Victoria's Roads Huge Outlay Proposed MELBOURNE
The. sum of £8,500.000 will be made available for new country roads In Victoria within the next five years. Mr. W. J. Calder, chairman of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
15,144 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250
Parramatta Road Re-conditioning Contributions
Mr. Fitzpatrick (Minister for Local Government) has a suspicion that some or the contributors to the scheme for the reconditioning of the Parramatta Road…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Taren Point Road. Government Grant Wanted
Mr. Fitzsimmons, M.L.A., on behalf of Mr. Bruce Walker, M.L.A., introduced to Mr. Fitzpatrick (Minister for Local Government) yesterday a deputation from Sutherland Shire…
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A deputation from the Taren Point Progress Association, supported by the Sutherland Shire Council, the Royal Automobile Club, and other bodies, was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Brooklyn to Berowra. a Road Wanted
Mr. Fltzstmons, M.L.A., introduced a deputation of residents of Brooklyn to the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Fitzpatrick, yesterday afternoon, asking for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For the Bridge Engineer from U.S.A.
"I've come here for the Bridge. "Too late? Certainly not. My firm has already tendered, and I have arrived here just in time to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cost of Roads. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In the local government column of the "Herald" of the 17th inst., the opinion is expressed that "porhaps the greatest value of good roads is to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Bridge. Excluding Some Tenders. Prices Too High. Early Announcement
It is now stated definitely that Mr. Bradfield's report on some of the tender, received for the construction of the North Shore Bridge will he received by the Minister for Works…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Still They Come Engineers for Bridge Canadian Co.'s Expert
Experts interested in the construction of the North Shore bridge continue to reach Sydney. The Oceanic liner Sonoma brought…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Railway Strike. Mediation Fails. Services Badly Disorganised. Use of Motor Vehicles
The strike of locomotive engineers and firemen on the British railways commenced at midnight on Sunday. The dispute was caused by the refusal of the Associated Locomotive Engineers and Firemen's Society to accept an award…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Northern Road Grafton to the Border Thanks to Colonel Bruxier
For the construction of a road between Woodenbong and a point on the northern boundary of New South Wales, west of Mt. Lindsay, in…
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To prescfive the road and ride curtains they should be well sponged off and dried after a rus in the [?] which rolls it even more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Off the Rails Tram Crashes Into Waggon
A tram left the rails in Gardiner's—road, Rosebery, to-day, and crashed into a pasting waggon. The driver of the waggon. Norman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In a Motor Raids on Houses Police Allegations
"I ask for substantial bail. This man has been going round for a couple of years in a motor car. skinning houses. there is about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring Accident. Bangalow
A motor car containing four men, travelling along the Ballina-Bangnlow road, became unmanageable. The car ran into an embankment and was overtuined. A man named…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motoring. a Speedy Launch
Mr. R. H. Joyce, who was in charge of the engines on Meteor, the bolder of the Eastway Shield on Saturday, was very disappointed that the launch failed to start. How well she was running was proved up in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Strike. Government' and Union. London, Jan. 20
Mr. John Bromley (secretary of the Associated Locomotive Engineers' and Firemen's Society), speaking at South London on the eve of the strike, said that they would not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Car Through Window Motorist Fined GRAFTON
There was a sequel to-day in the Grafton Police Court to the sensational motor smash at South Grafton on January 7, when a car dashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chatswood Tram
Residents of Chatswood have repeatedly urged upon the Railway Commissioners the necessity of extending the quarter-hourly tram…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Engines Abandoned Drivers Quit Work at Midnight Thomas Under Fire London's Railway Stations Temporarily Closed When the engine-drivers of Great Britain went, on strike at midnight they left most of the trains idle in sidings. Railway communication throughout the country is largely at a standstill. LONDON, Monday Night
Members of the Locomotive Engineers' Union, who have gone on strike against a reduction of their wages, abandoned…
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