Motoring Sensation. a Prince's Escape. Berlin, Aug. 10
Prince Henry of Prussia, while motoring, swerved in order to avoid another car and his own machine was dashed against a tree…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Glasgow Tramway Trouble. London, Aug. 15
There are signs that the Glasgow strike is fizzling out. Eighty men were arrowed for rioting. The corporation committee, after a lively…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Trouble. a Critical Outlook. London, Aug. 15
The railway labour war is spreading to Birmingham, Bristol, and Sheffield, where numerous sectional strikes have commenced. Three thousand men have shuck at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Derailed. One Man Killed
The Queensland Railway Commissioner has received information concerning a serious accident on a private sugar tramway of Messrs. Gibson and Howe, near Bingera (Q.) owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Railway to Dungog
With the opening of the railway from West Maitland to Dungog on Monday, the first section of the North- Coast Railway, another page of history for that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riverstone Railway Accident, (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The Railway Department held an Inquiry to-day into the cause of the railway accident at Riverstone on Saturday last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Protecting the Railways. Sending Out the Troops. London
Every available soldier at Aldershot is under orders for service on the railways. The men will be stationed along the lines and the cavalry will be utilised at large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British Strikes the Railway Strike. Government Intercession. London
Mr. Sydney Buxton, the President of the Board of Trade, yesterday morning conferred with the railway managers. and in the afternoon with the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Affairs in Manchester. Railway Traffic Stopped. London
The railway passenger and goods traffic in Manchester has been stopped Two battallons of infantry and a regiment of cavairy are in readiness in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Unrest. Further Stoppages
The train services at Crowe, Leicester, and other centres have been curtailed. Many transport workers in Birming ham have struck work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swagman's Suicide. Train Officials Censured
An inquest was held on Saturday on Philip Conolly, a swagman who placed his head under an engine at Sunshine (Vic.) Patrick M'Carthy, an engine-driver, said that he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amalgamated Railway Servants
The Amalgamated Railway Servants Society estimated the number of strikers at 250,000 and the executive made a gratuitous allowance of 8s per week to non-unionist…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Earnings
The "Railway News" states that 36 railways in 1910 paid £30,250,000 in salaries and wages, and about the same amount to preference and ordinary stockholders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Traffic
Many people availed themselves of the holiday to go abroad, with the result that there was a good deal of traffic on the railway, as anticipated, the North Coast line—Maitland to Dungog—attracted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Accident, (By Cable). London
While Lieutenant Reynolds was aeroplaining at Thetford, at a height of 1300 feet, his machine turned a somersault and fell to the earth. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling. Bicycle Road Race
On Saturday afternoon a bicycle road race for youths was conducted from the Rutherford Hotel to Lochinvar and back, a distance of 11 miles. There were a dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →COMMERCIAL. John Bridge and Co.'s, Ltd., Report
Rabbit Skins.—At the earlier sales the demand was not too good for low grade stuff, but at the close of operations all descriptions were realising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cables. Motor Accidents. London, Aug 21
While Alr. Asquith's motor car was travelling slowly at Newbury it collided with a lady cyclist, who was injured. Mr. Asquith paid a visit lasting half an hour to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British Strike. Labor Declares a General War. Railways Paralysed. London
THOUSANDS have obeyed the universal railway strike order. The combined companies are operating the principal trains under modified schedules. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Labor Troubles Railway Strike Settled. a Successful Conference
London, Sunday Morning.—The Board of Trade, at 11.30 last night, issued a statement, as follows:— On the Government's representation…
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