British Railways. Trouble Over Wages. London
The railway men's agreement gives 3s extra per week to employees whose wages are under 30s. The Great Northern District and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1915
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 22
The Railway Trouble. London
All the railway companies in the United Kingdom except those of Scotland have agreed to the increase in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Raid, on Belgian Ports London
The Admiralty announces a that forty British aeroplanes on Tuesday afternoon dropped bombs on the heavy batteries at ostend harbour, and the gun position at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rifle Club Movement. Railway Department Club
A large and representative meeting at officers of the traffic branch of the Railway Department at Newcastle, presided over by Mr. H. Fox, district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armoured Train Wrecked. Allies' Good Shooting
Basil Clarke writes to the "Daily Mail":— A duel between armoured training is, be the best of one's memory, with[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maryville-smedmore Tram Traffic Superintendents Visit
Mr. E. J. Doran, Tramway Traffic Superintendent of the State, [?]ted Newcastle yesterday specially [?] the purpose of meeting representatives of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Bridging Train. Melbourne
Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, stated to-day that the War Office has accepted the offer of a bridging train to be composed of members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Division. In the Wrong Train
Inspector Richard Evans proceeded against Leslie F. Eckford on a charge of, on November 23, 1914, travelling from Newcastle to West Maitland in a train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Grievance
Resident, of the Branxton and Greta districts are protesting against the cutting out of the train which under the old time-table left those places between a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →East Greta Railway Employees. Conference with Directors
On Friday the directors of the East Greta Coal Mining Company met representatives of their employees employed on the railway department of the company's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hexham. Railway Improvements
The brick walls for the now railway bridge at Ironbark Creek are nearing completion. At this place a large amount of work has been done. Owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain in the State. Railway Washaways. Sydney
Owing to the monsoonal influences which hove been operating over the State since Thursday, some useful have been registered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Raid. Damage Insignificant. London
Three Lombs fell on the town of Brain[?], in Essay, 45 miles north-east of London, and one at Coggeshall, about a [?] from Braintree…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Increments. Not to Be Suspended. Sydney
The recommendation by Mr. Beeby, chairman of the wages board, that [?] application of the Chief Commissioner in Railways for permission to suspend in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Unclean Tramcars
"One Who Knows" writes: "I wish to suggest a cheap and perfect way to keep the care clean, which, if carried out, would settle the 'dirty car' complaints for over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Men's Union
The 34th annual conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was held at the association’s head office. Sydney, on 15th, 16th, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Preparing for Italy. Mining Tyrol Roads. Geneva
German and Austrian soldiers, chiefly engineers, are concentrating on the Tyrol frontier. Many guns have been placed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridging Train for the Front. Melbourne
It was recently announced that the War Office had accepted an offer by the Australian Defence Department of a bridging train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Matters in Sydney. Railways and Tramways Fund. Sydney
The number of men offering for enlistment at the Victoria Barracks to-day was satisfactory. One of the keenest was a stalwart Russian, who said that he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Derailed. Villagers Victimised. Petrograd
The derailment of a German military train near Lowiez, in Poland, exploded several trucks of ammunition, killing and wounding many soldiers…
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