Strike Collapses. Railway Pointsmen. London, December 5
A strike which was expected to paralyse railway traffic over a large area of the United States has ended without any serious consequences…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
706 stories in Murray's papers · page 34 of 36
Strike of Pointsmen. Thirteen Railways Affected. London, December 1
The pointsmen employed on 13 railways in the north-west of the United States have struck for an increase of wages. It is predicted that the traffic between the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Riverina Railway [?]tensions
The Minister for Works, Mr. Leo, replied as follows to Mr. Peters, whose speech was published in our last issue when the latter made a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike. Statement by the Acting Premier. Owners and Miners to be Invited to Resume Work. If Men Refuse Free Labourers to be Protected. Union Mines to Close Down. Owing to Action of Railway Department. The New Zealand Miners Successful. SYDNEY
Mr Isaacs, Deputy-President of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, says the law did not authorise or contemplate his intervention in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Parliament. Finley-tocumwal Railway
Mr Poters, M.L.A., for Deniliquin, made a very strong speech in the House last week whilst the public works estimates were under discussion,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Died in a Train
The body of a man found dead yesterday evening in a railway carriage between Box Hill and Glenforric was identified to-day as that of Patrick Riley, of Glenforric. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Mail Train. Another Refusal, Melbourne
The N.S.W. Government adheres to its determination not to provide special "mail trains while the cont strike is on. The Deputy Postmaster-General for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway to Eskdale Deputation to the Minister
The Victoria Minister of Railways on Wednesday received a deputation on be hall of the E[?] Railway Lrague to urge the claims of the upper reaches of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Workshops Burned Loss of Over £10,000. Insurance Polices Just Expired. Fremantle
The immense Government railway workshops erected only six years ago at Midland Junction, and which cost nearly a hundred thousand pounds, were all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Trouble in W.A. "Men Treated Like Blacks." Perth
In the Legislative Assembly last evening, Mr. Swan, a Labor member, moved the adjournment of the House to draw attention to the serious grievances under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to M. Bleriot Aeroplane Collides with a Roof. the Aviator Injured. London
M. Bleriot, the famous aeronaut who covered himself with fame by flying across the Channel recently, was the victim of a serious accident yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sporting. Motoring
A remarkable performance has just been accomplished in a 35 b.p. Talbol car by Mr. G. G. White, of Adelaide. Accompanied by a fellow-townsman, Mr. Fied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Boat
We understand that Mr. Geo. W. Figgins, of the Riverin[?] Cycle Works, has acquired the motor launch recently advertised for also in these columns. It is Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All (Rail) Roads Lead to Sydney
The inevitable result of the South Wales Railway Congestion Policy is secession. There would probably have been secession before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Near Sydney. Railway Trains Delayed. Overland Telegraph and Telephone Wires Destroyed Sydney
A huge bush fire broke out at Cabramatta, a railway town 20 miles from Sydney, to-day. The fire seized upon Hurst's timber yards and two sawmills, which adjoin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joy of the Motor-boat
The motor, no doubt, in a fine thing ashore, but for the poetry of motion, the passage through space should by volition, surely nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Boats in the Far East
"A great and growing demand for motor-boats is becoming apparent in Slam as in other places of the Far East where much traffic has to be carried by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Corbett to Train Jeffries
J. Corbett, the ex-champion heavy-weight boxer, has sailed from England for New York (says a cable message). He is to undertake the training of…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →RAILWAY v. LAVINGTON
To be played to-morrow afternoon on the Show Ground. Railway team: F. Maloney, Moran, M'Inernoy, M'Donnell, Armfield, Ferguson, Cameron, M'Lean, Incher,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Railways in Sweden
Within the near future, the definite plans will be formulated for the electrification of the more important State railways of Sweden…
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