Motor Accidents. Young Woman Seriously Injured. Sydney
While a motor car, driven by Henry Flegg, of College-street, Sydney was proceeding along the Bunnerong-road, South Kensington, to-day, a tyre blew…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
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Industrial Unrest. Railway Grievances. Deputation to Mr. Hall. Sydney
Salaried officers of the Railway Department placed two grievances before the Attorney-General, Mr. Hall. The first was that the service objects to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Somersaults. Five Persons Injured. Sydney
A motor car was on the road at Kensington at an early hour yesterday morning, containing two men, three women and the driver, J. Glennan,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Combined Railway Men. Vote "Stop Work." Melbourne
The combined railway men's meeting in Melbourne urged the affirmative vote on the question of ceasing work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Fatality. Car Owner Committed. Sydney
The inquest concerning the deaths of Frederick Piercy and Minnie Hooper, who were killed in a motor accident, was concluded to-day. The Coroner committed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Shocking Occurrence Near Bourke. Sydney
On Saturday night, near Mooculta Siding, 21 miles from Bourke, a picnic train overtook and ran down a railway tricyele, on which were Alfred Mutton, his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Railway Men. Strike May Be Averted. Melbourne
Notwithstanding the tone of yesterday's meeting of railway men in Melbourne, there appears good prospects that a general strike may be averted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Front. Great Aeroplane Work. London
Reuter's Rome correspondent, Tuesday, official: A Franco-Italian air squadron bombarded Pola. Five enemy aeroplanes were repulsed after an aerial duel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →America. Railway Strike Settled. Twelve Millions Sterling Increase. New York
The New York railway strike is over. By the terms of the settlement of the American railway strike, the combined salary list of the railroads will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →America's New Railway Law. Congress Powers Defined. New York, Tuesday Night
The Supreme Court's decision in favor of the railway men empowers Congress to fix the hours and prescribe the wages when the parties…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Law. Upheld by Supreme Court. Washington
The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the eight hour railway law. (It will be remembered that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Declaration of War Imperative. Uncle Sam Very Busy. Railway Men's Great Victory. Vancouver
A message from Washington says the United States is planning the early manufacture and mobilisation of a fleet of small, armed submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Strike Abandoned. Wilson May Act at Once. New York
Washington advices state, that as a result of a message from the President the railway strike has been abandoned. This action is interpreted to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Officers. the Question of Arbitration. Sydney
Acording to the Railway Officers' Association the Secretary and the Premier concur in the request for an amendment of the Industrial Act giving the right…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Defining a Stock Route. Question of Main Roads
The recent activities in stock dealing on the Lower Clarence has been responsible for large mobs of cattle passing more or less continuously through the main street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Escape From a Train. Prisoner Fired On. Sydney
A military prisoner jumped from a railway carriage just as the train was leaving Molong for the military prison at Forbes. The train pulled up and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Owners
The business announcement in our columns in connection with Firestone Tyres is of unusual interest to Motor Car Owners, for it carries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Motor Fatality. Grafton Girl Killed
Word reached town this morning that Miss Ruby Amos, 17 years of age, the youngest daughter of the late Edward Ames, of Grafton, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Railway Strike. the Employees Warned. Melbourne
The Victorian Railway Commissioners are advising the staff to consider gravely the threatened strike ballot before agreeing to any action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Accident. Telegraph Pole Strips Engine. Sydney
The train from Sydney to Nowra struck a telegrah pole which was hanging across the line at a sharp curve near Helensburgh this morning. The top of the…
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