State Labour Bureau. Railway Workers' Wages
The superintendent of the State Labour Bureau, in his report on the labour market for January states that the building trades showed no improvement on the previous…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
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Railway Disaster. Express Derailed. Four Persons Killed and Many Injured
A terrible railway accident, occurred on Tuesday when the Launceston-Hobart express loft the line as a result of which four people were killed twelve severely inured, while…
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From a conversation with our member (Mr. H. D. Morton, M.L.A.), we were pleased to have the assurance that no pro-tracted delay will take place in the…
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Sydney Railway Station on Tuesday on tuesday night was under complete control of the military. the police playing but a subsidiary part in the precautions taken to prevent any…
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From our point of view, It is salvation," was how the Acting Chief Commissioner for Railway (Mr.j. Fruser).on Saturday summed up his observations, on the duplications…
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The Dutch motor boat Speculant. laden with rubber, waste, inseed oil.ostensibly bounce from Amsterdam to Groingen. was suspected of samuggling,…
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A man, whose name was ascertained to be Alexander McNevin, who lived at-Wara-tah, but was formerly a hotel-keeper at Bullahdelah, fell from the platform of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Smash. in Tasmania.many Wonderful Escapes.five Deaths. Hobart
Nothing ia known as to the exact cause of the railway accident to the Launceston-Hobart express. The number of victims of the disaster which befell the…
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Private Thomas Francis McGrath, aged 19. of B Company, Fourth Battalion, [?]cmaped at Liverpool, met with fatal injuries near Gosford on Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway and Tramway Association. Silver Jubilee Conference. Sydney
In his presidential address before the silver Jubilee conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association to-day, Mr. E. W. Campbell advocated…
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At the last meeting of the municipal council at which the Mayor (Alderman J. A. Lewis) presided, correspondence was real from Mr. J. Falli[?]k. M.L.A., intimating…
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The silver jubilee conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was commenced at the Trades Hall, Sydney, yesterday under the presidency of…
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Mr. A. Perkins, who has been goods-manager at the Cossnock railway station for some time, has enlisted for active service, and he is at present in camp. Mr. J. J…
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At St. Patrick's Church on Sunday the Right Rev. Dr. Meagher informed the congregation that he had been approached some time ago by several parishioners…
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The State Cabinet yesterday considered a bill to reconstitute the Board of Railway Commissioners, and to provide for a different system of control for the railway service…
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It is understood that Mr. J. Gately, stationmaster at Murrurundi, has been appointed to succeed Mr. M. Thompson in charge of the West Maitland railway station, the…
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Mr. J. Davis, Director-General of Public Works, has written to Lieut Colonel Nicholson, M.L.A., with reference to his personal representations further in regard to the…
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Early on Sunday morning Thomas Francis M'Grath (17) a soldier in the Expeditionary Forces at Newcastle, was found lying unconscious on the railway…
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A Chinaman was knocked down and dragged under a tram this morning. He was severely injured. The life shield failed to act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool and Produce Reports. John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Report
Wool.—Market continues firm and unchanged. Out of 3100 bales of greasy wool catalogued by us last Monday 2003 bales were sold at prices ranging from 12d to…
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