Another Motor Car Fright
A sensational runaway occurred near Macksville, N.S.W., on Saturday. Mr. W. Wallace, of Uranga, was driving three children in a sulky, when the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
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Trams for the Bush a System Adapted to Shire Needs
The rail-less electric tram has come to the front with such startling suddenness in Great Britain that it was thought worth cabling about to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homebush Concestion. Railway Allerations Condemned
The congestion at the Homebush Stock sale yards is greatly aggravated at present by alterations that are being carried out on the unloading…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor and the Horse. Equinc Increases in America
With the introduction of the automobile, the taxicab and the motor truck, a great deal was said and written about the impending doom of the horse and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Dacey and the Railway Commissioner. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,-Recently a deputation of railway employees waited upon the Minister for Railways, Mr. Dacey, to lay before him certain grievances which they asked should be…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Right to Earn. Darling Harbour Railway Yards. Conditions of Casual Employees
A number of the men employed as casual porters about the Darling Harbour and Darling Island Railway yards consider that action should be taken whilst the question of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Control. No Strained Relations. Independent Management
In his capacity as Acting Premier Mr. Beeby said last evening that he wished to remove any impression that might exist that the relations between the Government and the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cycling and Motoring. Automobile Club of Australia. Opening Run
Those members of the Automobile Club of Australia who intend taking part in the opening run of the club on the 14th inst, when the rendezvous is to be Major Phillip Charley's residence, Belmont, Upper…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Evading Payment of Railway Fares
At the North Sydney Summons Court on Monday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., James Anderson, an inspector of the Railway Department, proceeded against Percy Hannon for having, on October 21 last,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Workers' Conference
A vigorous debate took place at the Railway Workers' Conference on a motion 'That no member of Parliament shall hold any office in this union and any officer achieving Parliamentary honours shall be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Construction. Wyalong-hillston Proposals
Yesterday the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works further considered the expediency of constructing lines of railway from Wyalong to Hillston, via…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cremorne Tram. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I attended the public meeting at the Mosman Town Hall on the 4th instant, no which Mr. Commissioner Johnson was subjected to a good deal of criticism, principally…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Cycling Carnival. Mile Motor-paced Record Broken. Exciting Hand Cap and Sprint Races
After the six days' race was completed on Saturday night, there remained a number of handicap and sprint cycle races, and the pedestrian finals to dispose of, and the promoters…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Scared by Motor Lorry. Runaway in George-street
A runaway that occurred in George-street West last night resulted in a sulky being badly damaged. A horse attached to a lorry belonging to Mr. H. Hillier was standing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canadian Railway Smash. Montreal
Three persons were killed and several others injured in a collision that occurred to-day on the Canadian-Pacific Railway at Terrebonne. 16 miles north of Montreal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Big Scheme. Railway Men Organising. Want to Rank with A.w.u
The annual conference of the Railway Workers' and General Laborers' Association was held at the Trades Hall to-day. After considerable discussion the conference…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Strike of Engineers. Westralian Railway Traffic Affected. Fremantle
In connection with the demand of the railway workers for increased wages the Amalgamated Society of Engineers to-day called its members out on strike…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cart and Tram Collision. a Passenger Injured
A horse in a cart which was being driven across George-street from Park-street became unmanageable this morning, and as a result the cart collided with a tram bound…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Industrial Unrest. Agitation for Shorter Week. Trouble Brewing in the West. Possible Dislocation of Railway Service. Fremantle
More industrial trouble is looming on the horizon. For some time past the union workers associated with the building trade have been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unions and Politicians. Discussion at Railway. Conference. Should Officials Be Members of Parliament?
At the recent conference of delegates from the various State laborers' unions, which was held in Melbourne, it was decided that one of the principles' upon which the proposed…
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