The Tramway Employees' Dispute
MELBOURNE, This Day.--In reference to the tramway employees dispute, Mr. Clapp, chairman of the board of directors of the Tramway Company, was interviewed this…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
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The Railway Traffic
The scene last night at the Redfern Railway station was such as perhaps has never before been witnessed there, the general aspect of affairs being busy and lively in the extreme. In fact, from early morning till late at night…
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THE experiment of the Camden Tramway line has not altogether been a [?]ery one. It was laid down in 1882 as an experimental line, to test the value of branch…
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The Tramway Department have notified continued &s a stopping place for trams in the future…
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As many people are aware, there has been in existence for some time past a Railway Ambulance Corps in connection with the Railway Department of New South Wales. The object of the…
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WHILE introducing his project for a new railway line through the Blue Mountains last week, Mr. Gipps, C.E., made a very pertinent reference to the value of the…
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Sir,--At the station-yard, Redfern, a practice prevails in starting trains for the Illawarra railway which appears to me to evince a want of foresight and an indifference to the…
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The Tramway Department was taxed to the utmost with respect to its resources. It had not been ascertained up to midnight what the probable number of passengers had been, but, from inquiry, we learned that when the returns are…
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THE Cabinet on Monday decided to lease the tramway service for a long period, about 20 or 30 years, one of the stipulations of the lease being that the lessee or lessees shall introduce a…
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Sir,—In a leader of this morning's issue you discuss the above subject in a spirit partly favourable to the scheme of handing out tramways over to a private company; and as one who has a st[?]ke in the community, I beg leave to raise…
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SOME time ago, while suffering from a temporary zeal for retrenchment, the packers Government discharged a number of tram guards. In doing so they seem to have…
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The procession reached Bridge-street at about a quarter to 10 o'clock, and its approach was ha[?]led with a considerable amount of enthusiasm by some hundreds of spectators, who had been standing in a state of expectancy on the side…
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Shortly before 10 o'clock the procession turned from Bridge-street into George-street. A considerable number of persons had congregated at the junction of the two streets, and they watched with evident pleasure and delight…
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ALBURY, Sunday.--A sensational rumor was current last night concerning an alleged attempt to send the Hay train off the line. Two men working near the Albury racecourse had…
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ALBURY, Sunday. -- Some excitement was created lost night by a report to the effect that an attempt had been made to throw the Hay train off the line. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt to Wreck a Train. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Albury
A report reached here last night that an attempt had been make to wreck the train arriving here from Hay at midnight. Two men employed by Mr. Fleming, of Hauteville, reported that they found a piece of board 15 inches…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--The movement which has been started to establish a union among the tramway employees is growing apace. A meeting of 500 persons…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A meeting of tramway employes was held on Saturday at the Trades-hall, about 500 persons being present. Resolutions were passed in favor of forming a…
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Meetings of both sections of the tramways employees were held on Saturday—namely, those in favour of the formation of a trade-union, and those in favour of the formation of a benefit society. The results of both…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--The difficulty between the tramway employees favourable to the formation of a benefit society and those desirous of establishing a Trades…
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