Motor 'Busmen's Strike. Two Hundred Agree to Employers' Terms. the Remainder Follow Suit. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2
Two hundred motor busmen who have been on strike over the question of wages agreed to the employers' terms on account of the smallness of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Menindie Railway
Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 4
The Mayor, Mr. Tonics (secreatary of the Darling River Railway League) and Mr. M'Gregor (representative of the Sydney "Daily Telegraph") have returned from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Bridge-building
Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 5
Dealing with the Quebec Bridge disaster, "Eng[?]eering" says that there is no more mystery about the design of a large strut tian a small one, and the unmechanical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Water Train. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 8
When the water train arrived at Portland yesterday there was a big demand for water, which.(including cartago) is now being sold at 4s. per 100…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Railway Accident. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 8
Len Robinson was riding on a railway tricycle at Bellambi yesterday. when an engine struck him and dragged him a distance of 30 yards. He is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →(Railway Goods Manager Deat Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 8
The death is announced at the age of [?]2 of Mr. Corns, railway goods manager, one of the officers who came from England in Mr. Eddy's time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trans-australian Railway. Action about to be Taken. Conference of Engineers to Reassemble. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 8
Attention is being given by the Home Affairs Department to the forthcoming survey of the railway to West Australia authorised by the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Graving Dock. For Tramp Vessels. Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8
The Premier (Mr. T. Price) stated yesterday that the Government was determined in the near future to ask that a sum of money be voted to enable it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Melbourne Motorists' Arrival. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8
Messrs. Kellow and James, motorists, from Melbourne, arrived, in Sydney at 10 minutes past 4 this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway [?]Ard's Death. Young Man Committed for Trial. Kalgoorlie
Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8
The adjourned inquiry into the death of the railway guard, Edwin Thomas, who was alleged to have died from injuries, the result-of a blow struck by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fined for Abusive Language In a Tram Car. Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8
At the Adelaide Police Court to-day John Waite, of North Adelaide, was fined £2 and costs for using abusive language in a tram car to Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Construction in South Australia. Deputation to Chief Secretary. Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8
"A largo deputation, waited on the Chief Secretary to-day and urged the Government to include in its policy next session the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Menindie Railway
Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8
Mr. H. W. James, jun., secretary, of the Broken Hill Chamber, of Commerce, this afternoon received the following wire from Mr. 'Arthur Griffith,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blackguardism in Oxfordstreet. Tram Traffic Interrupted. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 2
A push of blackguards took possesion of an Oxford-street fish shop on Saturday. They attacked the proprietor, a colored man, and assaulted him. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Committed for Manslaughter. Careless Driving. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 4
An inquest was held to-day on "the body of the child Doris Hanson, who w[?]s killed by a motor-car at Sandringham On New Year's Day. The coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Tram Accident. Man Run Over. at Tram Intersection. Oxide and Chapple Streets. Inquiry Opened
Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 2
Shorty before 8 o'clock on Saturday evening a shocking term accident occurred at the intersection of Chapple and Oxide streets, whereby a man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Tram Accident
Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 2
At about 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a tram accident occurred near the Hillside Hotel, when a man named Robert Shields, a plumber, had one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Accident. Farmer Killed. His Daughter Badly Injured. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 4
A train from Melbourne at 6 o'clock Inst night crushed into [?]buggy and pair at a lovel crossing at Shepparton. driven by a farmer named Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. Railways and Tramways. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2
For the quarter ended December, 1907, the revenue from the railways totalled £1,381,542, compared with £1,319,322 for the previous year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →China and Japan. a Manchurian Railway. Leads to Estrangement. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2
China's defiant disregard of Japan's protests against the proposed H[?]nmintung-Fakumenn railway in Manchur[?]a has caused surprise and indignation at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →