A Big Libel Case. Victorian Railway Commissioner v. the Age
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 1 June 1893 · page 2
The great libel action, Speight v. AM. bourne Agt, commences to-day. It is expected to occupy two months. The defendant's costs are estimated to amount to £15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Accident
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 1 June 1893 · page 2
An unidentified man fell from the Hurstville train last night and was terribly mangled by the following train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pith of Parliament. Legislative Assembly. the Sydney-vancouver Mail Line. Economy in the Public Service. the Law Practitioners' Bill. Segenhoe Irrigation Bill. Vale of Clwydd Coal Bill. the Simpson's Railway Bill. Parliament House, Friday night
National Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 3
In the Legislative Assembly this evening the Speaker took his chair at the usual hour. Sir George Dibbs, Colonial Secretary,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir Robert Duff Goes South. He Opens the Kiama-nowra Railway. and Is Received Every Where with the Greatest Enthusiasm. Sydney, Friday night
National Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 3
His Excellency the Governor, Sir Robert Duff, performed his first public function to-day when he opened the Kiama-Nowra Railway in the presence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Trouble. Engine Drivers and Firemen. Sydney
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 2
The Railway Commissioners say that there is no danger of the engine driven or firemen retorting to a strike. A return has been prepared showing that the former draw an average…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Troubles. More Strikes Pending. Lithgow Miners Come Out on Thursday. the Railway Difficulty. Sydney
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 5 June 1893 · page 2
Labor matters are very unsettled. The drivers and firemen on the railways are discussing the probability of strike. The maritime unions are much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Revenue of N.S.W. a Tremendous Falling Off. Sydney, Tuesday night
National Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 2
The railway revenue last week shown a falling off as compared with the corresponding week of last year of no less than £10,300. This brings the decrease for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Engine-drivers and Firemen on N. S. Wales Railways Say They Have Grievances Which They Must Have Righted. Sydney, Tuesday night
National Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 3
The engine-drivers and firemen complain bitterly of the manner in which they are treated, and they demand that their complaints be attended to. An…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Edition. Thursday, June 8. the Railway Receipts
National Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1893 · page 2
The constantly increasing shrinkage in receipts which the Commissioners are quite unable to prevent. The cause of it and the certainty that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Employees' Dispute
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 3
The only item of interest to record in connection with the dispute between the railway employees and the Railway Commissioners is that a movement is on foot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Difficulty. the Meeting of the Men. Sydney
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 12 June 1893 · page 2
A mass meeting of railway and tramway guards and shunters yesterday appointed a deputation to interview the Railway Commissioners asking for the redress…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Wreckers
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 2
An attempt has been made at Otage to derail the express train but only the, engine left the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage on Northern Railway
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 June 1893 · page 2
A washaway has occurred on the Northern Line near Armidale, in extent about a chain and a half. All through traffic has been suspended, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shocking Tram Accident. the Brake Snaps and Five Passengers Are Killed. London
National Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 3
A shocking accident has occurred at Chicago, U. S. A. On Monday the brake of a steam tram snapped, a large number of passengers being thrown to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railwaymen and Commissioners the Memorial Answered by a Denial of the Grounds of the Complaints Therein. Sydney, Thursday night
National Advocate · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 2
The Railway Commissioners have at last delivered their reply to the statements made in the railway memorial presented them some two or three weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Trams in Paris
National Advocate · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 2
According to a paper read before the Academy of Science in Paris by M. H. Moissan, the existence of transparent diamonds in other planets than our own…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Labor Trouble. Railway Employees Grievances. Strained Relations
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 2
With reference to the difficulty between the Commissioners and sections of the Railway employees, the Sydney papers report that a new and distinct phase has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Revenue
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 3
The railway revenue for the past ten weeks shows a decline on ,£64,000 for the corresponding period of last year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Journalist's Feat. He Tramps the World on Nothing
National Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 2
One of the most curious journalistic feats on record is that now being performed by a Swedish gentleman of private means connected with the Copenhagen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Labor Trouble. the Railway Difficulty. the Shipping Quarrel
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 2
There is some talk of amalgamating the whole of the associations in connection with the railway and tramway service. The Victorian Shipowners' Association…
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