Proposed Railway Superannuation Fund. the Men Preparing for Conference
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 7
A meeting of railway employees of all grades on the Milson's Point and North Coast lines in favour of a scheme of superannuation was held at Hornsby on Friday evening last. Mr. G. Dean, stationmaster…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 6
The City Coroner held an inquest at the Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, yesterday on the body of Joseph Samuel Brailey, aged 15, who died at the hospital on Sunday evening as the result of a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways. Blayney
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 6
An application made for a half-holiday by the local railway employees for the purpose of visiting the local agricultural society's show has been refused. Similar requests were conceded to the Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transaustralian Railway
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 4
The Engineers-in-Chief of the Railway Departments of the several States, Messrs. M. E. Kernot (Victoria), H. Deane (New South Wales), Fagan (Queensland), C. R. Palmer (Western Australia), and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Typhoid Fever. Railway Facilities for Coonamble
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 5
The Railway Commissioners have been approached with a view of running daily trains to Coonamble during the typhoid fever epidemic. At the present time they are run twice a week. It was…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 5
Another tram collision took place to-day at the corner of Regent and George streets. One tram was stationed at the stopping-place when another following ran into it. causing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eden to Beg a Railway
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 9
The expediency of constructing a lino of railway from Eden to Bega wan advanced a further stage yesterday by the Public Works Committee. Mr. J. M'FarJnnc was in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Redfern Tram Fatality
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 6
The death of tho lad Joseph Samuel Brailey, who fell when attempting to board a tram in Castlereagh-street, near Bedford-street, on Sunday afternoon, and received fatal injuries, was…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 8
Recently the Randwick Borough Council forwarded a letter to the Railway Commissioners, in which a complaint was made to the effect that ladies irequently monopolised the smoking compartments to the exclusion…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 10
At a meeting of the Bridge Carpenters' Union, held at the Trades Hall last night, it was stated that the membership now totalled 140, and that organisation was proceeding satisfactorily. Rules…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 11
At a meeting of the Bridge Carpenters' Union, held at the Trades-hall last night, it was reported that the membership had been brought up to 140. The secretary stated that the rules had been finally approved by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stray Shots from Solomon. Corduroy Roads
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 3
The man who originated the saying that the way to hell is paved with good resolutions, lived at a time when the popular idea of pavemonts was very crude, to say the least. When a man…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Billiards Now to Make a Bridge
Referee · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 9
No: not the Pens Astnerum, the much discussed North Shore bridge, the Pyrment O'Sullivancque structure, nor the bridge that Horatlus and his pals Spurius Lartius…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Parramatta and District. Bridge Over Parramatta River
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 11
As the outcome of an agitation that has been going en for some time, the Mayor (Alderman Taylor) moved the following resolution at Monday night's meeting of the Auburn Council:--"That this council invites all…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Roads and Municipalities. Liability for Disrepairs Questioned. Claim Against the Goulbuhn Borough
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 10
A case was before the Full Court which called into question the right to sue a municipality in connection with a street accident. The case was that in which a cabman named Alexander Norman…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway and Tramway Employees. Retrenchment by the Commissioners. Government Asked to Intervene
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 5
A deputation representing the Locomotive Engine drivers' Association, the Tramway Employees' Union, and the Traffic Employees' Union was introduced to the Government yesterday afternoon by…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 559
A deputation representing the Locomotive Enginedrivers' Association, the Tramway Employees' Union, and the Traffic Employees' Union, was introduced to Mr. Kidd, Minister for Lands, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 559 →Railway and Tramway Employees. Complaints Against the Commissioners. Amending Legislation Asked For. an Important Deputation
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 5
Yesterday a very large deputation representing the New South Wales Locomotive Engine-drivers' Association, the Traffic Employees' Association, and the Tramway Employees' Union…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Driver's Adventure. Man with a Revolver. Fires at Him Twice
Evening News · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 4
Frederick Russell, the driver of a Glebe point tram, had an adventure on Tuesday night which in reminiscent of stories that were current during the South African war on night attacks upon…
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Evening News · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 6
Mr. Michael Munro, of 93 Annandale-street, Annandale, was treated at the headquarters of the Civil Ambulance Brigade yesterday for shock, consequent upon having been thrown from a…
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