Victorian Railway Contracts. Hours and Wages
In restoring the clause providing that a maximum number of hours shall be worked and a minimum wage paid by all Government contractors, the Victorian Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Riverina · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1908
763 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 39
A Machine which Records Rough Roads
A machine which when carried on a locomotive or car records the rough places in the track has enabled the Japanese narrow gauge railroads to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Scene in Paris. Railway Station Wrecked
A riot occurred this morning (wrote the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" on 3rd January)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tragic Railway Episode
It seems almost incredible that the incident related below could take place in a reputedly civilised country in this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Omnibus Man. a Dat Jen His Life. Trying Ordeal
Apropos of the recent strike of motor busmen in London a contributor to the “Daily Mail” of 4th January wrote as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Thieves. LONDON
Detective Brooks, employed by the London and North-West Railway Company, has been sentenced to seven years for robberies on the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. BRISBANE
A ballast train at Blackall ran into a bullock on the line, and several trucks were derailed. Patrick Callahan was killed instantly, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Robberies. Company's Detective Guilty. Sentenced to Three Years. London, March 26
A man named Brooks, who was employed as a detective by the London and North-Western Railway Company, has been sentenced to three years'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Roads on Resumed Land
Mr. Lindon moved that the Government be requested to pay the shire councils sufficient to put in a reasonable state of repair all roads on land…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Barbarity. Sick Man Put Off Train. Action for £1000 Damages. Scathing Judicial Comment. "Barrarous and Inhuman" Conduct. Sydney
Horbert Morgan, a commercial traveller, sued the Railway Commissioners for broach of Contract and ussault and claimed £100O damages. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Charge. Alleged Stealing of Maize From the Railway
At the police court on Tuesday, before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M., a case was resumed in which George Beatie was charged with stealing two bags of cracked maize from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eccentric Passenger Delays Mail Train
On Tuesday morning; the express from Adelaide to Melbourne was delayed at Stawell, V., for about half an hour, owing to the eccentric behavior of a man, who caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cheaper Tram Fares
Dear Worker.— With reference to Mr. Carmichael's article on Sydney Trams in THE WORKER of March 3, I would ask him is he sure of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brutality of Railway Officials
When the porter at Werris Creek Railway Station, N.S.W., went to collect the tickets from the passengers on the North-western train on November 29 last, he found a man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Train
The entry of the express train from Goulburn to Liverpool, on Friday morning, with a blaze of fire, like the tail of a comet, at the rear, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Road Complaint. (To the Editor)
SIR,—In respect of the road between the 9 and 9½ mile pegs from Tumut on the road via Brungle to Gundagai, there is a washaway that the attention…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loses Its Way. a French Train. in Front of Express
From Paris on 7th January the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:—A passenger train on the Northern of France line literally lost its way last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forbes-Stockinbingal Railway
J. F. C. writes re the Forbes-Stockinbingal, railway:—This route was favourably reported on in October last but has since been lost sight of. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident near Jonee. Trucks Derailed. a Fireman Injured
At about 0.30 on Thursday night an accident occurred about four miles from Junee station on a down grade running into Harefield…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Case. Werris Creek Accident. a Passengers Claim. Mr. Bealby Smith Receives £1150. SYDNEY
In the action Smith versus the Railway Commissioners, concluded to-day, the jury awarded the plaintiff £1150 damages…
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