Brisbane Tramway Strike. Brisbane
The Tramway Union executive held a meeting to-day, and wore joined by Mr. F. Brounan, solicitor, who it was suggested in Melbourne should come to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1912
737 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 37
The Railway Settlement
The is to be no railway strike at the holiday season, nor, we hope, for many a season to come. The Board of Trade, the companies' representatives, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Speers' Point Tram
Yesterday was the first public holiday since the opening of the tramway to Speers' Point, and there was a tremendous rush of traffic, the annual,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speers' Point Tramway. Official Opening. Connection with Teralba
The tramway from near Miller's Wharf, Young Wallsend, to Spears' Point was officially opened on Saturday afternoon, by Mr. A. Edden, the State Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Derailed. Vancouver
Sir Donald D. Mann, vice-president of the Canadian Northern Railway, had narrow escape from serious injury while travelling in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Men's Attitude
At about eleven o'clock to-night, when everything had become comparatively calm, loud, cheering was heard in the distance, and about a hundred and fifty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Railways
The proposed linking-up of the railway systems of New South Wales and Queensland opens up a very important question. Up to the present the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes on News. London, December 29. Railways and the Public
When the Royal Commission was appointed to investigate the matters is dispute between the railway companies and their employees, it was understood that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summons Division. a Railway Case
Inspector Derkenne proceeded against J. Dickle for entering a carriage while a train was in motion. Defendant did not appear, and the case was heard ex parte,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Sydney Letter. The-labour League and the Increment.—mr. Ardill Wants the Curfew Bell.—pilfering on the Railways Costs the People £2000 a Year.—japan Among the Pacific Islands.—thirlmere and Moree.—sydney Accused of Chronic Rudeness. Sydney
The Political Labour League have adopted a strange resolution. It is that an immediate assessment of unimproved land values be made, and that any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trains and Tramways. Councils' Requests
A deputation from certain suburbs councils and the Lake Macquarle Shire Council, yesterday morning waited upon Mr. Fox, district superintendent of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Gauge. America's Experience
In view of the controversy over the question of railway gauge in Australia, and the decision of the Premiers' Conference to endeavour to have the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Brisbane Strike. No Tramcars Running. Business Premises Closed. Hotels Suspended for a Week. Brisbane
The first effect of the general strike in Brisbane became manifest at an early hour this morning. No tram cars are running to-day, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Brisbane Strike. Serious Disturbances. Riot Act Read. Railway Men Resume. Brisbane
The city streets this afternoon presented the appearance of an ants' nest that had been disturbed. People were moving in every direction without any particular…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train on Fire. Melbourne
A message was received by the Railway Department last evening that a fire had occurred on the 3.15 up train from Bairnsdale yesterday afternoon between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Railway. Broken Hill
The Parliamentary Public Works Committee, taking evidence on the Broken Hill-Condobolin railway, finished its sittings yesterday, and left Broken Hill to-day. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Department. Presentation to Mr. J. Cullen
A large number of the tramway employees met at Speers' Point on Saturday afternoon last to bid farewell to Mr. James Cullen, who has recently been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bitter Winter. British Roads Blocked. London
Bitterly cold weather continues to be experienced throughout Great Britain, in Norfolk the registration has gone as low as zero…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Picnic
Favoured by bright sunny weather, the annual picnic of the Newcastle and district railway traffic, permanent way, and tramway employees, held at Toronto,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Division. At the Railway Crossing
A youth named John Connelly pleaded not guilty to a charge of wilfully damaging a casting on a railway gate, the property of the Chief Railway Commissioner…
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