Hours of Railway Employees
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Amalgamated Railway Servants Association have decided to formulate their demand at Easter for a reduction in the hours of labour on the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
512 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 26
Scotch Railway Strike
LONDON, Wednesday. —The directors of the Caledonian railway have decided not to re-engage any of their late employees who are now out on strike, owing to the lawless…
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An exciting scene in New York was cause on December 20, by a runaway train on the Sixth Avenue Elevated Railway. The train was filled with passengers, and the engine,…
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The Railway Commissioners have received the full reports respecting the accident at Diggers' Rest, on Sunday, by which the rear portion of a goods train detached itself, and…
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LONDON, Friday.—The strike has collapsed on the North British Railway, and the men resumed work to-day. A general collapse is imminent…
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LONDON, Friday.—The directors of the North British Railway Co. have expressed their willingness to reinstate the men who went out on strike when vacancies exist…
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IT is stated in a Dalziel telegram from Toronto that steps are being taken in Canada to build a railway from the boundary of the United States and British Columbia to Valley…
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LONDON, Monday.—The Scotch railway strike has ended in a victory for the railway companies…
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HIS Worship the Mayor of Newcastle, with Aldermen Alcock, Gibb, Buchanan, Thorn, Webb, Shedden, and Moroney, on Monday afternoon drove to the handsome bridge in…
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LAST night a young man who had crossed over the A.A. Company's line at Darby-street, in front of an approaching coal train, saw a young lady, who was coming in the…
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Owing to a change in the accountant's branch of the Railway Department, E. P. Tregartha is retiring with two months' leave of absence, and full pay for six months…
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THE differential railway rates which were to come into operation on the let instant appear, as far as Newcastle is concerned, to be a hidden mystery. The authorities here…
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MESSRS. EDDY, FEHON, AND OLIVER, Railway Commissioners, and Mr. Kirkcaldie, chief traffic manager, arrived in Newcastle by the twenty minutes past 9 o'clock train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Visit of the Railway Commissioners. Colliery and Municipal Deputations
MESSRS. Eddy, Fehon, and Oliver, the Railway Commissioners, with Mr. D. Kirkealdie, the chief traffic manager, received deputations in their room at the station yesterday…
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MESSRS. Eddy, Oliver, and Fehon, the Railway Commissioners, made a minute inspection of the railway premises and workshops yesterday morning, in company with the…
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SIR,—It is high time that some change should be made in the way our trams are run; for the rapid increase of civilisation and refinement in Newcastle renders it imperative…
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A conference of railway employees was comm[?]ced to-day. Mr. Sheppard, president, was in the chair, and about thirty delegates were in the chair, and about thirty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian News. New South Wales. Railway Commissioners and Mr. Hoyle
ON Saturday a meeting of the Bathurst branch of the Railway and Tramway Association was held to consider the position of Mr. Hoyle. Certain questions were put, and…
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THE building which has been erected at Redfern for the convenience, comfort, and general benefit of employees in the railway service of this colony is now nearing…
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SIR,— I am sure the thanks of the travelling public are due to your correspondent "Asmodeus" for the very plain manner in which he has pointed out so many of the existing…
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