Grain Handling and the Railways
THE Railway Commissioners decline to enter into a controversy on the allegations made by grain merchants that wheat consignments often arrive short. They deny, however, that…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
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Railway Concessions
The Railway Commissioners have decided to grant concessions in connection with the carriage of stock from fire affected districts to other pasturages,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Cossack Raiders. in the Japanese Rear. Railway Lines Cut. Daring Attacks on Towns. Japanese Triumphal Entry. London, Jan. 14
It is reported at Tokio that the Russians attacked the town of Niu-chwang, in Southern Manchuria, and were repulsed. Some of General Mistchenko’s cavalry,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Servants and Outside Employment
A CORRESPONDENT complained through the press that some railway servants were holding salaried positions outside of the service to the exclusion of persons not so comfortably…
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The Minister for Works has approved of £26 being made available for expenditure on road Toole's to Belong, and instructions have been issued to put the work in hand at once…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tee Roads Office
Mr. Cox, resident engineer for roads, has been allowed the rooms in the Yass court house to be used as the roads office. It is time that some use was made of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road at Bolong
MR. ASHTON is in receipt of a communication from the works department informing him that the minister has approved of £36 being made available for expenditure on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collisions
The Glasgow-London express, following, collided with the Leeds-London express during a fog. A third express from London crashed into the wreckage and set the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Motor Race
On the 21st of next month the great Dunlop Motor Race from Melbourne to Sydney will take place. It is expected they will pass through Yass on the 22nd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster. London, Jan. 19
A terrible railway disaster occurred in Yorkshire this morning. The Scottish express came into collision with a train at Cudworth. Seven people were killed, and 40 others were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Institute Classes
The following are the Goulburn prize-winners for 1904 in connection with the classes for railway employees, conducted under the auspices of the council of the Railway Institute :—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspicious Incident on the Railway
Albury, Friday.—About 11 o'clock last night, just before the express train pulled up, the passengers in the first-class carriage were startled by some missile, which pierced the carriage window,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Old Railway Servant
In about a month's time the Railway Department will lose one of its oldest servants in the person of Driver Thorburn, who, having reached the age limit of 63 years, retires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Retrenchment. Over 1000 Men Discharged. Employees Much Alarmed
The railway employees are in a state of alarm at the continued reduction of hands which is taking place In every branch of the service and on account of the placing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Retrenchment. Over 1000 Men Discharged
THE railway employes are in a state of alarm at the continued reduction of hands which is taking place in every branch of the service and on account of the placing of the men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Military Memos. Visit of the Tramway Riflemen
ON Saturday last a most interesting fixture was shot off on the local range between the local Railway Ambulance and the Sydney Tramway rifle clubs. The meeting was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Tenders
TENDERS for works upon the following roads in the district are called by advertisement in this issue:--Contract 29, 1904-5, Road Kialla to Pejar Hill;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rifle-shooting. Visit of the Tramway Riflemen
On Saturday last a most interesting fixture was shot off on the local range between the local Railway Ambulance and the Sydney Tramway Rifle Clubs. The match resulted in an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Long-sought Railway
Travellers on the Condobolin line know the mammoth pile of sleepers which were stacked at Bogan Gate when it was thought the railway thence to Bulbodney would be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Employees. an Official Explanation
Judging from an explanation made by the railway authorities on Saturday the state of alarm in which the railway employees find themselves at what they understand to be the heavy application…
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