Melbourne Motor Drivers. Decide to Strike. SYDNEY
The Melbourne taxi and motor car drivers decided at a mass meeting yesterday morning to cease work at noon. The chairman of the Tramway Trust…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1919
810 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 9 of 41
Tramway Employees Strike. Extension Threatened. MELBOURNE
After noticing a mass meeting the men in the employ of the Pra[?]ran and Malvern Tramway Trust went on strike to-day, and as a consequence the cars did…
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In accordance with their previous throat about two hundred Melbourne chauffeurs went out on strike yesterday for higher pay and improved…
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A remarkable race between a train and a runaway horse occurred at Dapto on Saturday. As a train from the south was approaching the station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trust and Tramway Men. Sydney
A Melbourne message indicates Unit trouble between the tramway men and the Trust will be prolonged. The Trust's electric system remains idle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railway Crisis. Strike Favored by 10 TO [?]. LONDON
Mr. Thomas, general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, states that the railwaymen are immovable. They favor a strike by 10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Tram Strike. Sydney
The Melbourne tram strike continues. There is no prospect of an early settlement. It is quite possible the whole of the metropolitan tramways will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unrest in Victoria. Tramway Strike Unsettled. Trouble Amongst Federal Clerks. SYDNEY
Negotiations to-day failed to effect any settlement of the Melbourne tramway strike. Trouble is now threatened among the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain's Labor Troubles Railwaymen Obstinate. Crisis With "Triple Alliance." LONDON
The moustrial outlook is again threatening. The railway employees' rejection of the companies' offer creates a situation which Mr. Thomas says is most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Tramway Strike. Sydney
The Prahran-Malvern tramway strike is assuming a more serious aspect. It is feared the whole tramway system will be affected. An endeavor is being made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Trans-australian Railway. Melbourne
Traffic on the Trans-Australian railway will be resumed next week. PROTESTS AGAINST DECREASE OF PER CAPITA PAYMENTS…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Arrangements for Tamworth Show
Three special trains will run from East Tamworth right on to the showground as per lines advertised in this issue of the "Daily Observer." The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney-melbourne Road. Damage by Storms
The Government Tourist Bureau has received information from the officer in charge of police at Eden that the recent heavy storms and consequent floods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Compromise. British Railwaymen Firm. LONDON
The railwaymen's delegates held a meeting in London for the purpose of considering the railway and companies' offers. They rejected the proposals, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling and Motoring Notes
There is considerable controversy on in England in respect to the tens of thousands of second-hand motor cars which he British War…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railwaymen's Demands. Annual Cost £100,000,000. Government Offers. Joint Committee Proposed LONDON
The Press Bureau reports: The Board of Trade announces that the average earnings of the railwaymen in 1913 were 28/6 weekly. Additions since February…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Labor. New Coal Crisis. Miners' Exorbitant Demands. Railwaymen's Attitude. LONDON
A series or new se[?]nal demands has staggered the Coal Commission. Fifty thousand enginemen, winders and stokers have asked for a 135 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Appeal Court
The following letter, which will be of special interest to railway men, appeared in a recent issue of the "Daily Telegraph:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Driver of Motor Car Fined. Glen Innes
At the Tenterfield and Deepwater Police Court this morning, before Mr. Perry, P.M., Edward Albert Key was fined £10 for driving a motor car wh[?]st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Feloniously Slaying. Charge Against Motor Driver. SYDNEY
Vivian Beer, a motor car driver, was charged at the Police Court with having feloniously slain Eliza Mulheron, who was knocked down by a motor car…
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