The Bagdad Railway
Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Premier, stated in the House of Commons last night that the Government had lately considered an alternative proposal designed to secure…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
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Girl Dies in a Train
Cooma, Tuesday.—Upon the arrival of the mail train at Cooma, it was reported that Ethel Hyde aged 13 daughter Albert Hyde of Bombala, had died just after the…
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French financiers, who are helping Germany to construct the proposed Bagdad railway, are threatening to block the scheme unless their demand for an increased share…
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The strike on the Victorian railways is still threatening. It is stated—that the men will be supported by interstate and English unions, if the strike be carried out…
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MISS ETHEL HYDE, a little girl 12 years of age, died on the Cooma train at Queanbeyan while on her way to her friends at Bombala on Monday morning. The child who was in…
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ARTHUR NEAL a fireman on the railway, was run over and killed by a train near Wilga tank, Nyngan, on the 26th inst. The evidence at the coroner's inquiry on Monday…
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The probabilities of a railway strike are discussed from various points of view. One man says a strike is not at all likely, in view of the fact that those who strike…
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The Minister for Agricuitare has received advice from Mr. Lance, the commercial agent in London, of what is believed to be the first important [?] of New South Wales timber, 10,000 sleepers having…
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When the three principal Victorian railway, employees' Unions refused to sever their connection with the Trades Hall, Minister Bent requested Commissioner…
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ALL the negotiations in connection with the railway crisis have failed. The Victorian Cabinet has given the members of the Executives notice that they…
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Grave misgivings are being expressed as to the probability of a suspension of the train service between Sydney and Melbourne Class susceptibilities it hardly…
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Mr. [?] met the Victorian railway societies on Tuesday. The latter refused absolutely to sever affiliation with the Trades hall The societies said Mr…
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The efforts of the Premier, Mr. Irvine, to induce the representatives of the railway employees to comply with the wishes of the Government in respect to affiliation with the Trades Hall proved…
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The Victorian engine drivers have given the Commissioners notice unless removal of notices are withdrawn by five o'clock to-night they will strike from noon to-morrow…
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NEVER before in the history of Australia has a State been threatened with so large an avalanche of disaster as that which now hangs over Victoria, and which so evidently…
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THE daily newspapers of Sydney have long and detailed reports of the Great Railway stike in Victoria. Collumns upon columns of their pages are…
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AT the Yarra Bank meetings the speakers generally expressed sympathy with the railway employees, and tho language was of a very sanguinary character. Mr. Foran…
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The railway strike commenced at midnight on Friday, when, in accordance with the notice which they hid given to the Acting Commissioner for Railways in the morning, the engine-drivers and…
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