American Railways
President Wilson has signed a decree restoring the railways to the owners, with a guarantee of 5½ per cent. profit. Simultaneously, express business…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
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Railway Gratuities
Mr. A. R. Gardiner, M.L.A., has just received a telegram from Mr. Pike, secretary of the Old Railway Servants' Gratuity Fund, advising that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Strike Feared Grave Position on French Railways Rumored League with Bolsheviks Government Takes Firm Line Paris, Wednesday Night
Two Railway Union leaders named Chaerot and Bourdeax have been arrested on a charge of interfering with the freedom of labor and incitement to insubordination. (Published in "The Times")…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Railway Strike
The strikers on the French railways are refusing to obey the mobilisation order. The General Confederation of Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Employees
Mr. A. R. Gardiner yesterday received a telegram from Mr. H. Pike, secretary to the Railway Gratuity Fund, thanking him for his successful efforts to secure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Valuing Railway Land
Wickham Council is apparently haggling with the Valuer-General about fees chargeable in respect to the proposed valuation of railway land in the municipality. It will be well advised if it drops that procedure and allows the officer to get on with the work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-cycling
The Newcastle Motor Cycle Club will bald a reliability trial this afternoon, starting from Mayfield terminus at 2.30. The distance is 75 miles. The course will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Difficulty. Melbourne
The "go-slow" strike on the Maivern and Hawthorn and Prahran electric trams is still in progress, and the traffic is consequently greatly disorganised…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French Railway Strike
The situation in France in regard to the railway strike is still full of uncertainty. The Government's campaign is largely modelled on the scheme used to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Strike Settlement French Railway Terms LONDON
The terms of settlement of the French strike include the adoption of a wages sliding scale, no payment during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COLLAPSED French Railway Strike No Victimisation Paris, Friday Night
The railway strike has collapsed owing to the lack of public support. The settlement provides that the strikes will not receive pay while on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Regulation Strike Brakes on Electric Trams
As a protest against what they considered insufficient brake power on some of the electric tram cars, the employees on the Burwood and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Engines
What a difference there is at the present time in the respective service rendered by the motor car engine and the aeroplane engine! Thousands of car…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Asquith Sagged French Strike Remarkable Demonstration Road to Westminster London, Saturday Night. Terms of Settlement PARIS, Saturday Night
The demonstration accorded Mr. Asquith was the most remarkable that any politician has ever received in the metropolis. The terms of the railway agreement include:— The recognition of union rights; The general application of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Thieving
"Some of the cleverest continental thieves have been in London, and the railway companies especially are suffering from the wave of crime," said a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Aerodrome Government Intervenes Sydney's "Impudence"
A letter from the Premier's Office told the Newcastle Council last night, that the Aerial Transport Executive Committee had in hand the question…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Holman's Aeroplane "On a Business Footing" SYDNEY
The premier said to-day that it was still rumored that the cost of running the aeroplane which he used recently for his election campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Railways
A Pairs telegram states that as a sequel to the railway strike, the General Confederation of Labour has begun an agitation for the nationalisation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Electrification Hunter-street Objected To
Alderman Douglas moved at the meeting of the Newcastle Council last night or the rescission of the motion agreeing to the tram lines being laid in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Notes Automobile Association
Members of the Newcastle Automobile Association are reminded that the annual meeting will be held at Jean's cafe, Newcomen-street, on Monday,…
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