The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Latest Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] State Purchase of Railways. London
Barrier Miner · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 8
In the House of Commons last night) Mr. G., A. Hardy (Liberal member for Stowmarket) moved a resolution in favor of an inquiry being made into…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collides with a Tram. a Fractured Skull. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 4
Charles Gent yesterday collided with a tram at Paddington. His skull was fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempt to Derail a Tram. Passengers Badly Shaken. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 4
An attempt was made yesterday to derail a Brighton electric tram. Three hard pieces of wood were fastened across the rails at close intervals. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rule of the Road. To the Editor
Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 5
Sir,—Notwithstanding the warnings that have appeared in "The Miner" from time to time, there are still persons in this city who think they are at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railwayman Killed. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 5
Philip Wilson, a laborer (33), whilst attending to the signal lamp at the Central Railway Station was knocked down by an engine and fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway to Port Darwin. Brisbane
Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 8
Colonel Foxton, M.H.R., waited on the Chamber of Commerce yesterday in order to discuss the question of linking the Queensland railways to give direct…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Russia and Austria. Dispute Over Railway Concession. the Berlin Treaty. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2
Owing to Austria having obtained permission from the Sultan of Turkey to construct a line connecting the Austrian railway systems with Novi-Bazar,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Railway Town
Barrier Miner · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2
At about a quarter past 8 o'clock on Saturday night the Central Fire Brigade, received a call by telophone to a fire in Railway Town. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway and Tramway Employees. Annual Meeting of the Association. Retiring Officers and Executive Unseated. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 4
The presence of proxy delegates caused a scene at the annual meeting of the Railway and Tramway Service Association at the Trades Hall last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Keir Hardie Mobbed. at Johannesburg Railway Pelted with Eggs, Tomatoes, and Stones. [Reuter's Messages.] London
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 2
A crowd mobbed Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., on his arrival at the Johannesburg railway station yesterday, pelting him with eggs, tomatoes, and stones…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russia and Austria. Friction Concerning a Railway. the Servian Press Demands. a War Threatened. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 2
As a development of the friction between Rusiia and Austria' coacernjrig ute construction of a railway by the latter in the Balkan States, the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway and Tramway Employees. Annual Meeting of the Association. Retiring Officers and Executive Unseated. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 4
The presence of proxy delegates caused a scene at the annual meeting of the Railway and Tramway Service Association at the Trades Hall last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Balkan Railways. Germany's Official Denial. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 2
Germany officially denies, inciting the Austrian railway projects in the Balkans, but says it regards all railways as civilising agents. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Darling River Railway League
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 3
The fortnightly meeting of the Darling River Railway League was held on Monday night at the Council Chamber…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transcontinental Railway. Question of Route. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 2
The conference of engineers asked to advise as to the survey of the transcontinental (West Australia) railway has furnished its report. The report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway and Tramway Men. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 8
The Railway and Tramway M[?]n's Conference was concluded yestesday, after having elected a new executive. Many changes in the working…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Construction Costs
Barrier Miner · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 1
The cost of the Petersburg to Cockburn railway was originally estimated by the South Australian Government at £6500 per mile, or a total of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Employees. Their Hours of Labor. President Roosevelt's Intervention. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 4
President Roosevelt has written to the interstate Chambers of Commerce Commission relative to the importance of limiting the hours of labor of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Australian Railways Commissioner
Barrier Miner · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5
The West Australian Government recently advertised in English newspapers calling for applications from persons compatent to fill the position of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electric Tramway Mishaps. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5
According to evidence tendered to the board of inquiry appointed to inquire into the management of the St. Kilda-Brighton electric tramway, 203…
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