Motor Smash. Several People Injured
A motor smash occurred at Derricks' Hill, two miles from Bannedman, on Wednesday, 2nd inst Mr. Jas, Thom's motor, driven by H. Burns. containing Mr. Thom…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
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Railway Officers. No Sympathy with Strikers
The president (Mr. B. Cumming), in his annual address to the Railway and Tramway Officers' Association pointed out that the association had never stood on a higher…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tram Conductors. Casual Hands Dissatisfied
The casual conductors employed on the trams in Sydney threaten to cease work unless their demands are conceded. The dissatisfaction over the wages board delay has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Air Fights. Railway Stations Bombarded
A Paris communique states:- there were 15 air combats to-day, Our air squadron dropped 90 bombs- on the railway stations at Lassigney and Combies,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Siberian Railways. Situation Eased. London
A message from Vladivostock states came two hundred cars are leaving Vladisvostock daily for Siberia, and Russia, with the result that the congestion and freight has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Railwaymen. Threatened Serious Strike. London
Reuter's New York correspondent under Sunday date reports that the railway dispute has again become acute. The Federal Board of Mediation is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Railway Strike. President Wilson's Mediation. Washington
The prospects of averting a nation-wide strike of railway men brightened whon President Wilson conferred with thirty-five Brotherhood Chiefs. President Wilson later…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist Fined £20. Speeding Ar Mosman
Herbert Davey was proceeded against at the North Sydney police court for dangerously driving a motor ear. It was stated that on the evening of June…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trans-murray Railways Two Recommended for Construction
The report of the royal Commission on border railways was table in the Legislative Assembly, Victoria last night. The Commission was appointed to inquire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Railways. the Threatened Strike. Washington
President Wilson has completed a definite plan for the settlement of the threatened railroad strike which he will submit to-morrow to a general committee of 610…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Construction. £6,000,000 in Five Years
In response to a number of questions asked in Parliament by the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Wade, the Minister for Work's, Mr Cann, on Tuesday laid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Railways. Threatened Strike
New York, Tuesday.—If the strike of all the employees of the United States railway systems—now threatened if the eight-hours' day principle is not agreed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bishop's Bridge. Concert and Social
A concert and social, with sale of gifts, took place at Bishop's Bridge on Saturday, 12th August, under the auspices of the Girls' Patriotic League, and all those interested are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland to Newcastle Road
The Shire Clerk of Tarro Council (Mr. W. J. Grieve) notifies by advertisement in this issue that the portion of the Maitland to Newcastle Road crossing Messrs. J. and A. Brown's railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Salt Ash to Port Stephens Road
In Parliament House on Tuesday, Mr. William Brown asked the Secretary for Public Works,— (1) In view of the fact that there is no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Railway Dispute. President Wilson's Mediation. Vancouver
President Wilson has outlined to railway employees a plan of settlement to obvlate the threatened nation-wide strike. The plan is based on the acceptance of an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Senussi War. Campaign Won by a Mounted Charge. House, Camelry, and Motor Squadron
Dispatches relating to the operations in Egypt from the beginning of the war up to April last are issued by the War Office. They describe the abortive Turkish…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Construction. 6,000,000 in Five Years
In response to a number of questions asked in Parliament by the leader of the Opposition, Mr. Wade, the Minister for Works, Mr. Cann,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Little Auk Found at Cramond, Bridge
A fine specimen of the little auk was found at Lennie School, Cramond Bridge, Midlothian (Eng.), the other day, where it had evidently come to grief among the telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Construction. £6,000,000 in Five Years
In response to a number of questions asked in Parliament by the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Wade, the Minister for Works, Mr. Cann, on…
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