South Coast Train Service. More Speed Advocated
On Thursday last a conference of delegates representing the municipal bodies on the South Coast was held in the Kiama Council Chambers, for the purpose of discussing the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
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Railway Ambulance Corps
MANY readers may not be aware that there is a strong ambulance corps attached to the State Railway Department. Classes of instruction are always in progress…
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The report of the Public Works Committee has the following:— Mining Props.—By actual calculation each acre is believed to average…
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Sir,—Mr. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner for Railways, has told us that our trunk lanes of railway for about 150 miles out from Sydney…
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On Saturday afternoon last Ald. F. Young (Mayor of North Illawarra), J. Shipp, and A. Hicks, accompanied by Mr. Weber, the council's engineer, met…
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IN regard to the matter of the train service on the South Coast line, as a result of the recent conference of Municipal. Councils held in Kiama, Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L.A., has…
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Yesterday at the invitation of the Mayor of Wollongong a conference was held at the council chamber upon the question of improvements to the…
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On Saturday night 1 st a large number of railway employees met at the Protestant Hall for the purpose of forming a branch of the Amalgamated…
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The board regulating the employment of quarrymen in the service of the Chief Commissioner for Railways has. formulated its award, which will shortly be gazetted. The…
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The conference held in Wollongong on Monday last between the representatives of the municipal and shire councils was unique in its way. The…
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A little girl, named Anne Fletcher, of Balmoral road, Willesden Green, who had been missing for several days was (says "Lloyd's News"), on Friday, June…
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On Monday forenoon, at the invitation of the Mayor of Wollongong, there assembled in the Council Chamber the following…
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A steamer of an uncommon type is just about to undergo her trials (says the "Daily Telegraph," of June 17.) This is the sea-going train-ferry Drottning…
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SIR,—Kindly allow me a small space in your valuable paper re the above subject. Undoubtedly many of the suggestions made at the conference re…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bumped by a Train. Seaman Meets with Accident
On Monday night a seaman named Joseph Brennan met with a painful accident on Bellambie Coal Company's tram line. It appears that Brennan,…
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There was an amusing battle of wits on the Essex roads on Saturday (said the "Daily Mail" on Monday, June 28). The opponents were a contingent of the…
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Sir,—Our attention has been drawn to a recent conference called together by the Mayor of Wollongong to consider the question of improvements to…
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Sir,—Just a few common-sense thoughts in reply to the striped and Pharisaical howl about Sunday trains. Every tourist district in…
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In reply to a letter from the Mayor, ordered 10 be sent by the Municipal Conference, the Railway Commissioners have consented to attach a…
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Mr. John Harper's appointment as Assistant Commissioner for Railways has given unqualified satisfaction in the Railway Department. The…
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