At the Train
There was a large gathering at the railway station on Tuesday afternoon when Dr. Watt took his departure for Sydney. The train was late and the opportunity was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
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The Great Railway Strike. I Men's Plan of Campaign
SPEAKING of the men's plan of campaign in Melbourne on Saturday, a well-known public man said:—"The men" plan of campaign is obvious. For the…
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A meeting of the Warri Railway League was convened and held at the London Hotel on Saturday, 9th May. There was a very large attendance…
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As indicated by our telegrams last Friday the tension between the Victorian Government and the engine drivers quickly came to a head…
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The Victorian railway strike prospects are more hopeful. The day-paid Union, numbering between three and four thousand men have…
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Matters in connection with the railway strike in Victoria are daily assuming more hopeful prospects so far as the interests of the general [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Railway Strike. Negotiations with Strikers. a Conciliatory Spirit. Melbourne
An important move took place at Geelong to-day. Negotiations have been proceeding between a committee of influential citizens of Geelong and leaders of the local Bremen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free." Milton. Saturday, May 16, 1903. the Railway Strike
It would be manifestly absurd to have supposed that any other consequence than the utter defeat of the strikers could have attended the railway crisis…
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The progress of work on the railway line was (the Wyalong "Star" says) painfully slow during the fine weather, therefore it is not to be expected that express speed will be…
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A contributor of the "Daily Express," writing from Amsterdam on April 7, with regard to the milway strike, which as we learned by cable, collapsed in a few days,…
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The Daily-paid Union, with the exception of the president and secretary, has decided to obey the Victorian Government, and has accordingly withdrawn from the…
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A PUBLIC meeting, called at the instance of Mr. A. G. Humby, whoso efforts on behalf of settlors and country workers are well known, was held here on "Wednesday evening…
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If the statements of some of their members are to be believed, it would appear that the railway unions in New South Wales, in conjunction with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Workers Fight for Freedom. Big Strike in Victoria. Wheels Cease to Go Round. . The Daily Press Lies Vigorously. A Plot to Sell or Sub-Let the Railways. the Men Determined. Support Flows in from the Earth's Four Corners. The Iceberg Melts and Bent is Broken
At midnight, on Friday last, the enginedrivers and firemen on the Victorian railways came out on strike, only six blacklegs remaining at their posts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free." Milton. Tuesday, May 19, 1903. the Victorian Railways
It is not at all unlikely that the strike, which happily has ended in Victoria, will go some way towards solving the problem that State has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Future Railway Kings. Educational Tour for Young Millionaires
Mr. George J. Gould, his sons, Kingdon, aged 16, and Jay, aged 15, and their tutor, Mr. Huntsman, are undertaking, an American paper reports, a tour of the Gould…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Drivers' Strikes. Students Aid Employers. London, May 15
A number of the students at Yale University, sympathising with employers, devote a portion of their Lime in taking the places of tram drivers on strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Victorian Railway Strike. Unconditional Surrender of the Men. Melbourne
After jasting six days and a half, the strike ended abruptly this afternoon. This Morning a conference was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →End of the Railway Strike. the Men Surrender. Sydney, Friday, 5 p.m
The railway strike has ended, the men having surrendered unconditionally. MELBOURNE, Saturday…
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