Stealing Luggage. Charge Against Ex-Railway Porter
Charles O'Connell, formerly employed as a luggage porter at the Central Railway Station, was committed for trial at Sydney on Thursday on three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1916
1,310 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 66
Railway Strike in Spain. Madrid Under Martial Law. (By Cable.). London, Thursday Night
A Madrid message says: "Over 70 per cent of the railway men have struck for increased pay. The whole of the traffic is practically held up…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Singleton-carlingford Railway
A meeting of the local Bbranch of the Singleton-Carlingford Railway League was held in the Mechanics' Institute yesterday. MR R. H. Dangar presided,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, July 17. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Motor Car Drivers Prosecuted
William Henry Roberts was charged with having on the Great Northern road, on July 2, driven a motor car in a reckless manner. He pleaded not Kuilty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tramway Official's Success
The many friends of Inspector Griffith, who was in charge of local tramway matters for some time, and who was subsequently transferred to Newcastle, will be pleased to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Workers. Londan
Mr.James Thomas, organising secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway. Servants, speaking at St. Helens, said the railway. companies were veltimising men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fall From Train. a Boy's Death. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Knocked from a carriage platform, by a lurch of a train from Campsie this morning at a bend in the road, a boy of about 14, whose identity is not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Union's Decision
At the annual conference of the Tramway Traffic Union the question of conscription was considered. The following resolution was tabled:—"That this conference…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Russian Railways. (By Cable.) London, Sunday Night
A Copenhagen message says Russia has decided to construct 65 new railways of a length of 31,000 kilometres. [A kilometre is 1093 yards.]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Retrenchment
With the possibility of a large deficit, and about £75,000 added to the working expenses, the Victorian railway authorities have had to retrench, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Union Conference. Will Support Conscription. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The annual conference of the Tramway and Traffic Union to-day defeated a motion opposing conscription. It was decided to support the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bridge & Company, Ltd. German Schools. Farmers Demand Closing
A resolution was submitted to the Farmers and Settlers' Conference by the Wagga District Council that all German schools be closed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Progress
Substantial progress is being made with the Merriwa-Muswellbrook railway, and the general construction work is proceeding at a satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Railway. Thornton to Aberdare Junction
A meeting of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce was held in the Mayor's room, Town Hall, last evening, to consider what steps should be taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Muswellbrook Merriwa Railway
A Merriwa report states that very satisfactory progress is now being made with the construction of the portion of this line west of Wybong Creek. The bridge in that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Knocked Down by a Motor Car
At a late hour last night, Private William Tanner, one of the soldiers in camp at Rutherford, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital in an unconscious condition. He remained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aberdare-Thornton Railway
Mr. Allan Anderson, secretary to the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce, has received a communication from the secretary to the Public Works Committee,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Breaches of Discipline in the Railway and Tramway Service
The system of imposing fines upon employees for small breaches of discipline and of service regulations has been abolished by the Department of Railways and Tramways, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Black Mark Instead of Fines. New Rail and Tramway Regulation. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The Railway and Tramway Departments have decided to abolish the system of fining employees for small [?]eaches of discipline. They will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Non-paying Railways. a Gloomy Outlook. Commissioner as Cassandra
Replying to a deputation at Parkes, who asked for an overhead bridge near the station, Mr Fraser (Acting Chief Commissiner) said the expenditure…
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