Tramp's Terror. the Champion Begger-hunter
The man who was said to know more than any other person about the artful wiles of the London beggar died on 21st May in a little house in Cork street,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
192 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 10
Our Telegrams. Sydney. The Tram Strike. Monday, 10.55 a.m
Preparations are being made for a general strike. The trades council executive are empowered to call out any unions deemed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tram Strike
At the meeting on Thursday night when the men decided to strike, Mr. Lawton, the President of the Union, said:—If the men were prepared to make a stand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Furious Motorists. Police on Motocycles. the Anti-speed Squad
Motocycles will be used by the police department to run down speeding chauffeurs (says the Chicago "Inter-Ocean" of 3rd May). Chief Snippy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Strike Ended
A MASS meeting of tramway men on Wednesday decided to continue the strike by an overwhelming majority. The press were excluded, from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tram Strike. Statement by the Premier
The public galleries were filled before members flocked into the Assembly on Tuesday in answer to the bell. There were 60 members present when Mr. Speaker took the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lesson of the Tram Strike
THE Sydney Tram Strike is over; nothing in its life became it as the suddenness of its decease. The bamboozled men cried " we are betrayed"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, August, 4, 1908. the Tram Service Revolt
WHAT was neither more nor less than a daring revolt against constituted authority has been put down, not by bullets and bayonets, not even by what…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Comedy. a Smoker's Ruse. Defeats a Minister
From Paris, on 22nd May, the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— An amusing railway carriage joke is being told here at the expense of M…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Braidwood Railway. Colonel Ryrie's Remarks in the Assembly
We take from Hansard the following remarks by Colonel Ryrie in the course of his speech on the address in reply :— A matter I should like to touch upon is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Tragedies
San Francisco telegrams report a dreadful motoring accident, in which five-persons, were killed, and two others had wonderful escapes. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Braidwood Railway. Colonel Ryrie's Remarks in the Assembly
WE take from Hansard the following remarks by Colonel Ryrie in the course of his speech on the address in reply: A matter I should like to touch upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Sleepers in South Africa
The absolute rejection in South Africa of a cargo of sleepers sent from this State was referred to in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday evening. Mr. Gilbert said the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mangled by a Train
JOHN M'AULEY, assistant station master, met a shocking, death at South Kensington Railway Station, near Melbourne, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missionaries of State Railways
We may expect that when the. time comes for the consideration of some larger scheme of national management our present railway proprietors and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Delagrance's Record Aeroplane Fight
M. Delagrange, the French sculptor who has been experimenting latterly with an aeroplane which is practically a duplicate of M. Farman's machine,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Annual Railway and Tramway Report
WE have received the annual report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended 30th June, 1908. The report shows that during the year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Continental Road Race
THE great annual road race from Bathurst to Sydney, a distance of 133½ miles, took place on Saturday in ideal weather. Out of an entry of 126…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling. Bathurst to Sydney Road Race
THE fourth annual road race from Bathurst to Sydney, promoted by the Continental C. and G. Rubber Company took place on Saturday in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Returns
THE following interesting returns are taken from the report of the Chief Commissioner of Railways for the year ended 30th June last:—…
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