Railway Extension. £3,000,000 for New Works. Authorising Bill Passed. Sydney
The Railway Loan Authorising Bill, providing for the expenditure of £3,000,000 out of loan moneys already raised but not exhausted, was put…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1915
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Fall From a Tram. Little Boy Injured. at South Broken Hill
A little boy named William Dickenson, aged 4 years and 10 months, who resides with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickenson, in Hebbard-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Airship Raid. by Allies in Northern Belgium. Thirty-four Aeroplanes Take Part. Considerable Damage Done. Ostend Railway Station Destroyed. London
Thirty-four British and French aeroplanes attacked Bruges. Zeebrugge, and Ostend with a view to destroying the Germans' submarine base. The Ostend…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Government Railway Policy. Melbourne
The Prime Minister yesterday expressed the intention of the Federal Government to proceed with the preliminary work for the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Western Front. French Success in the Vosges. Aerodrome Damaged. Paris
The latest official communique states::— "We repulsed the enemy at Arracurat and captured a hill, north-west…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) In the Air. Belgian Aeroplane Crosses the Frontier. Bombs a Military Camp. The Hague
A Belgian aeroplane bombed the German military camp at Dentz. close to Cologne, and escaped. Guns have been placed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Condobolin Railway Work. Rumors of Trouble. Statement by Mr. Rhodes
Rumors were afloat in the city today that there was trouble in connection with the men working on the construction of the Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Passengers by Train
Last week the Silverton Tramway Company carried 854 passengers (491 inward and 363 outward During the corresponding period last year 1430…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barrier Miner. Tuesday February 16, 1915. Municipal Baths for the South, and the North, and for Railway Town
IT is impossible to note the popularity of the Municipal Baths without asking why this luxury or necessity is not placed within the reach of the people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Condobolin Railway Work. Rumors of Trouble. Statement by Mr. Rhodes
Rumors were afloat in the city to-day that there, was trouble in connection with the men working on the construction of the Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suicide on the Railway. Adelaide
A man, whose name is unknown, knelt at the side of the railway line in the Adelaide railway yards this morning and, placing his head on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Commissioners' Appeal. Sydney
Mr. Beeby (sitting as a Wages Board) has recommended that the State Railway Commissioners' appeal for the right to suspend increments in salary,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Railwaymen. the Advance in Wages. Some Companies Refuse to Agree. Trouble Threatened by Leaders. (Reuter's Message.) London
The new agreement with the railwaymen gives an additional 3s. weekly to employees whose wages are under 30s. fer week and 2s. weekly to men earning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The East-west Railway. Ninety Men on Strike
A Port Augusta correspondent in the "Register" states:— "Ninety men engaged in the plate-laying gang at the head of the line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Across Australia by Motor. Birtles on Another Trip
"The Advertiser" states:— Francis Birtles left Sydney on Saturday by motor on what will be his longest trip across Australia. He will go…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Serial Story. "Mauleverer's Millions," Chapter 1.—At the Railway Station
It is not often that a man in looking back upon the story of his life can fix the precise moment at which his fate underwent a change that was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Condobolin Railway. Workers' Wives Waiting for Money. Reputation to Mr. Butler
It was expected that the money comprising the proportion of the wages of the men working at the Condobolin end of the Broken Hill Condobolin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor-car "Borrowed."
Mr. W. Dollman, northern traveller of Messrs. Duncan and Fraser, on Wednesday last drove two clients in a motor-car to the Martindale races, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor-boat Alight
Dr. Oliver Leitch's motor-launch caught fire in the river on Sunday afternoon (says the Port Pirie Recorder"). The occupants of the boat were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The East-west Railway. Trouble at Port Augusta. Adelaide
The acting secretary of the A.W.U. has received a telegram from Port Augusta stating that trouble has taken place in regard to the working hours…
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