Railway Superannuation
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7
At the last, meeting of the New South Wales Amalgumated Railway and Tramway Service Association (Newastle branch), resolutions in favour of the sittings of the superannuation board being held in public,…
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The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 1
There was some sensational motoring at the Playadelrey Motordrome, San Francisco, to-day. Ralph de Palma won the 10 miles open…
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The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6
"A little while ago 'Unionist,' through your columns, eulogised the Chief Commissioner for reinstating the victimised tram men; his eulogy was quite uncalled-for, as only a few of…
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The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 5
Various rumors have been current in political circles regarding concessions made by the Government to certain contractors for the North Coast Railway. It is alleged, among…
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The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 5
Frederick Herbert, employed on the deviation works near Fassifern, was run over and killed by the mail train at noon to-day. Deceased leaves a wife and eight children, who…
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The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 4
This morning, at the Central Police Court, before Mr. King, S.M., a youth named Frederick Walmar Stackleberg, 17, was charged with travelling in a railway car without…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 10
In regard to the opening run of the season of the Automobile Club of Australia, which is to be held tomorrow night to Pennant-hills, some of the members seem to be under the impression that their friends are…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7
LISBON, Sunday. -- The railway strike has terminated. The concessions granted by the companies include 20 days' leave on full pay…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 5
BROKEN-HILL, Saturday. -- The employees of the Government street tramway at Broken-hill have just received an intimation that their wages have been increased by 1 a day all round. The increase is to take effect, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Superannuation. Notices of Motion. Action at Newcastle
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 8
The Railway Superannuation Board is to meet on Thursday to commence business. It will be the first meeting since the deadlock, which was created by the insistence of Mr. Catts,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 8
A shocking fatality occurred on Saturday afternoon, at about 6.50, when James Mack (45), a shearer, and a native of Glasgow, Scotland, was cut to pieces on the railway line about 50…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 8
PERTH, Saturday. -- The Federal land tax forms have now been issued. The tax will affect the Midland Railway Company more than any other West Australian land-owner. The…
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The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 5
Lieutenant Crissy, an American officer, flying with Purmalee, on the latter's aeroplane to-day, dropped a shrapnel bomb at a height of 475ft…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 7
Mr. Henry Farman, in discussing the proposed aviation tests for safety, predicts that at the end of 1911 aeroplanes will be capable of remaining 24 hours in the air…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 7
What is regarded by the police as a deliberate attempt to wreck the mail train from Launceston took place shortly after 6 a.m. on Sunday. As the train approached the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 6
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A fatal accident occurred on the railway duplication works between Fassifern and Awaba this morning, a railway guard named Frederick Herbert being…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 8
A deputation comprising Aid. J. A. I. Perry and Mr. A. R. Bluett (secretary of the Local Government Association) waited upon the Chief Railway Commissioner yesterday to ask…
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The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 5
The claims branch of the Railway Department is still engaged in settling the claims for compensation received from passengers and relatives of passengers in the wrecked…
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Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 3
The trammen who were refused re-employment by the Railway Commissioners for their party pation in the tram strike to 1908 and who have just had the [?] taken off them are…
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Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2
The Automobile Club's opening run to Pennant Hills, arranged for to-night, has been abandoned in consequence of the bad weather…
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