Navvies Annoyed the 44-Hour Week Railway Grievance
The men on construction work on the Bankstown line were yesterday afternoon notified that the 44-hours week would be worked in six shifts…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
15,962 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250
Advice to Tramwaymen
Sir,--Seeing that we have a mutual aid society in existence in the tramway depots may I place the following suggestion in your paper:--…
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MARGARET WATTERSON, 75, a native of Bisyney was knocked down by a Bellevue Hill tram on November 14. and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Judge Rules on Applications For-44 Hour Week to Be Worked in Five Days Rail and Trams Where Practicable Hostility of Employers
JANUARY 4, being the first day for the operation of the last which constitutes 14 hours the working week throughout the industrial fields of New South Wales the practical fruits of the legislation of the Government. were enjoyed by thousands who have to toil for their living within…
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Although several special excursion trains were provided for travellers to Sydney for Christmas and New Year, not one additional train was available…
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Nine people who were in a motor-car which turned upside down into the Little River had remarkable escapes from drowning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mischievous Boy Two Motor-cars Wrecked
"Sure I can drive a machine--you watch," said four-year-old Willie Earwood, of San Frincisco, to two companions of his own age a few weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →More About Plating Help for the Motorist
YESTERDAY we got as far as providing clean celluloid for making celluloid varnish. Now take your celluloid…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Engine Which Bolted Down the Blue Mountains at 50 Miles an Hour on
AFTER LEAVING THE OLD GLENBROOK LINE. THE ENGINE, WITH TRUCK ATTACHED, WAS WHEEL DEEP IN METAL AND STONE…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Industry in Britain. an American Tribute
The future of the motor vehicle in the British Empire was discussed recently by Mr. J. D. Mooney, vice-president of the General Motors Corporation, Detroit, at a luncheon…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →East Hills and the New Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The railway to East Hills, for which no allowance was made on the Estimates for this year, is not unlikely the most important public work which could occupy the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Employees. Victorian Party's Visit
During the past three years there has been an annual interchange ot visits between apprentices in the Victorian and New South Wales railway departments. Twenty lads from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spit Bridge Big Revenue
When the Spit bridge was completed, at a cost of £70,000, it was estimated it would take 15 years to pay off the amount…
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A progressive stage in the work of the Main Roads Board on the metropolitan roads was reached last night, when the Hurstville Council opened tenders for the reconstruction of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Great White Train. Armidale
The New State movement was spoken of with much ardour at the official reception to the Great White Train at Armidale yesterday. The town is a veritable hotbed of newstaters,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Road Bill Willoughby Complaint
For some time there has been a feeling among certain aldermen of Will loughby that the roads are costing an undue amount. On December. 14 a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall Through a Bridge. Picton
Early last night Frank Moore and Stanley Kohen, of Hill Top, were walking along the railway line, when Moore fell a distance of 16 feet through a bridge near Picton,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Spit Bridge Tolls. The Holiday Figures
During Christmas week the 22,732 vehicles which crossed the Spit Bridge contributed £647/11/11 in tolls—at increase of 2022 vehicles and £89/12/1…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News. Main Roads Board. Lismore
Mr. J. Garlick (chairman) and Mr. H. H. Newell (member of the Main Roads Board, spent the week-end in the Richmond district. Yesterday they interviewed the Tintenbar,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Goods Train Derailed Lines Had Spread
A ROCKHAMPTON-BOUND goods train was deralted between Nambour and Kilangoor, on the North Coast hue early this morning…
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