Suffragette Crime. Railway Station Destroyed. (By Cable.) London
More destruction by suffragettes is reported from Kenton, near Newcastle, where the railway station was burned, and over £1000 worth of passengers'…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,906 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 96
Railway Superannuation. Election of Employees' Representatives
Great interest is being centred in the election o£ employees' representatives on the Railway and Tramway Superannuation Board. Nomination of candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English Railway Accident. Carriages Leave Rails. (By Cable.) London
Another sensational railway accident is reported. When a train was travelling at 60 miles an hour, near Cherington, five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Train Delays
Constant complaints are made of serious delays in the trucking of cattle and sheep for the metropolitan meat market. These delays are no doubt mainly due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recent Railway Disasters Aisgill Smash. the American Train Collision. London, Sept. 16
At the Board of Trade inquiry into the railway disaster at Aisgill, Sir William Grant, general manager of the Midland Railway, stated that mechanical devises had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Sensation a Train Robbed
The express train from Broken Hill to Adelaide was boarded by two masked men on Sunday night. After crossing Bromide Street it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Laureate of the Open Road
A correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," Mr. A. T. Story, of Guildford, gives some personal recollections of George Borrow, whom, he says, he met about 10 years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Day Labour on Railway Construction
The Wollombo correspondent of the "Manning River Times" gives the following illustration of day labour methods of railway construction on the North Coast Line:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters at Railway Stations
It has been decided by the Postmaster-General that no late fee shall be charged on letters posted at railway stations in the country The concession does not apply to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Unauthorised Strike Railways Hindered. London, Tuesday afternoon
Many perishable goods are held up at Liverpool and seven goods-yards have been closed. Four thousand are now on strike, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Train Robbery. No Clue to the Wanted Men
In connection with the audacious slicking-up of the Broken Hill to Adelaide express brain on Sunday night at the former place by two masked and armed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jewellery Left in a Train. Man Charged with Larceny
Lionel Walshaw, at the Paramatta Court on Monday, was charged with the larceny of jewellery valued at £785. Evidence was given by Senior…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trams Collide. Wonderful Escapes
Just before last midnight a tram collision occurred at Circular Quay, Sydney, with the result that one car was thrown off the rails and on to its side, and was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Etiquette
The difficult subject of giving up a seat in a tramcar was tackled—with trepidation—b the Bishop of Tamania, in his lecture at the Y.M.C.A. in Sydney last night. "You…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Motor Combine. Employees' Grievances. London, Wednesday night
It is announced that 11,000 employed by the London Motor 'Bus Combine will strike at midnight on Friday unless Tillings is reinstated, and the union recognised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transport Trouble. England Affected. Sympathetic Railwaymen. London, Sept, 17
Twelve railwaymen on the Midland Company's line in Birmingham were dismissed for refusing to handle goods for Dublin. One thousand others then struck in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Appeals Bill. Government Asked to Drop It
Rather than see the new Railway Appeals Board Bill passed in its present form, the Amalgamated Service Association—which is said to represent 15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor Rift. Underground Railway
One of the stormiest and most critice caucus meeting in the history of the New South Wales Labor party took plaee in the State Parliament House on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cables. Irish Railway Accident
London Monday Night—Neil Fullerton,engine driver, and William Doherty, fireman, were charged with driving the train at an excessive speed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train in a Ravine. Paris, Sept. 18
Three carriages of a train on a [?] railway, crowded with soldiers, ran off the line near Grasse, and fell a distance of 50 feet down a ravine. Twelve men were…
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