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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

119 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 6

Railway Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 3

Mr. Herbert Master, acting as temporary fireman, met with a serious accident at Breadelbane on Saturday. He was on one of two engines being…

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The Victorian Railway Crisis

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 6

Melbourne, Wednesday.-Mr.Bent today emphasised his determination to enforce obedience to the Goverment's order to sever the affiliation of railway…

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Victorian Railway Crisis

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 May 1903 · page 3

Melbourne, Monday.-Happily the railway strike for the the being has been averted. To-day the Premier, Mr. Irvine, allayed present fears by…

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Schedule Road Votes

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The Minister for Works states that in connection with the expenditure of amounts voted on the road schedule by Parliament, it is customary for the…

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Railway Strike in Victoria

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 3
Also in Robertson Advocate

Negotiations between the Victorian Premier and the railway men have broken down. The men absolutely declined to withdraw from the Trades'…

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Railway Crisis in Victoria

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday. -The efforts of the Premier, Mr. Irvine, to induce the representatives of the railway employees to comp'y with the…

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Railway Strike in Victoria

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 3
Also in Robertson Advocate

Tim Victorian railway trouble reached an acute stage at the latter end of last week. On Friday the engine drivers and firemen gave the…

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The Railway Strike in Victoria

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 3

True to their ultimatum the Victorian engine drivers and firemen almost to a man left their footplates at midnight on Friday. Engines were left as the clocks…

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RaIlway Strike in Victoria

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The conditions of the railway strike in Victoria remain unsltered, both sides claim to be making progress, but the government's position has…

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The Railway Strike

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 2

The strike of railway servants in Victoria, (rightly remarks our Campbell town exchange) evinces a degree of wrong-headedness not often witnessed. The men…

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Railway Strike in Victoria

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The Victorian railway strike practically ended on Friday, when, after a conference with the government, the representatives of the men decided to…

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Train Alterations

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 3

The Victorian railway strike having ended, the full complement of trains will now be run in this state, and at the ordinary times, as follows:—Commencing…

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Telegraphs & Railways Doomed

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 3

While Marconi's ethergram is threatening to level all the telegraph poles to the earth, and throw the wires on to the scrap-iron market, the railways and tramways are…

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Motor-Car Road Racing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 2

London Monday-The Paris Madrid motor car race was started yesterday, and provided numerous sensations…

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Victorian Railways

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 6

London, May 22.-In replying to cable message received on behalf of 200 Australian locomotive engineers who inquired as to the prospects of…

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