220,000 Railway Men on Strike
The Amalgamated Railway Servants Society has authorised Strike pay of 10/ per week to the men. The executive states, that 220,000 men have struck, and predicts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1911
1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 39 of 63
Interfering with Railway Points
The trains have been stoned near Bradford. The points were tampered with at Riverbridge, York, but fortunately the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Strike Executive
The railway executive sat until midnight on Friday, and then adjourned till this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Traffic on Railway
As the transport season will be a little earlier this year than last year, it is expected that from the third week of September the carriage of lambs on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Albury Association Railway v. HOPETOUN
There was only a moderate attendants at the above watch on the Albury Show Grounds on Saturday. The weather was ideal for football and at times some good…
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Saturday's misdeeds included an attempt to wreck the Accrington to Todmorde[?] (Lancashire) passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Airman's Wonderful Escape Aeroplane Smashed to Pieces. London
A narrow escape from death was experienced by a British airman on Saturday. Lieutenant Reynolds was making a flight at Thetford, a town on the East Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. the Settled Strike Railway Services Resumed Serious Disturbances on Saturday. a Timely Settlement. the King's Congratulations. London
His Majesty the King sent the following telegram to Mr. Buxton, President of the Board of Trade:—"I rejoice that the strike is ended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Tramway Men Take Strike Ballot
The London tramway men are balloting on the question of a strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bloodshed A[?]llanelly Rioters Maddened by Drink. Railway Sheds Set Ablaze. People Killed and Injured by Explosions
The military report of the serious rioting at Llanelly in Wales states that the railway men were not responsible for the disturbances, which were the work of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Members in Motor Accident
Mr. Keir Hardie (Labor M.P. for Merthyr Tydvil) and Mr. Geo Barnes (Labor M.P. for Glasgow) were riding in a moter car along a narrow mountain roadway near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hitch on North-eastern Railway. Difference in Interpretation of Terms
The position in regard to the North-Eastern Railway men is indefinite. The Amalgamated Railway Servant Society contends that the settlement entitles them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Mens Manifesto. "Tyranny Swept Away."
The railway men's executive has issued a manifesto in which it is said that besides having won official recognition in negotiating the present dispute, their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners in Riverina
Last week the Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr T. R. Johnson, and Mr Commissioner Harper, visited Deniliquin and Hillston in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holiday Makers' Predicament. Lancashire Workers' Long Tramp
Extraordinary scenes were witnessed in Lancashire in consequence of the railway strike. Several thousands of the working class…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →500 Railway Men Out in Kentish Town
Five hundred Midland railway men at the Kentish Town goods station (in north of London) have struck work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Midland Railway Trouble. Men Called Out
The strike committee has again called out the railway man owing to the Midland trouble. It is officially stated that the men are in bad temper and will all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) Liverpool Railway Men. Unrest in Liverpool
The railway men at Liverpool have resolved not to resume unless the tramway men who struck in sympathy are reinstated. This action is taken owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. British Railway Trouble Parliament Adjourns Till October. British Commission Announced. London
Owing to the strike situation at the end nf last week, Parliament, instead of adjourning until October, as had been intended, arranged to meet this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Motor Car Accident Serious Overturn at Culcairn. Mr. F. W. School a Victim. Four Persons Injured. Culcairn
A serious accident accident befel Mr. Fred. W. School, owner and licensee of the Hotel Culcairn, while travelling in his new Cadillac fore door type 30 horse power touring…
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