Improving Sydney Street Bridge
Much needed improvements are being made to the Sydney-street bridge. The Municipal Council was fortunate enough to obtain a special grant from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1915
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Railway Men's Increments
Mr Justice Haydon has approved of Mr Beeby's recommendation as chair man of the Wages Board, that the application of the Chief Commissioner…
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In regard to the proposed tramway extension from Regent-street to Rutherford, the Director-General for Public Works has acknowledged the receipt of a communication…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bomb Dropping. German Aeroplane Over Essex
London, Monday.—Three bombs were, dropped on Braintree (Essex), and one on Coggeshall, five and a half miles away. In the latter case the bomb…
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About seventy men employed on the construction of Glebe Island railway went on strike this morning. As a result 200 other men were thrown into idleness. The trouble…
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A special meeting of the Finance Committee of the Cessnock Shire Council was held on Monday in connection with the proposal to purchase it steam motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Travelling Stock. Cruelty on the Railway. Measures for Relief. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Mr Black, the new Minister for Agriculture, introduced a deputation today representing the Association [?]r the Belief of Travelling Stock to the…
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The narrowest escape at Braintree was a soldier's cottage, in which a baby was asleep, the room being shattered by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Bridging Train
It was recently announced that the War Office had accepted an offer by the Australian Defence Department of a bridging train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Disaster. German Troops Killed. Petrograd, Feb. 25
The derailment of a German military train near Lowiez (Poland) exploded several trucks of ammunition, killing and wounding many soldiers…
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In his monthly statement, Mr. Hodgson, secretary of the New South Wales Railways and Tramways War Fund, shown that the contributions received from January 30 to February 22…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News by Wire. the Railway Struck. Sydney
There are now over 400 members of the Railway Workers and General Labourers Association out in connection with the Glebe Island and Wardell Road Railway strike…
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A motor-car party from Sydney was coming down the Bulli Pass when the steeringrod broke, and the car left the road, plunging down a bank some 35ft deep It was…
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Francis Ambrose Hudson, a tramdriver, found a large amount of money in a bag at the corner of Ridge and Miller streets, North Sydney, and handed it to the police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strategic Railway. Bill to Be Introduced
Subsequent to the meeting of the Federal Cabinet on Thursday, the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) indicated his intention of bringing the matter of connecting Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Mens' Union. 24Th Annual Conference
The 24th annual conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was held at the association's head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bomb Dropping. German Aeroplane. London, Feb. 22
Three bombs were dropped on Braintree (Essex), and one on Coggeshall, five and a half miles away. In the latter case the bomb made a…
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Petrograd, Thursday.—The derailment of a German military train near Lowiez (Poland) exploded several trucks of ammunition, killing and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germans at Lille. Newspapers by Aeroplane. Boulogne, Jan. 13
To encourage the inhabitants of Lille to live a normal life the German authorities have arranged various forms of amusements for them. Every morning at 11 o'clock a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Muscle Creek Bridge. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—I notice the Council have commenced to repair the old wooden bridge which exists over Muscle Creek at the end of Sydney Street…
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