British Railway Unrest. Conciliation Condemned
London, Monday.—Mass meetings of railwaymen were held at Hyde Park, Doncaster, York, Liverpool, and Birmingham in celebration of the 1911,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
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Railway Extension. Barraba to Bingara
Mr R. Schloesser, metal buyer, representing the Gulf Creek copper mine, gave evidence, before the Public Works Committee, Sydney, in support of the…
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Assistant-guard Kills was run over by a train, near Narronmine late last night, and was dreadfully Injured. His left leg below the knee was crushed almost, to a pulp,…
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On March 23rd last a cablegram from Atlanta, America, stated that a man dreamt he saw a bridge collapse. He was so impressed that he went to the…
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Complain about the irregularity of their meals. They will appreciate a cup of "Milkmaid" Coffee and Milk, as they have no trouble in preparation. It contains the…
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Major Nicholso, M.L.A., has received an, official communication Director-General of Public Works in reply to a letter presented by him from the town clerk, West…
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For. .many yearn prior to its accession to power the Labour party inveighed most vigorously against the construction of railways by private contractor who were…
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The Hoard of Trade is organising a farr. reaching enquiry into the relation between the railways and the State, will a view to preventing lockouts and strikes…
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The Cessnock Shire Council is pushing on the work of repairing main roads through the mining townships, that were damaged by the recent Hood rains. In some…
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Another railway incident, occurred on Friday morning at 24 Mile Peg, near Kooringa, on the Gymple (Q) line. A Gymple goods train to Maryborough, known as the…
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Hartford. Conn., May 21.—Overjoyed at unexpectedly playing the winning card of a trick which won a rubber of bridge, Mrs. Mary Trelkaid, a window, 74 years old,…
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On March 23rd last a cablegram from Atlanta, America, stated that a man dreamt he saw a bridge collapse. He was so impressed that he went to the…
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The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Glynn) recently had a series of conferences in connection with a scheme of railway construction for the Northern Territory with…
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The number of passengers conveyed by railways in the United Kingdom for 1912 shows a falling-off of 32,000,000 as compared with 1911 a decline attributed to the coal strike…
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Residents of the mines' district, and travellers generally, continue to complain of the difficulty of procuring Government railway time-tables. The very limited…
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The reply of the Minister of Public Works to the request for the extension of the tramway to Rutherford and Homeville must be regarded as unsatisfactory and…
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Particulars of the resumption of lands within, the municipality of West Maitland made under the "Public Works Act, 1912," by the Railway Commissioners for railway…
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Mr. Chaplin, starting even on a Clement Talbot car, beat the Johannesburg-Durban express, a distance of 482 miles by 40 minutes…
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Fifteen hundred employees at Napier's motor car factory, Anton, struck work, owning to an alteration in the method of payment of houses for time saved in certain…
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Mass meeting of railwaymen were held at Hyde Park, Doncaster, York, Liverpool, and Birmingham in celebration of the 1911 strike…
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