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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,—I have read from time to time comments on the management, or mismanagement, of our tramways and railways. In fact, so often has this subject cropped up that, being a constant traveller per tram, I determined to find out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The official opening of the third section of the Blayney and Murrumburrah line took place yesterday. A special train arrived here from Blayney junction, leaving that place at 9 a.m., and reaching the Cowra end of this section at 11.30…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →INFORMATION has been conveyed to certain members of the Legislature which tends to strength an the suspicions that the tramways are to be leased to a favoured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, This Day.--A meeting of the Tramway employees on strike was held this morning, when it was decided to refer the dispute with the company to a board…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Very opportunely the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Tramway Company was held today. The question of the strike was, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, This Day.--The tramway strike appears to be assuming a somewhat serious aspect, and it is not improbable new that some disturbance may mark the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. W. F. SCHEY, General Secretary of the Railway and Tramway Associations, writes denying the statements made in certain newspapers that the hall held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Between 400 and 500 employes of the Melbourne Tramway Company went out on strike to-day, owing to the directors declining to accede to their proposal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The Cabinet to- day accepted the tender of Messrs. Jas. Martin and Co., of Gawler, for the construction in the colony of 47 broad and narrow gangs locomotives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COWRA, Tuesday.—The Blayney to Cowra section of the railway was opened yesterday. An excursion train arrived from Blayney with about 100 passengers, principally residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In answer to Mr. LYNE the MINISTER OF WORKS said the Cabinet, would, in about ten days, consider the question of erecting a bridge over the Upper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The tramway strike continues, but the company were enabled to utilise more trams to-day. Several of the Union men returned to work this morning, and the directors have numerous applications for employment…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At a mass meeting of citizens to be held to-morrow night in Newcastle, the following resolutions will be submitted:- 1st, "That the reply of the hon. the Minister for Works to the deputation on the subject of the railway changing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,—Several letters have appeared lately on the above subject. The passengers (myself among the number) who travel by the 8.30 a.m. from Globe Point to town are subject to continual annoyance by the presence of the large…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sir,—Continuing my remarks of the 8th instant re above subject, I respectfully solicit a further space in your columns. Flagmen.—Hunter-street: The men employed at that post, judging from the careful manner, they have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE Minister for Works was questioned in the Legislative Assembly last night by Mr. Fletcher. M.L.A., anent the increases due to railway employers. He said these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PERHAPS before these lines can appear in print the breach which at present exists between the company which owns the Melbourne tramways and the body of its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A frightful accident has occurred at Brooklyn (United States). During the section of an elevated railway through the city, a derrick which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SOME time ago Mr. Abigail called the attention of the Commissioner of Railways and Tramways to the frequently congested state of the tram traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN consequence of the denial by the secretary that the Railway and Tramway employee were connected with the ball announced to take place in the Exhibition…
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