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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
278 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 14
Messrs. Amos Brothers, railway contractors, are suing the Government for £300,000 on contracts for railway construction between Tamworth and Uralla…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A man named Andrew Nitto has been killed on the railway at Wyee, near Newcastle. He was employed on the permanent way, and it is not known…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dominion of Canada contemplates placing the railways under a nonpolitical board of management…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Allow me to trespass on your valuable space to bring forward a matter which interests a great number of local residents who intend spending…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Assembly last night Mr. Bruce Smith, Minister for Works, moved—"That it be referred to the Parliamentary standing Committee on Public Works to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further particulars regarding the railway accident at Quebec state that as a passenger train was crossing the bridge the structure collapsed. Forty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THESE two teams tried conclusions on Saturday last, for the first time, and owing to the destructive bowling of J. Trembath, the latter were somewhat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Banks and Railways, having an off day, instituted a scratch match on the reserve, and the former going in first totalled 62. The Railways passed this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fourteen thousand Polish Jews employed on the Russian railways have heen dismissed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forty-five thousand railway men are out on strike in Scotland for a reduction in the hours of labor. The traffic on the North British railway is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The railway strike in Scotland is extending, and 10,000 employes are now stated to be out of work, all classes of labor being comprised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fisherman named Maile was run over by the last train at Hastings last night. He was frightfully mutilated and killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The railway strike in Scotland still continues. The men demand the recognition of 10 hours as a day's work for all grades of labor with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Speight has accepted the Chief Railway Commissionership at £3000 per annum, but trusts that Parliament will ratify Mr. Gillies' promise of an increase…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A daring robbery was committed at the Kilkenny and Woodville stations, on the Port Adelaide line, on Saturday. The thieves removed the safes and took the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A committee, comprising leading members of the Chamber of Commerce and magistrates; has been appointed to mediate with a view to a settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owing to the companies conceding the men a partial advance in wages, the railway employes at Hull, who struck for higher wages and shorter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy snowstorms have occurred in the United States, and the railways in New England are snowed up, traffic being consequently stopped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS morning a subscriber to this journal called at the office to complain of what he described the terrible condition of the surveyed road leading past the Junction…
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