (Alderman H. Machin) introduced the question of a branch railway line from…
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