Railway Charges. Fares and Freights Increased. Sydney
The Executive Council to-day confirmed a minute increasing railway fares and freights on a new scale to come into force on Sunday next. All…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
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Rewarding Railway Loyalists. Penalising the Strikers
In the South African Parliament the Minister for Defence announced, that a bill will be introduced, to provide for special leave and extra pay for the…
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Cable advices of Monday state that twelve heavy goods engines are being shipped at Glasgow for New South Wales, as well as two suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increased Railway Fares and Freights. to Raise £200,000. SYDNEY
At a special meeting of the Executive Council this afternoon, approval was given to a proposal for all-round increases on railway fares and…
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Yesterday the mail train didn't get in here until about 1 o'clock, and the paper train about 6 p.m. It appears that the delay was caused as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Smash. Engine Out of Control Dashes Into Standing Trucks. Southern Traffic Delayed. Sydney
A serious smash occurred at Werai, on the southern line, early, this morning. It appears that the engine attached to a goods train was found to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorists' Escape. Dash Down the Mountains. Car Turns Somersault. Sydney
Thomas Henderson, of a well-known city cycling firm, was driving a motor-car down the mountain between Glenbrook and Emu Plains, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News. Ganmain. Railway Returns
The following are the railway returns for the Ganmain station during the month of January 1914 and the corresponding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Train Smash. Main Southern Passenger Services Delayed
A railway smash occurred on the main southern [?] at Werai, between Goulburn and Moss Vale in the early hours of Thursday morning. It had…
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The Railway Department have announced a general increase of about 5 per cent in all railway fares, to take effect from to-morrow, March 4…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram and Vehicle Collide. Horse Dashed Into Window. Sydney
A passing tram caused a fire brig-ade horse attached to a four-wheeled sulky to lake fright outside the headquarters station, in Castlereagh-street,…
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A West Australia, railway truck containing two racehorses caught fire near Mingnew. When the tram pulled up, the horses were so badly burned they…
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It is understood the squabble between the Federal and West Australian Government with respect to the sleeper contract in connection with…
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PRIOR to the lost elections, a proposal was placed before the Government to increase the tramway fares, but the Cabinet saw trouble ahead,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Picnic. Gathering at Junee. Junee
The twenty-ninth annual railway picnic was held, for the first time, on the Junee Racecourse, in ideal weather. There was a large gathering…
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A shocking fatality occurred at Redfern railway station this afternoon. Six men were pushing a truck, when an engine with five trucks attached,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Railway Picnic
The annual picnic given by the railway employees on the [?] southern line between Alubry and Junee was held at Junee yesterday. The picnic…
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During the hearing of a rabbit prosecution case, at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, defence was entered that operations in the direction of destroying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Fares. Increases Imminent. 40,000,000 TICKETS READy
Although members of the Government have indicated their disinclination to countena[?]s an increase in tram fares for revenue purposes, the public may…
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"Ma," began the boy, as he entered the railway—carriage at a suburban station with a tired—looking woman, "ma, that man's like a…
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