Railway Officers. the Suspended Concessions
The award of the Government Railways No.13 Board provided for an advance in case of satisfactory service from the seventh class. minimum £140, to the sixth class…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
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The Muswellbrook-merriwa Railway
In the return laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly by the Minister for Works on Wednesday night, giving information about railway lines in course of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor cars to the Camp
Complaint is made of the excessive speed at which some of the motor ears and motor lorries travel between Maitland and the Rutherford camp. During the past few days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sky Point of View. How the Earth Looks From an Aeroplane
Lost: What a variety of conflicting emotions that one small word conveys. Despair, awe, despondency, hesitation, perplexity, fear, doubt! The great Columbus…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railways and Tramways Big Upheaval Threatening
The statement made by Mr. Sydney Smith, secretary to the Railway and Tramway Officers' Association, that there is no unrest in the railway and tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Verdun Front. the Road Barred. Joffre's Praise. Paris, March 25
General Joffre, in an order of the day to the Verdun Army, says: For three weeks you have been resisting the most formidable assault the enemy has yet attempted…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Picnic
The annual picnic under the auspices of the Amalgamated Railway Employees (Singleton—Barraba section) will be held on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Volunteers. Restricting Enlistment
The Railway Commissioners point but that up to date 4150 employees have been granted leave and have enlisted with the Expeditionary Forces, and in addition about…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soldiers' Railway Fares
In the Legislative Assembly the Premier (Mr. Holman), replying to various questions, said a reduced periodient rate of 3/6 per fortnight, for soldiers in both the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision with Tram
A sulky, in which were a young man and a child, came into collision with a tram near the "Mercury" office this morning, and it was only the prompt manner in which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minister for Railways. Visit to Muswellbrook. Muswellbrook
At the invitation of the Hons, R. G. D. Fitzgerald and J. C. White, the Minister for Railways and Assistant Colonial Treasurer, Mr. C. H. Hoyle, visited Muswellbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man's Fatal Fall. Through Railway Culvert
A strange fatality occurred near Currabubula when a man named James H. Cox was found dead at the foot of a railway culvert…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New York. Railway Accident. New York
The Twentieth Century limited express wiring a top came into collision with a passenger train which had been previously wrecked in another collision on the Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Armoured Motor Cars. Operations Against Senussi. London, March 24
The official account of the shipwrecked survivers of the steamers Tara and Moorina at Cyren[?] states that the rescue was due to armed motors with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Got in First Blow. Motor Mechanic and Doctor
In the Metropolital Distinct. Court, Francis Sinith, motor mechanic, of Harris-street, Ultimo, sued Norbert H. Bridge, medical practitioner, of Johnston-street, Annandale,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Closer Settlement. Disposat of Ungarje South [?] LORE and Gorman's Hill West Estates on the Authorised Railway From Wyalong to
The Lands Department, have rublished an announcement that the Closer Settlement Purchase Farms, into which the Ungarie south Bygalore, and Gorman's Hill West Estates,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railways. Federal Ownership Suggested
The Federal conference of tho Bailway Locomotive, Engineers, Drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association of Australia, which closed at Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Wreck. Many Passengers. Killed
New York,Wednesday Evening.—A catastrophe, attended with serious loss of life, occurred on the Lake Shore railroad, the famous 20th Contury Limited…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Run Over by a Motor
A lad named Lance Stratford, of High-street, met with a serious accident on Saturday evening, through being knocked off a car and getting run over. He was riding on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Victoria Bridge
Representations are being mane to the department by the East Maitland [?] council, which is also seeking the co-operation of the West Maitland council in the [?]…
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