Tramway Employees
The drivers in the employ of the Birmingham and Aston Tramway Co. have addressed a letter to the directors of the company calling their attention to the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
4,267 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 214
The Railway Strike. Riot at Motherwell. The Military Called Out. LONDON, January 6
Affairs in connection with the strike of Scotch railway employees are becoming very critical. The directors of the railways have ordered the eviction of strikers who…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--The directors of the Scotch railways have given orders for the eviction of the men on strike who occupy houses owned by the railway companies…
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The official return of the railway traffic during the late holidays exhibits a very marked increase. This is attributed by the department to the increased publicity which has been given…
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The Strathfield Council has been anxious to have an alteration made in the naming of the Strathfield and Homebush stations on the Parramatta line. A few days ago the council…
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Representations have been made to the Railway Commissioners that they should adopt the practice now followed by the tender board and open their tenders in public. The…
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The tender of Messrs. Gulliver and Tate, of Sydney, has been accepted by the Railway Commissioners for the quadruplication of the suburban line from Petersham to Croydon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extension of the Mudgee Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Gulgong
A deputation waited this afternoon on Mr. R. Jones, Examiner of Public Works. They were asked for an expression of opinion as to the best route for the proposed extension of the Mudgee railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Commissioners and Mr. Henry Hoyle
A crowded public meeting, presided over by Mr. C. D. Ruylett, was held last evening in the Protestant Hall to express indignation at the action of the Railway Commissioners in dismissing Mr. Henry Hoyle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Offices, the Sydney Morning Herald. 78 Queen Victori[?]-street, E.C. (opposite the Mansion House Railway Station.) Represented by Messrs. B. S. Lloyd and Co
The office of this journal ia now open at the above address. Files of The Sydney Morning Herald are to be seen in the reading-room, and all information respecting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Strike in Scotland. Serious Riots in Lanarkshire. the Military Called Out. Excesses by the Mob at Blantyre. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 6
The eviction of the railway strikers at Motherwell in Lanarkshire, on the Caledonian line, from the premi-es belonging to the company, led to serious riots…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pedestrianism. Wright Runs Evens, Or Near It, and Shoes the Books By Winning Botany. and He's a Game 'Un. So is Cowley—Who Runs a Gallant Secon—D.M.Thomas Shoots His Bolt—A jig and and a Jigger—Foley Fourth—King Kingsmill—That's His Nam at Present—His Great Run—Marsh and His Funny Business—He should Have Had That Hundred—But Won the Consolation by Ten Yards—A Dandy Darkey—Tips for Lillie Bridge and Carrington—Cartwright Comes Out on. Top—In a Battle with Nursery Walsh
Wall ran a funny go at Botany. J.K. Smith didn't start for Botany. Why? Letters for Linden and Crago lie at this office…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Indian Rising in America. Attack on a Provision Train. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 7
Further news in reference to the reported battle at Pine Ridge between the Sioux Indians and the American troops states that the supposed battle was only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike in Scotland. Outrage on a Railway
LONDON, January 7.—An attempt has been made by the strikers to wreck a train on the North British Railway by placing a sleeper across the rails. The outrage,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway [?]Xtension From Narrabr[?] —Collarendabri, and Ang Ledool V. Narrabri, Moree, and Walgett. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Enough has been said already about the latter route, and we are wi[?]ing to concede everything that has been advanced in its favour, but it does not follow because it would be a good line, that it would be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Commisioners v. Mr. Hoyle. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The dismissal by the Commissioners of any employee ought not to be, one would think, a matter of public interest, as it ought to be taken for granted that gentlemen occupying these high and responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Strikes. Assault Upon a Dormitory. English Unions and Scottish Strikers. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 6
A serious disturbance has takan place at Coatbridge, where a number of strikers stormed the dormitory occupied by the workers who had taken the strikers' places…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike in Scotland. Dockers Joining the Strikers. Losses of the North British Railway Co. LONDON, January 7
The railway employees in Scotland who have refrained from taking part in the strike are complaining of being overworked. Reports from Dundee state that many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The North Shore Railway. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")
Sir, -- You have so consistently and powerfully advocated the construction of the completion of this line that I would appeal to you to move the powers that be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Railway Tariff. Indignation Meetings. BRISBANE
Indignation meetings are being held at the principal towns on the southern and western railway line to protest against the increased railway tariff recently…
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