Runaway Tramcar. a New Year's Eye Mishap
At Geelong on New Year's Eve (says the "Adevertiser)" a special tramear left the depot for the Newtown route, and as it reached the curve from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,225 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 62
The Tramway Award. Employees Disappointed with Employers' Attitude. Sydney
The secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union says members are disappointed at what he terms the employers' attempt to defeat the object of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Men's Grievances a Conciliator Appointed. [Reuter's Message.] London, Friday Evening
The London North-Western Railway, Company is satisfied from the results of prolonged inquiry that grievances exist, and a hearer has been appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide Tramway Trouble. the Union and the Award
There was no alteration on Saturday in the position which has arisen in connection with the refusal of the Tramways Trust to accede to the decision…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sailor's Train Ride. on Top of a Carriace
An American seaman, Joseph Wade, who travelled from Newcastle to Maitland on top of a carriage of the Baisbane mail train, was fined in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Noisy Motors. Forcibly Silenced in England
Amid all the disturbances of city noise and discord none is more nen[?] racking than the exhaust explosion of a motor cycle (says the "Age.") This…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sailor's Train Ride. on Top of a Carriage
An 'American seaman, Joseph Wade, who travelled from Newcastle to Maitland on top of a carriage of the Brisbane mail train, was fined in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cycling. Melbourne
C. Mundy, the Victorian motor cyclist, who left the Sydney General Post Office at 4.10 p.m. on Tuesday, arrived at the Melbourne General Post Office…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →W.A. Railway Men. Application to the Government. a Setback of a Reply. Perth
A deputation from the Railway Officers' Association asked the Premier to-day for an eight-hours' day, long service leave, an independent appeal board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists Burned to Death
Calcutta, Wednesday. Two Bengali jute brokers, while metoring, endeavored to avoid a buffalo which appeared in their path. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide Tramway Men. the Arbitration Matter. Executive's Action Endorsed
The largest gathering yet held of the members of the Adelaide branch of the Australian Tramway Employees' Association met at the rooms, Industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Railway Unrest. Men Talking Strike. Alleged Big Trouble Brewing. Melbourne
The Victorian general body of railwaymen, especially the lower-paid sections, are greatly dissatisfied with the action of the Government in refusing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Collision. Another Sydney Accident. Number of People Hurt. Sydney
A tram smash occurred in Flindersstreet, Moore Park, this moring, by which several person were injured, and the cars badly damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Slow Strike. Railwaymen's New Form of Protest. [Reuter's Message.] London
The North-Eastern railwaymen at Newcastle-on-Tyne and Gateshead, as a protest against the second suspension of Knox, have adopted a dilatory system…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Special Grant for Main Roads. Sydney
MT. Griffith has conveyed to the local governing bodies in the State his intentions regarding the proposal to use £250,000 as a special grant for main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cables [Reuter's Message.] Motor Gang and Mock Warder. Paris
A man disguised as a warder, was arrested to-day in the Sante Prison in the act of liberating 22 of the accomplices of Bonnot, the notorious motor bandit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell From a Tram. Mishap to Young Woman
According to a police report Annie Dwyer, a young woman, who resides in Blende-street, was about to alight from a tram-car in Argent-street, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensation in a Bank. Explaining a Revolver's Mechanism. Bank Clerk Shot Through the Leg. at Railway Town
Mr. W. H. Armstrong, ledger-keeper at the London Bank of Australia, weat out to the Rail way Town branch of the bank this morning to conduct the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Saturday Night Disaster Terrible Adelaide Smash. Train and Motor Car Collision. Mother and Son Killed. Father Seriously Injured. Two Miraculous Escapes
The Millswood railyway crossing has in the past been the scene of many tragic accident, (says the "Mail.") On Saturday evening another awful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minimum Wage for Laborers. Victorian Railways Commissioners Opposed to It. Would Ultimately Involve a Reclassification. Melbourne
The Victorian Railway Commissioners, in response to the demand of a large number of employees for a wages board and a minimum of 8/ per day,…
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