Broken Mill Si[?] Tramwaymen's Attitude. Arbitration Court Preferred. Sydney
Before deciding upon action in connection with the Broken Hill Strike, the Tramway Employes' Union asked the secretary of the Federated…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
1,431 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 72
Motor Ambulances. Contributions by Miners
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Yorkshire miners are giving 6d per week for 14 weeks in order to raise £35,000 to buy motor ambulances. The South Wales miners are…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Frederick Nelly was filling the spirit tank of a large motor passenger car in Liverpool last night when a match was struck, and the spirit cauglit fire…
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We are in receipt of a letter from a Palm Vale settler drawing attention to the bad condition the Murwillumbah-Palm Vale (Condong Range)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Foolish Act. Soldier Starts Train. While Passengers Alighting. Sydney
George Gordon Lewis, a soldier, alighted from a train at Liverpool Station and waved a green flag and started the train while hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Parents. Railway Concessions. Sydney
Railway tickets at half fares are to be issued to parents of the Expeditionary Forces visiting camps. Arrangements have been made for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cyclonic Storm. Railway Washed Away. Brisbane
A portion of the main railway was washed away at Ipswich as the result of a severe cyclonic storm in Southern Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble on the Railway. Employing a Non-unionist
SYDNEY, Friday.—The stoppage of work on the railway improvement works, South Goulburn, involves 200 men. The trouble arose over a non-unionist who later joined…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Capsize. Station Owner Killed
SYDNEY, Saturday.—A motor car capsized between Forbes and Rarkes this morning, and as the result Edward Jones, a well-known station owner, was killed, and his brother,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Affairs. Increased Pay for Railway Workers
SYDNEY, Saturday.—The members of the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Union have been, granted an increase of 1s. per day. The increase will mean a gain of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Railway Robbery. Employees' Wages Stolen
SYDNEY, Saturday.—A sensational robbery is reported from Bathurst. An employee named Bert Elborn states that while making up yesterday's takings in the ticket office he…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for Works will introduce the North Shore Bridge Bill, as soon after Parliament roassembles as possible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Canada. Attempt to Blow Up Railway Bridge
MONTREAL, Saturday.—An attempt to blow up Victoria railway bridges across the St. Lawrerce was saved. The guards fired at a mail who tried to approach as an ice…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chinderah. Cudgen Headlands Road
Residents of Chindera and Cudgen are expressing indignation at the delay in making a proper road cut to Cudgen Headlands. This beautiful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Indemnity Offered. American's Claims in the Lusitania Case. Rqumania and the Allies. Fears of the Austro-german Press. Attempt to Blow, Up Railway Bridge in Canada. Bulgarian Losses From French Aerial Bombardment. the Incident of the Trawler and Zeppelin. Great Naval Coup. Germany's Colossal Preparations. Torpedo Proof Ships with 20-In. Guns
ROME, Saturday.—The "Agenzia Nizonale" says Germany is malting, colossal preparations for a'naval offensive in the spring. She will then have, a new type of torpedo…
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Messrs. Lynn Bros., who run the mail service and a line of passenger curs between Grafton and Glen Innes, decided to run…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bathurst Railway Station Robbery. Clerk Charged. Sydney
Herbert Elbourne, twenty–three, a booking clerk at the Bathurst railway station, was before the local court to-day, charged with stealing five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Union Appeal. Question of Revenue Involved. Sydney
The hearing was commenced to-day in the Arbitration Court of the appeal by the Tramway Union and Railway Commissioners against the awards of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Travellers Injured
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Four persons were injured last night while travelling by train from Sydney to Lakemba. It is presumed they were struck by the swinging, door of a passing train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£20,000 Train
Between 4,000 and 5,000 people recently paid their shillings at Euston Station, London, to see a wonderful train which, by now, is proving the…
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