Railway Control. Remarks by Mr. Beeby. Sydney
Mr. Beeby, the Acting Premier, to-day expressed strong resentment at criticism which had been levelled at the Government in regard to their relations with…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
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Fire on an Aeroplane. Aviator Fatally Injured. Paris
Lieutenant Boerner, while aeroplaning at Senlis, fell 1000 feet, and his condition is hopeless. His aeroplane swerved and the petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Mishap. Adelaide
On Saturday afternoon a passenger train to Adelaide, when a couple of miles south of The Burra, ran into a stray bull at a level crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Traffic Amalgamation. Railways and Omnibuses. London
A scheme is on foot for the amalgamation of the underground railways and the General Omnibus Company. The published offers include…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Novel Race. Won by a Motor Cycle. Los Angeles
A novel race took place at an aviation meeting yesterday. A motor cycle, man horse, automobile, and aeroplane contested a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane Tramway Trouble. Conference Asked For. Brisbane
In connection with the tramway trouble several meetings were held at the Trades Hall on Saturday, but nothing was allowed to transpire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Men Displeased. Melbourne
The Victorian railway men are displeased at the decision of the Premiers' Conference to invite the Commonwealth to take over immigration matters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transcontinental Railway. Views of Mr. Birtles. Adelaide
F. Birtles, the overland cyclist, arrived in Adelaide at twenty minutes past ten o'clock last night, on his way from Fremantle to Sydney. He left for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brisbane Tramway Trouble. Brisbane
There were no fresh developments today in connection with the tramway troubles. A meeting of the men's executive was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane Tramway Strike. Matters Quiet. Brisbane
Matters were quiet in connection will the tramway strike to-day. The Carters' Union has been instructed [?]ot to assist the tramway company…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision. Several Officials Killed. Vancouver
James Hanrahan, ex-president of the Illinois Central Railway Franch Melcher, second vice-president of the Rock Island Railway, and I, Peirce,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Derails. Many Persons Injured. Winnipeg
Another railway accident is reported from Cole, in Saskatchewan. The Canadian Northern Railway's Edmonton to Winnipeg express ran off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Electrification
Mr. Phillip Dawson, the consulting engineer of the London and Brighton railway, states that English railway companies are "tumbling over each other to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brisbane Tramway Trouble. Brisbane
The only fresh development to-day in connection with the tramway trouble wan the placing upon the cars of between twenty and thirty men to learn to drive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Merger. an American Scheme. New York
The financial magnates interested in western railroads are considering a plan to merge all the J. J. Hill railroads with the Rock Island and Gould…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways and Tramways. the Quarter's Returns Sydney
The quarterly report of the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways was made available to-night. The report shows that the receipts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike in London, Railway Company's Carters. London
Three-quarters of the Great Northern Railway Company's carters, in London have struck work, owing to the dismissal of a comrade who refused to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane Tramway Strike. Position Unchanged. Brisbane
Several hundred wharf labourers marched through the city to-day and attended a meeting at the Trides Hall in support of the tramway men. It is understood that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Wages Board. Evidence in Sydney. Sydney
The Tramway Wages Board (second section) dealing with the powerhouse, linemen's, electrical, and workshops' staffs held its first sitting at Ocean House,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Patents
Having succeeded in obtaining an injunction against Mr. Grahame-White, the English aviator, to restrain him from flying in the United States, and having…
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