Shortage of Railway Trucks. Sydney
During the last few weeks many complaints have been made by country members in the State Legislative Assembly regarding the shortage of railway stock…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
491 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 25
Our Railways
Sir,—Many complaints have been expressed at the continued shortage of trucks, but we are at present without engined to lift what waggons are…
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Sir,—Many complaints are being made with regard to the rough usage of valuable eggs on the railway. Very often, though the eggs are securely packed, and…
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LONDON, Thursday.—In deference to public feeling Mr. S. F. Edge will withdraw the Napier motor car from all dangerous competitions; but will…
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Sir,—I must draw attention to the state of what is called Young-road, running between the District Park from Broadmeadow. Railway Station to Lambton…
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Thirty-six cars started in the contest in the Isle of Man for 25-horse power, 4-inch cylinder motor cars, over a course of 338 miles, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bulgaria and Turkey. Seizure of a Railway. London
Owing to the Porte slighting M. J. S. Gueshoff, the Bulgarian Diplomatic Agent at Constantinople, by not inviting him with the regular foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electric Train Disaster. Thirty People Killed. London
A train running on the Berlin elevated railway disregarded a danger signal at a junction, and ran into another train, which it rammed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Sir Harry Rawson on Filial Piety.—the Spirit of Sport.—nothing Like Leather When It Is Australian.—the Work of Beautifying the Capital.—trams Past and Present.—at Last a Good Fish Supply. Sydney
Sir Harry Rowson is lecturing us, and probably we deserve to be lectured. Speaking at the distribution of prizes at the Church of England Grammar School,…
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The "Daily Mail" and other London dailies condemn the contest that has just been carried out in the Isle of Man to determine the highest speed at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Iron Trades Award. Exemption of Railways. Sydney
In the Industrial Court, to-day, before Judge Heydon, Mr. Kelynack (instructed by Mr. Cargill, Solicitor for Railways) made an application on behalf of the chief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bulgaria and Turkey. the Railway Dispute. London
Bulgaria officially declares that public feeling in the Principality will not permit the surrender of the portion of the Oriental railway seized by it, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatalities. Collision in America. London
Reuter's correspondent at Helena, Montana, in the United States, reports that during a dense snowstorm a passenger express train and a goods train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Board. the Men's Grievances
The Tramway Board appointed under the Industrial Disputes Act to investigate and consider a number of grievances of the members of the Tramway Union met…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Combination. Dismissal of Hands. London
A working arrangement between the leading railways and the depression in trade has led the Great Western Railway Company to close forty railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bulgaria and Turkey. the Railway Difficulty. London
It is understood that Turkey is willing to submit the question of the seizure by Bulgaria of the Orient railway to the arbitration of the Hague…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway Board. Question of Jurisdiction. Sydney
The Tramway Board, appointed under the Industrial Disputes Act, to investigate a number of claims made by the Tramway Employees' Union, continued its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Train Robbery. London
A gang of thirty youths, by means of revolvers and bombs, captured the mail train from Warsaw to St. Petersburg at Bizzany…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Railway Combine. Its Probable Effects. London
The London "Daily Express" states that the formation of railway combines will enable the companies to enforce an all round reduction in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway Board. the Espionage System. Sydney
The Tramway Board under the Industrial Disputes Act continued its sittings to-day, under the presidency of Mr. Justice Street…
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