Cape Stands Out. Declares Against Strike. Train Service Resuming. Capetown
Members of the Defence Force are guarding the docks, while 200 men of the Scottish Horse have been sent to Jagersfontein…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1914
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Transvaal Strike. Not Become General. Train Service Resuming. Speedy Mobilisation. Johannesburg
Special police have been enrolled, and members of the Vigilance Committee are patrolling the streets, wearing red armlets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The State Railways
The termination of the engagement of Mr. T. R. Johnson as Chief Commissioner for State Railways has very naturally attracted attention to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Omnibus Mishap, Twenty-one Injured. London
A motor omnibus overturned at Ladbroke Grove while conveying spectators to a match for the decision of the tie for the Football Cup…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Costly Road Widening
Roads are costly to-make when new but the most extravagant hing is the widening of old roads which have been made too narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Motor Engine
Great possibilities are claimed for a new type of rotary engine invented by Messrs. Alexander and Robinson, of Birmingham A model is being shown in London By Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland District. Railway Returns
For the six months ended December 31st the revenue at the West Maitland station shows a big increase, both in the coaching and goods returns. During that period…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hamilton Water Motor
Sir,—I was pleased the other day to see this vehicle in commission as a "dust allayer," but this joy was somewhat discounted on seeing it speeding past fruit…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Car Signs
The motor car is displacing the horse rapidly. Also in some great cities it is an increasing danger. The number of fatalities through careless driving is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Commission. a Legal Difficulty. Sydney
Among the matters discussed at the Cabinet meeting to-day was that arising out of the forthcoming departure of Mr. T. R. Johnson, Chief Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Conspiracy. Motor-car Case. London
The hearing of the case of alleged conspiracy in connection with the importation of motor-cars, cycles, tyres, and accessories into Australia by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Crime. Following Up Clues. London
The driver and conductor of an omnibus have identified Startchfield, the father of the boy found strangled in a railday carriage at Shoreditch, as a man who, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Charges
The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution requesting the Railway Commissioners to rescind that part of the by law which makes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Safety of Railways
The precautions against train wrecks set forth by Major Pringle in his report on the Aisgill catastrophe, and his suggestion for minimising loss of life in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Men Convicted. Twelve Months' Imprisonment. Durban
The strikers stopped a light engine at Grekville, near Durban, yesterday, and maltreated and carried off the fireman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Position at the Cape. Railway Service Maintained. Capetown
The situation at the Cape is easier. The strikers have lost ground in Capetown. The country population, English and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike Collapsing. Railwaymen Returning. Capetown
The back of the strike is regarded as broken. Reuter's correspondents throughout the strike regions in the Transvaal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Johannesburg Strike End Approaching. Many Leaders Arrested. Railway Services Resuming. Capetown
The Johannesburg Trades Hall was surrendered unconditionally. Bain end Masson, the leaders of the strike, and thirty others were searched…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Full Train Service. Pretoria
A full train service is now running for the first time since the commencement of the strike. A hundred men have now resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Notes on News. London, December 8. Railway Strike Failure
The attempt to bring about a "sympathetic" strike on the Great Western Railway has resulted in a signal defeat for the strikers, and the two men on whose…
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