Correspondence. Recruiting Train. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—In connection with the successful result of the returning effort, made per medium of a recruiting train from Tenterfield and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
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Obstruction on Railway Line
A boy named Augustus Carnell Garland, aged 14 years, residing at Caswell, has been arrested in connection with placing an obstruction on the railway line near Rosedale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Notes
Whoever would have, thought to see a Ford motor car slowly plodding along the furrows of a wheat field, hiking the place of the sturdy farm horses before the plough? Such is the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Railway Strike. Statement by Prime Minister
The Prime Minister(Mr. Hughes), referring to the repeated statements of Mr. Ryan, Premier of Queensland, that he had received no reply to his telegram of the 23rd…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Strike. Trains and Trams. Efficient Service. Sydney
The Chief Railway Commissioner stated this morning that the train service is in such excellent condition that the Commissioners Intended to provide the full…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rail and Tram Employees. 67 Per Cent Working
The Commissioner stated this afternoon that the total -wages of the staff employed when the strike occurred was £37,066. Owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stone on Railway Line Arrest of a Boy
Some sensation was caused in town last week when it was reported that a stone of some considerable size had been found placed on the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obstructing Railway Line
Pieces of metal and bolts jambed in at the rail joints and stones on the railway line were discovered by the driver of a train of empty coal waggons near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombs on Dover. Single Aeroplane's Raid
London. Monday Evening.—A British official report savs:—Hostile aeroplanes crossed the coast of East Kent at 11.15 on Sunday night and flew seawards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Variation of an Award. Appeal by Railway Commissioners
Mr. Brotnall appeared for the Railway Commissioners, before Judge Relin, in the State Industrial Court, in the appeal by the Commissioners against the award of the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Bodies. Embargo on Importation
Representations are being made to Mr. Jenson, the Minister for Customs, by motor car importers and others interested, that unless the embargo on the importation of motor bodies is relaxed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Stealing. From the Railway Goods Shed
Robert John Tucker was charged at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. C.H. Gale, P.M., with having between the 1st and 3rd inst., stolen 32…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Men's Resolution. "Fight to Bitter End" 116 Return to Duty
At the Randwick men's meeting at the Protestant Hall to-day, a motion was moved to carry the fight on to the bitter end. An amendment was moved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. Tramway Men. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
During the past 48 hours 120 tramway men have returned, including 82 at Waverley depot. Three hundred tram men marched to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Earaings
The Chief Commissioner (Mr Fraser) stated on Tuesday night that last week 's railway earnings showed that the receipts from coach ng traffic were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big French Raid. Important Damage Done. Railways, Aerodromes, Etc
French aeroplanes dropped 15½ tons of bombs on aerodromes, bivouacs, railway stations, including those at Cambrai and Metz, causing important damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Wreckers. Signalman's Discovery
An attempt was made on Wednesday night to wreck the passenger train from Sydney to Wollongong by placing a kerosene tin full of heavy bolts on-four feet of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Case. Information Dismissed
The case in which Robert John Tucker was charged at the West Maitland Police Court before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., with having between the 1st and 3rd inst., stolen 32…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transcontinental Railway. Complicated Strike Position
The transcontinental railway strike is complicated. On Tuesday the A.W.U. held a meeting. The men decided to return to work, and 70 left by a special train on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plucky Tram Driver
At an Inquest on six victims of the London air raid it was related that the driver of a tramcar, with his leg blown off stuck to his post and put on the brakes as he was…
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