Railway Sawmillers' Board. Objection to Unions Demands
The Government Railways and Tramways (Saw Millers) Wages Board held its first sitting in the Railway Comm[?] Board Room. Maequaric-street, City for the [?]…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Silverton Trams Company. Employees Angry
BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.—The Sliverton Tram Company's men held a meeting last night, which lasted, until midnight. The proceedings were at times intense. There was one…
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A lad named Cecil Rev Ernest Abboit was charged at the Central Police Court this morning with having travelled in a train from Camps[?] to Sydney without having paid his fare on…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—One of the Sydney importers, whose transactions in motor cars have been challa aged by the Customs Department, complains that his business is being…
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The Minister for Public Works, Mr. A. Griffith, received word by telegram this afternoon of a tremendous land-slip which has occurred on the section of the North Coast…
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It was stated this afternoon that the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Mr. Cutter, Superintendent of Fitsroy Dock, and Mr. Kneeahaw, superintendent of Tramways had been appointed a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Disaster in South Wales. Members of Miners' Executive Killed. Eleven Bodies Recovered
LONDON, Monday.—A passenger train collided with a coal train in Rhondda Valley, South Wales, this morning, and the carriages were telescoped, the passengers being…
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A sensational railway smash occurred at the Adamstown railway station, near Newcastle, on Monday afternoon. A train of coal trucks from Lambton Coiliery was coming down the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Motor Cases. Minister's Comments. Melbourne
The Minister for Customs, Mr. Tudor, said to-day, in reply to the protest by a Sydney motor importer who is being sued by the department, that the Customs Department…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Johannesburg Tram Strike. Obnoxious Inspector. Johannesburg, Jan. 22
The conductors and motormon on the tramways demanded the dismissal of an obnoxious inspector, and struck work. All the trams were stopped. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Disaster. Collision in Wales. Passengers Entrapped. London, Jan. 23
A serious railway disaster has occurred in Wales, and it is feared that many lives have been lost. A passenger train collided with a coal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cycling and Motoring. Racing on Anniversary Day
A number of both Union and League riders are in active traning every day on the Sydney Sports Ground for the cycle races at the Druids' gala on the Agricultural Ground ou Thursday. The track on the…
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A Melbourne motor cyclist, Mr. C. C. Riddell, has [?] that he will make an attempt to put up a motor cycle record from Melbourne to Sydney at an early date He will be munated on a [?] motor cycle, fitted…
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A well-attended meeting of those interested in the motor car industry, and who had recently joined the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, was held last week, with a view of electing representatives on the "Motor"…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tramway Dispute. Broken Hill Troubles. Broken Hill
There seems every possibility of the Silverton tramway employees' trouble being settled, but nothing definite will be known till the employees meet to-night. After…
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The Cycle Motor, and Electro-plating Employees Union of New South Wales has drawn up a log of wages and conditions for submission to the wages board. It provides for a 44 hours week, wages from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Rates on Firewood
During the continuance of the strike of firewood-cutters the Government has decided to adopt the zone rate of 22s per ton for the conveyance of coal from Fromantle or Collie…
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The Railway and Tramway (Sawmillers) Board held its first meeting at the Railway Commissioners' office yesterday. Mr. Cargill (solicitor for railways) appeared for the department. Mr. A. Johns (secretary of the…
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At Geeiong on Saturday a light engine drawing about 20 trucks of coal and a heavy engine with about 30 tracks of wheat (about 300 tons) crashed into each other with some force, The…
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