Fall in Railway Shares
LONDON, Monday.—British railway shares on Saturday declined from 1½ to 3 points, owing to the attitude of the Amalgamated Society of Railway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Railway Disaster. Twenty Persons Killed. London
The express from Quebec to Boston collided with a night freight train at Canaan, in New Hampshire. Two of the cars of the express, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Difficulty. Companies Unyielding. London
Mr. Richard Bell, M.P., the general secretary to the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, intends to invite the railway companies to learn what is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Disaster
LONDON, Tuesday.—During a motor race at Brooklands, Surrey, a Minerva car, driven by Mr. Vincent Herman, overturned, Mr. Herman being fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Railway Trouble
LONDON, Wednesday.—It appears that the executive committee of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants cannot decree a strike unless 75…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Mr. Fox, secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, declares that its 19,000 members, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision. Great Loss of Life. London
Great loss of life was caused by a railway collision in Mexico yesterday. Two trains, one laden with passengers and the other with goods, collided…
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St. Andrew's Church, Bishop's Bridge, which was erected free of debt, was consecrated yesterday afternoon by the Right Rev. Dr. Stretch, Bishop of Newcastle,…
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Sir,—A few weeks have elapsed since attention was drawn to undesirable people frequently patrolling the main road leading from Newcastle to Carrington,…
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LONDON, Monday.—The collision between a passenger train and a goods train at Encarnacion, Mexico, was much more serious than at first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Railways. Fight for Recognition. London
Several meetings of railway men have supported the demand of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants for recognition by the companies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Employees' Picnic
Crowded trains, conveying many hundreds of happy hearted excursionists to the annual picnic of the Newcastle and District Railway and Tramway…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants have nearly £400,000 in their "war chest."…
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The annual report of the Railway Commissioner was presented to the Legislative Assembly to-night. The net revenue for the year ended 30th June last was £917,035,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland Railway Rates. Brisbane
The "Government Gazette" issued today contained the revised rates for goods and live stock carried on the Queensland railways. They come into operation on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New York Railway. Declared Insolvent. London
Mr. G. W. Smalley, the Washington correspondent of "The Times," states that a petition has been filed declaring that the New York City Railway is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Motor Boat
LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Pomeroy's aydro-motor boat, after having travelled from the Seine to the Bosphorus, was wrecked there. The crew was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, September 21. Trouble in the Railway Service
There is great dissatisfaction amongst the employees throughout the railway service of New Zealand. The discontent is greatest in the Auckland district. Its…
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At about three o'clock on Saturday morning George Player, employed as a horsedriver by the Carrington Co-operative Coal Shipping Company, was knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Troubles. Sight and Colour Tests. Sydney
The new theoretical eye tests for tramway drivers and conductors are causing much discontent in the service, and the men talk of striking if the rule is not…
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