Eskbank Railway Employees. Shorter Hours Wanted
LITHGOW, Friday. -- For some time past the men employed by the Railway Department at Eskbank, have had a grievance. Matters were advanced a stage when a conference of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
10,327 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 250
Tram Conductors' Strike
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The strike of 40 youthful tramcar conductors, at Ballarat, continues, but the service of the company has not been interfered with by the disruption…
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WELLINGTON, Friday. -- A lad, aged 11 years, was remanded till Friday next on an alleged charge of placing a sleeper on the railway line. A stock and mail train struck the obstruction…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Developmanet. Narrandera-hat Line. to Supply Riverina
NARRANDERA, Friday. -- A largely attended public meeting was held last evening for the purpose of considering a project for advocating a line of railway from the Narrandera-Hay. line…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatalities and Accidents. Killed by a Tram
Percy Anderson, a cook, lately residing at Darlinghurst, was knocked down by a tram in Oxford-street, yesterday afternoon, and sustained a fracture of the skull. He was taken…
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The Royal Commission ret Ottawa appointed to inquire into the cause of the collapse of. the bridge st Quebec, while in course of construction, has reported that the collapse was due to a defect…
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It will be recollected that an Inquest was recently held at Wollongong by the Deputy—Coroner concerning tho late Stanwell Park railway derailment and fatality,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor—car Brigands. Killing As an Aid to Musical Comedy. Vienna. Jan. 17
Herman Herizka, who tried to murder a motor—car dealer named Kraus last August, and then steal a motor car in which he was riding at the time, was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →March of the "Unemployed," Eighty People on Tramp to London. Leader's Threats. London, January 21
The first day's march of the "unemployed" from Manchester to London was completed last night, when eighty persons. Including many young men, arrived at…
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Frederick Nelson (16), residing at 49, Brougham—street, St. Peters, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital last night with a fractured skull, concussion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Travel Railway Travelling in Egypt
There are some 1500 miles of railway with 270 stations, all under State management, in Egypt. The journey from Alexandria to Cairo takes about three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Railway Shortcomings. (For the "Sunday Times.")
THE new Chief Railway Commissioner has been in charge nearly 12 months, so it not unfair to discuss whether he has made improvements…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling and Motoring. Campsie Club Road Race
The Campsie Bicycle Club decided an eleven miles road race over the Campsie-Belmore course on Saturday. There were 15 competitors, and the race was keenly contested. Result:J. Parkes, 5m, riding…
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The five miles road contest of the Annandale Club was decided at Homebush on Saturday afternoon. Seventeen riders faced the starter, and a splendid struggle was witnessed almost from start to finish…
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The Minister for Works has been advised by the officer-in-charge, that the works In connection with the construction of the road to the summit of Mount kosclusko, will be finished…
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The 18th annual meeting of the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Employees' Hospital Fund was held at the Railway institute on Friday last. The committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Mishap. Engine Breaks Down Near Pymble
Passengers by the 8.44 train from Hornsby this morning were put to considerable inconvenience owing to a cylinder of the engine blowing out when near Pymble Station. Owing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney's Great Problem. the Handling of Its Traffic. Railway Extension Schemes Some Proposals of the Past. No. 6
The outline of the latest departmental scheme for a circular city railway and another to servo the eastern suburbs, winch was published in last Friday's "Evening News," recalls to mind…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Car and Boy. Serious Accident at Newtown
On Saturday night a serious accident happened to a youth named Fred Nelson, or Box, 16, residing at Brown-street, St. Peters. An automobile, containing three ladies and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Railway Superannuation Fund. Melbourne
A largely attended meeting of railway employees to-day carried a motion in favour of establishing a superannuation fund. A committee was appointed to carry out the…
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