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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Curlewis-Gilgandra Railway. Mr. Lee's Reply to Deputation

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 4

Mr. Trefle, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works on Thursday a deputation representing the people of Gilgandra and Curlewis. The…

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Tramway Grievances. the Spy System. Defended by the Commissioners. Another Mass Meeting. Extreme Steps Urged. Divided Counsel. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 2

At the interview on Tuesday between the members of the executive of the tramway men and the Chief Commissioner the latter defended the spy…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. a Woman Killed. Child's Narrow Escape. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 2

As the Albury express was running into Benalla station Mrs. Meadows, with a grandson, aged 18 mouths, was standing near the carriage door, when…

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Sydney Tramway Trouble

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 2

The Executive of the Tramway Union interviewed the Railway Commissioners on Tuesday, and asked for the abolition of the espionage system and the…

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Remarkable Railway Accident. Woman and Infant Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 3

As the Albury express was running into Benalla station last night, Mrs. Meadows, with a grandson, aged 18 months, and a baby in her arms, was…

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Knocked Down by Tram Grazier's Narrow Escape. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 2

William Scutt, grazier, of Eulowrie, had a miraculous escape from death this morning in Goorge-street, while boarding a moving train on the wrong…

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Sydney Tramway Men's Trouble. Chief Commissioner Interviewed—an Acute Position

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 7

The unrest which has existed for so long in the tramway service, as a result of the grievances under which men labor, reached a climax during the week,…

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Railway Inconveniences

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 25

The manner in which Melbourne racegoers are provided for, or rather unprovided for, by the Railway Department, has been the cause of much adverse comment of late, and…

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The Child and the Motorist

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 16

SINCE compulsory education was invented it has bad some amazing arguments put forward both for and against it. But wild, wonderful, and weird as have been…

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Hews From the Capital. Sydney, Thursday, 8 p.m. the Tramway Trouble

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 2

The dismissed conductor, Croncher, challenges the Railway Commissioners to prosecute him criminally. Mr. Richardson, the Tramway…

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Telegrams. To-day's News Tram and Railway Strike. Cars left Stranded at Noon. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2

At the ballot of the tramway men last night it was decide by an overwhelming majority to go out on strike at noon to-day. The ballot of…

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Clearing the Road. Steam Cars Molested. Drivers Intimidated. Scene of Wild Excitement

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2

There was a scene of wild excitement in George-street, and between 1 and 2 o'clock, so alarming did matters become, every available constable in…

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Tram Strike. the Latest. Sydney, Friday, 2 p.m

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 3

The whole of the tram service stopped at 10 o'clock this morning, two hours before the appointed time. All the cars were left on the streets…

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A Big Strike Tramway Men Come Out Sydney

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2

At a mass mooting of tramway men hold last night it was decided, by 1420 votes to 32, to come out on strike at noon to-day, when the men will leave…

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Great Strike. Sydney Tramway Service Paralysed. All the Men Out. Serious Developments. Violence by the Strikers. Intense Excitement. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2

The whole tram service was stopped at 10 o'clock this morning. Two hours before the appointed time all the cars were left on the streets. Officers of…

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The Tramway Strike

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2
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The tramway men have taken the extreme and always to be deplored step of striking with the object of securing redress for their grievances…

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The Railway Men. No Business of Theirs. Not Going to Risk Their Lives

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2

One or two railway eugine men Mere spoken to this morning. Although apparently sympathetic with the strikers, they evidently regarded the fight as no…

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Tram Strike in Sydney. Cars Left in the Streets. City Traffic Paralysed. the Men Determined. Unruly Mobs Injure Apparaus. Officers Roughly Intercepted. the Premier Emphatic. Men Must Return to Work. a Grave Outlook. the Strike Commenced Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2

The whole of the cars employed in the tramway service of Sydney stopped running suddenly at 10 o'clock this morning…

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The Great Tramway Strike. Five Thousand Men Out. Will the Railway Men Strike? a Serious Position

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2

THE Sydney tram strike was precipitated by two hours on Friday morning. Arranged for noon, it began before 10 o'clock. After the morning rush of…

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