Sensational Development. Railways Will Not Carry Coal. Probable Arrest of Leaders
A SENSATIONAL strike development took place yesterday, when the Chief Railway Commissioner issued a notice that the Government…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
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Coachmakers' (Road) Award
The Coachmaking (Road) Board has delivered its award. A week's work has been fixed to 48 hours for all persons in the trade. To be worked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Flight. the Aldershot Aeroplane. Mr Cody's Success
The speed and power of the aeroplane constructed by Mr S.F. Cody at Aldershot were demonstrated in striking fashion this morning, when a flight…
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A tramcar at Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., dashed into an automobile, killing an estate agent, his wife, and four children…
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"There's not the slightest likelihood of the congress calling out the railway men in answer to the Railway Commissioner's action,"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal-mining Strike. Commissioners' Countermand Orders. of Railways Will Still Carry Coal. the Engine-drivers' Dilemma. Acting-premier's Offer. Accepted by Men—rejected by Owners. Long Struggle Anticipated. Commissioners' Altered Attitude. Railways Will Haul Coal
[?] the statement that the Railways [?] had issued [?]tructions that un[?] coal is to be hauled except [?] Mr. lee, the Acting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Statement by the Minister for Railways
Mr Waddell, Treasurer and Minister for Railways, Interviewed on the matter, said he knew nothing of any instructions having been issued that no more coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Crisis. Working the Unionist Mines. Railway Commissioners Will Not Haul Coal. A Set Back for the Strikers
A sensational development in connec tion with the proposal to work Ebbw Main and Young Wallsend collieries has occurred. Yesterday it was freely stated…
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The season's wool came forward freely during last week. The total number of bales carried was 45,848, this being an increase of 3933 as compared with the…
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Mr. Catts, M.H.R., the general secretary of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, stated in Sydney that the shortage of coal is being seriously felt not only by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transandine Railway
The Transandine railway tunnel on the railway between Chili and Argentina has been completed, and the Chilian and Argentine sections have joined. The length…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murrurundi Railway Fatality. Heroism of Railway Men. Murruruandi
On Saturday afternoon last. C. Jones (driver), and John Percy Smith (fireman), who were taking a goods train from Murrurundi to Werris Creek, were severely scalded by an escape of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late News by Wire Sydney, Tuesday afternoon. Fatal Tram Accident
Sydney Arthur Tucker, one of the [?] knocked off the footboard of a tram last night, died this morning. He sustained a frac[?] skull…
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The Hon. Archibald Ian Gordon, son of the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was travelling in a motor car near Winchester, when the car came into collision with another…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trans-siberian Railway. Doubling the Track. London, Monday Afternoon
An American syndicate has secured the contract for doubling the track for the whole length of the Trans-Siberian railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Miners' Mines. Coal Being Hauled on the Railway. Newcastle. Tuesday afternoon
In the course of a chat this morning the representative of Kethel and Co., the owners of Young Wallsend and Ebbw Main Collieries, which are being worked under Peter Bowling's scheme, stated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways Take Half. Owners Well Pleased
"I have just seen the Chief Commissioner for Railways," said Mr. H. M Meore, the Sydney manager of the Ebbw Main and Young Wallsend collieries, yesterday, "and he has explained to me…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal-mining Crisis. the Proprietors Still Stick to Thier Guus. Strikers' Collieries at Work. Haulage of Coal Resumed on the Railways. Local Demonstrations. Proposed Conference. Suggested by the Mayor of Newcastle
Mr. W. M Hughes, M.H.R., received from [?] the Mayor of Newcastle, the [?]:—"I urge upon your con[?] that in the industrial dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Over 350 Tram Men on Holidays
One effect of the curtailed tram service is to send the men for their holidays, and on Satur day night the first batch, between 330 and 400 in number, signed off at the various depots. These…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident
A railway accident resulting in the death of William Moor (54), a fettler, residing in Carlton, occurred on Satur day morning, near Kogarah railway…
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