A Railway Movement
At a recent meeting of the Finch's Flat Progress Association, Mr. A. A. Rogers, a prominent and pushful member of this body, proposed that a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1914
2,481 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 125
African Railway Strike. Only; 1000, Men Out. London
The South African railway, strike,according to reports from, Johannesburg. is likely to be still born A general cessation of work was to have taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Leader. and Stock and Station News. Saturday, January 10, 1914. Local & General. Orange Motor Traffic
Owing to the manner in which motor car drivers ignore the traffic regulations of Orange, and the many accidents that have occurred recently,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Killed by Motors. Sydney
In addition to the 13 lives lost in the c[?]ty from being knocked down by motor cars, three more have met their death in a similar manner since the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Fatallty Pastoralist Charged with Manslaughter. Melbourne
As the result of the fatality which occurred on the Sydney road on December 20, when Gordon Campbell Murch,. 19, wool-classer, of Ascotvale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Control What the Government Aims At. to Give Effect to Its Policy. Sydney
The [?] of the control of the Railway Department, and the intentions of the Government in that regard form an engrossing subject just…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SERIOUS Railway Strike Position in Africa. Orange River Colony Disorganised. Drivers, Shunters, and Guards. Pretoria
The strike of railway employees is assuming serious proportions. Drivers, shunters, and guards have left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fiasco. South African Railway Strike. Pretoria
The railway workshops of Pretoria and Johannesburg alone are idle. A special staff runs the trains as usual. Of 400 strikers at Braamfontein…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railwaymen Take Ballot. "Government Will Fight Agitators." Johannesburg
Several sections of the railways are taking a ballot on the question of the advisability of a strike. The scarcity of funds is acting as a deterrent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From Wheat to Sheep Decision of Forbes Farmers. Lack of Railway Facilities. Forbes
A number of landholders in the Mylandra district, between Goolagong, Grenfell, and Forbes, who, during the past season farmed about 30,000 acres…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mudgee Agricultural Society. Matter of Special Train. Judges Appointed
The regular monthly meeting of the Mudgee Agricultural Association was hold on Saturday last. There was a good attendance. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nine Natives Killed. Attempted Blowing-up of Mail Train. Later
The South African railway strike has become more serious, and the situation is worse than during the Rand strikes last July…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Homeward Road. Woman Burned in Curious Accident. Sydney
Mrs. Stonestreet, of Hurlstone Park, was returning home from a visit to St. Mary's last night, when her clothes caught fire from an exposed light. She…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civil War South African Strike a Serious Situation. Labor Leaders Libel King. Train Dynamited. Many Arrests. Johannesburg
The South African railway strike has assumed serious proportions. The Cape mail train was dynamited at Witwitersrand and the front wheels…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Overturns. Twelve People Injured. Brisbane
A picnic party proceeding to Mount Cootha bad an exciting experience yesterday afternoon. The party numbered 25. They were travelling in a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tied Up South African Railways Strike in Full Swing. London
The South African railway strike is now in full swing, and the Transvaal and Orange Free State services are completely disorganised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Boy Strangled Body in Railway Carriage. Baffling Mystery. London
The police are completely baffled by the murder of a boy whose body was found under a seat in a railway carriage at Shoreditch yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster Averted. Sydney
It has just leaked out that a serious railway disaster was narrowly averted some monthy ago. During shunting operations at Gunnedah, the wheel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ground to Death. Appalling Railway Accident. Melbourne
While Harry Ferry, a railway ganger and his wife and two children were returning home on a railway tricycle at Morton (Vic.) they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Railways
The Ministry is contemplating some radical amendments to tho Railway Act. Apparently it is not satisfied with the business. Its dissatisfaction may apply to the condition of…
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