Railway Conciliation Boards. Press Comments. London. Thursday Night
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 5
The "Dally Chronicle" and (he "Morning Leader" uphold the principle of the conciliation boards. The former journal declares that, the sudden repudiation of the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 4
The final meeting of the committee which arranged the celebration in connection with the opening of the North Coast railway held in the Town Hall this afternoon. The…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 5
The general railway strike is not likely to commence to-day. Mr. Buxton, following up yesterday's conference, expressed a desire to meet the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 4
In connection with the duplication of the [?] line between Newcastle and West Maitland, it is not yet been made known what is to be done on [?] Maitland side of Victoria-street platform. [?]…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 5
Five thousand railway men at Leeds' have stuck work and many at Blackburn, Bradford and Leicester in the absence of an intimation of a truce, but others are waiting…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 5
Rioters destroyed a Midland Railway signal box at Sheffield because It was used after the signalman had struck. A company of Gordon Highlanders has arrived to…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 5
Tram tickets winch have been used may be made to afford the means of whiling away an hour occasionally in the long winter evenings. With some variation from…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 2
IN our last issue the particulars of the opening ceremony were curtailed somewhat, owing to a pressure of space, and a desire on our part to…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 2
Delegates of railway men decline the Government's offer to immediately appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into their grievances respecting the…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 2
Rabbltskins.—We cleared a very line catalogue at prices which did not deviate from the previous week's equivalents to any material extent…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 7
A swagman committed suicide at Tottenham, Victoria, in a determined way. About 5 a.m. he went upon the railway platform and as he behaved in a peculiar manner…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 7
A swagman committed suicide at Tortenham (Vic.) on Wednesday. About a.m. he went upon the railway platform, and as he behaved in a, peculiar manner…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 6
Sir,—The Railway Department, after spending thousands of pounds on a railway to serve the general public, and considerable sums for fencing, road forming, and…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 4
In convocation with Mr. M. Thomson, station-master at West Maitland to-day, it was learned that traffic on the North Coast railway—Maitland to Dungog—had been very good, and that there…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 5
After the abortive Board of Trade conference, the Railway Unions executives [?] the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress and the members of the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 5
The railway mangers after interviewing Mr. S. Buxton, President of the Board of Trade, decided not to meet the Board of Trade officials again until there is some…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 5
The express was held up in South Walls for ten hours. Two signal boxes in Monmouthshire were fired, and thirty seven miles of sidings at Rowsley are filled with…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 5
The West of England is isolated from the Midland. The railway services at Fishguard, Swansea and many industrial centres in the…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 14
The first section of the North Coast railway from Maitland to Duugog, a distance of 33 miles—was formally opened on Monday amidst much rejoicings along the whole of…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 14
[?]ing ny a junction with the [?] Northern railway at 20 miles [?] from newcastle and about half a [?] of West Maitland railway station, [?]…
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