Riding on Railway Buffers
Dick lee and Stanley Gordon were charged at the Mittagong (N.S.W.) police court with riding on the buffers of the Cooma mail train between Picton and Mittagong. Both pleaded…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
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A South Australian Railway
Following the result of the board of inquiry's decision concerning the legality of the Willunga (S.A.) railway poll, the South Australian Executive Council on Thursday ordered that the…
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The Governor of South Australia last week assented to the Act of authority to grant land to the Commonwealth Government for the construction of the inter-State railway to West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Launceston Record Tramway Receipts
The Launceston tramway receipts for the week ended last Wednesday totalled £401 6s. representing 66,693 passengers carried. The previous best week was Christmas, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pyrmont Bridge-road. Widening Scheme
Regarding the scheme for the widening of Pyrmont Bridge-road, the Lord Mayor (Sir Allen Taylor) has prepared a minute for submission to the finance committee of the City…
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French engineering will derive no glory from tho terrible bridge disaster at Montreuil. The art of perfectly light and reliable bridge-building has left the old hemisphere,…
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Bernard F. Cummins was proceeded against at the Newtown Summons Court this morning for having entered a railway carriage while the train was in motion…
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The secretary, Mr. E. S. Newton, Writes :—“I wish to inform you that the usual monthly meeting of the above branch was to have been held last night…
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DAPTO, Wednesday.--John Thompson, fettler on the railway, was struck on the head with a bottle thrown from a passing train, and was rendered unconscious for some time. He…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Congestion on Spit-road
Since the tram line along the Spit-road has been duplicated numerous complaints have been received from residents and those using the thoroughfare with regard to the very limited space left for vehicle and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Road to a Throne
In the your 17.10 a girl named Mario d'Abbadle was hired an a servant in an inn at Plorrefitte, France, She was the daughter of peasants named Dominique Habas and Mario…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck by Bottle. Thrown From Train. Dapto
The danger of throwing articles from railway trains was illustrated to-day, when John Thompson, a fettler on the railway, was struck on the head by a beer bottle cast out…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Great Storms in Canada. Train Swept Off Track. Sensational Incidents
MONTREAL, Wednesday Evening—Tremendous gales are sweeping the eastern coast of Canada. An express train in Newfoundland was blown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Road Pillory. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Following on the general indictment of our metropolitan roads, which you were good enough to publish over my signature last week, perhaps you will further permit me to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →TRAMWAY v. Railway Conditions. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—I would like to draw attention to the vast difference in conditions given to the railway men as compared to the tramway. In first place, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Appeals. New South Wales. Friday, January 5th, 1912. the Board. Mr. E. E. LUCY. (Chief Mechanical Engineer) Chairman). Mr. Macoun (Chief Accountant.). (Chief Commissioner’s Representative.) Mr. Cuthbert Brown (President Amalgamated Railway and Tram way Assn.). Emoloyees’ Repre[?]tative. Junior Porter Dismissed
John Kearns, junior porter. Gulgoag, 4s. 2d- per day. was charged as follows :—(1) Neglected to record in train book sleeping berth tickets Nos…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell Out of a Train. a Boy Badly Injured. Dapto
When the passenger train which left Kiama for Sydney at 8 o'clock this morning was near Bombo a boy fell out of one of the carriages. He was picked up and taken to Kiama for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland's Railway Commissioner. How He Studies His Men
Aa far us he can be judged by his management of our railways since his appointment Queensland has reason to feel glad that it did not go outside the ranks of its…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Railway Workers. Minimum Wage Increased. Another Sixpence a Day
The Chief Commissioner for Railways has decided to raise the minimum in the service of 7s per day to 7s 6d per day, the decision being confirmed by a letter to Messrs Croft and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →W.a. Railway Strike
PERTH (W.A). Thursday.—The Labor position is unaltered this morning. So far there has been no dislocation of traffic. All old locomotives were repaired the other day, to…
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