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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Railway Strike. Three Hundred Porters Out. Darling Harbor Traffic Stopped. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 4

This afternoon 300 Government railway porters employed at Darling Harbor suddenly ceased work and proceeded in a body to the Trades…

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The Railway Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 2

Sheeters, ropes, and weigh-bridge hands and the clerks at Sydney produce sheds have joined the Darling Harbour Railway strikers this morning,…

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Broken Hill Tramway Strike. Mill Shut Down. Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 2

Nothing has been settled yet in connection with the Silverton tramway trouble. There are fears that it may develop. The British mill has been…

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Sensational Reports. Signalmen to Cease Work. Sympathetic Railway Strike

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 2

It is persistently rumored at Newcastle that if the Sydney railway strike is not settled by six o'clock to-night sympathetic action will by taken by…

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Railway Meeting

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 2

The meeting held in the Shirl Hall on Wednesday afternoon last to consider what should [?] regard to the railway [?]…

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Another Strike. Railway Goods Traffic Held Up. Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 2

The Railway porters employed at Darling Harbor, the principal railway goods depot at Sydney, have gone out on strike…

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Mr. Griffith Indignant Forceful Correspondence with Shires' Association. Main Roads Board Resented

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 3

The dead Main Roads Bill and the action of the Minister for Works in connection with it were the subjects of a good deal of comment at the…

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Consternation Ont He Barrier All Unionists Out. Train Traffic Ceases. Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

The strike on the Barrier has caused consternation throughout the district. Everyone belonging to unions and in the employ of the Silverton…

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Railway Clerks Not Joining Strikers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

Another meeting of railway clerks was held to-day. A ballot was taken and by one vote it was decided not to strike, but to adhere to their…

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Industrial Revolution. Railway Strike Ex-tending Extraordinary Situation at Broken Hill Prospects of Famine. a General Strike Contemplated. Food Supplies Stopped. Porters Strike. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

There were no fresh developments this morning with respect to the portess' strike, but from the remarks passed in union circles it is believed…

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Railway Accident. Man Killed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

Frederick Mendham and and John O'Brien, two old residents of the Blayney district, were knocked down by a special show train from Bathurst…

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Workers' War. Railway Trouble Extending. Shunters Prepared to Cease Chaos at Redfern Produce Sales. Contract Labor Probable. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 5

The shunters, ropers, and weighbridge clerks at the railway produce sheds at Redfern joined the Darling Harbor railway strikers this morning, with the…

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Local and General News Railway Commissioner's Visit

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 2

The Mayor, Ald. E. E. Collins, intimated at Thursday night's meeting of the Wagga Council that he had notice of the intention of the Chief Commissioner…

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The Suffragettes. Attempted Train Wrecking. Bombs Placed in Every Carriage. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

Further particulars of the suffragettes attempt to wreck an empty train at Stockport, London, show that they placed bombs in each of the…

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Railway Guard Dismissed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

The guard held responsible for the water trucks bolting from the railway reservoir at Junee back to Harefield, a few days ago, as reported in the…

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Up-to-date Railway Construction

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

At the meeting of the Narandera Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, the secretary (Mr. J. B. Rickard) brought forward the matter of the…

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Railway Fatality Man Run Over by Goods Train Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

John O'Keefe, a railway fettler, was run over and cut to pieces by a goods train between Cootamundra and Cullinga platform. His head was cut off…

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Dastardly Outrages. Suffragettes Blow up a Railway Station. Train Wrecked. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 3

The long list of serious offences committed by the suffragettes was capped to-day by outrages of a most dangerous nature…

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Strikes. the Railway STRIKE.Great Loss and Inconvenience. Parcels Men Join Strikers.Train Guards to Come out

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

There is no change for the better in any of the industrial troubles at present rending the community.The position in regard to the…

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"The Other Chap's Trustee." Main Roads Bill. Mr. Griffith's Defence

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 4

THE Minister for Works (Mr. Griffith) by invitation, addressed the Shires Conference on Wednesday afternoon on the Main Roads…

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