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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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The Victorian Railway Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 2

ALL negotiations in the railway crisis in Victoria have failed. Consequently the Government has given notice to the executive members of the railway unions that their services…

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The Singleton Argus. Thursday, May 7Th, 1903. the Victorian Railway Crisis

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 2

THEhe threatened railway strike in Victoria, involving as it does suct grave and important issues, is a subject that engrosses not only the…

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Victorian Railway Crisis Interview with the Premier. The Government will not Shirk its Duty. The Position Serious

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 4

IN order to avert the threatened strike of railway employees in Victoria which probably meant the stoppage of railway traffic in all its bearings and…

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Victorian Railway Crisis. The Situation Crave. [By Telegraph] Sydney, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 3

THE Premier met the executive of the railway union again this morning, and asked their final decision. They expressed their willingness to…

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District News. Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 4

The Easter meeting og Andre's Church was held on tuesday last in the church. Rev. G. F. Rushford, rector of the parish, presided. After the minutes of last year's meeting had ben read and…

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Correspondence. the Brisbane Mail Train to Sydney. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 2

SIR,—Your last issue ably dealt with a railway matter having reference to the non stopping of the train when passengers were on board with…

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Victorian Railway Trouble. Engine-drivers' Ultimatum. a Strike Threatened From To-morrow Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 3

Following is the text of a letter received this morning by the Victorian Railway Commissioner, from six members of the engine-drivers' executive:—"We have received your letter of the 6th Mny, in…

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The Baghdad Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 3

Germany is experiencing difficulty in securing financial support for the Bagdad railway, the Austrian, Swiss, French, and American groups threatening to withdraw…

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Railway Drama

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 6

Scene 1—Train stopping at a big junction. Ticket Collector (examining passenger's ticket): ".This won't do, sir. You'll have to set out and—"…

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The Railway Crisis

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday Afternoon.—The Premier again met the members of the executive of the Railway Association to-day…

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The Railway Crisis in Victoria. MELBOURNE

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

THE Melbourne engine drivers held a meeting this morning, and sent a letter to the Premier stating that unless the embargo on the men being affil[?]ated…

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Railway Accidents

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

An accident of somewhat serious character, occurred on the northwest line between Wer[?]s Creek and Breeza on the morning of Friday week, 1st…

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Victorian Railway Crisis

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 3

The threatened railway crisis in Victoria, involving as it does each grave and important issues, has of late engrossed public attention not only iu the State immediately affected,…

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The Victorian Railway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

A SITUATION unparalleled in tho history of Australia has been brought about by the obstinacy of the Victorian railway employes in putting forward an untenable claim. By…

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The Victorian Railway Crisis. the Effects of the Strike. Stoppage of Mails

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

The Victorian railway trouble has reached an acute crisis. Yesterday the engine-drivers and firemen gave the Commissioner for Railways notice that they would strike at midnight. This forcing of the…

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South Africa. London, May 5. The Transvaal railway authorities [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

[?] ten thousand natives in Cape Colony and [?] The conference of tho Afrikander Bond has [?]…

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The Victorian Railway Trouble

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 4

All negotiations in the railway crisis in Victoria have failed. Consequently the Government has given notice to the executive members of the railway unions that their services…

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Victorian Railway Dispute. a Serious Situation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 7

The Victorian railway trouble remains unsettled. The Victorian Locomotive Engine Drivers and Fireman's Association has officially declined to withdraw from affiliation with the Trades Hall as…

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The Singleton Argus. Saturday, May 9Th, 1903. the Railway Crisis in Victoria

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 4

WITH reference to the Victorian Railway Crisis, a subject that we have already alluded to, in former articles, we note, with regret, that there seems…

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Victorian Troubles. The Railway Crisis

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 4

THE executive officers of the railway societies wanted again on the Premier, Mr Irivne, at the railway offices on Wednesday. The Premier, on taking…

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