Wages on Victorian Railways
A telegram to one of the Sydney dailies on Monday last read:—“In the light of the decision of the Government of New South Wales to establish…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
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Railway Operators Win Increase
Amicable agreements between the telegraph operators and officials of the Southern railway and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, by which the employees…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rail and Tram Signalmen. (To the Editor.)
Sir—In the “Co-operator.” dated 21st December, Mr John Leslie Long, of the Tramway Department, made use of the following remarks, which…
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Reynolds newspaper (London) editorially, says :—“It is false economy on the part of the employer to attempt to cut down expenses by placing young…
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The railway servants of England are very emphatic m their disapproval of the report handed down by the Royal Inquiry Commission, and it is difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The British Railway Commission
The Royal Commission appointed last August as the result of the dispute between the employees and railways, ways, has made its report. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Per. Way Award. Chairman Defines Clauses
In response to enquiries from, several tram per. way members of the Association, Head Office recently wrote to the chairman of the Tram Per. Way Wages…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell Off a Tram
About 10.30 a.m. yesterday Mr. Nicheilas (65), a retirod engineer, formerly in the Goulburn district for the New South Wales Government Railways, fell from a moving tram in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Federalising the Railways. Proposal Defeated. Land Tax Unamended
HOBART, Wednesday.--A significant trend of opinion was displayed during the debate on the federalisation of the State railways. A motion that the proposal be made a plank of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Railway Minimum. the Commissioners Criticised. "Oyer Eight. Shillings a Day." Union Advocate's Opinion
Yesterday Mr. R. Croft, who has appeared as advocate for unions affected before the majority of Railway Wages Boards, expressed the opinion that the principle upon which the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Men and the Referenda
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The Victorian Railway Union, which claims to have a membership o£ 10,000, to-day communicated with the secretary of the Hobart Labor Conference,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cremorne Tram. Is There a Boycott?
A good deal has been said during the past two weeks concerning a boycott of the, Cremorne tram because of the Commissioner's charge of 2d, and at various meetings residents…
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A fallacious Idea held by some people on the situation which has arisen between the Government aud the Chief Commissioner for Railways is that whereas a Ministerial or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Perth Railway Trouble. Attitude of the Government. Statement by the Commissioner
PERTH, Wednesday.--The Minister for Railways and the Commissioner are conferring with respect to the cessation of work by the departmental engineers and ironworkers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rabbits on Roads
The Carcoar P. P. Board advised the Lyndhurst Shire Council that the whole of the culverts on the Blayney-Carcoar road were in a dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Road Locomotive Savings
The lemalong (Forbes, N.S.W.) Shire Council has decided to purchase a fowler S-h.p. road locomotive, at a cost of £1,140. A petition protesting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Leather Road
A road made of leather waste treated with tar has been in use at a suburb of Birmingham for nearly twelve months, and shows practically no sign…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →John Bridge and Co., Limited
Another quiet week in the wool trade, no sales being held in this centre, and the majority of our buyers went to Brisbane to attend the sales there. The Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train and Omnibus. Adelaide
A Glenelg train this morning collided with an omnibus at Hilton Crossing. Two horses were killed. The driver, R. Parsons, had a miraculous escape…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gales in Canada. Train Blown Off Rails. Montreal, Jan. 10
Tremendous gales are sweeping the eastern Canadian coast. An express train was blown off the track in Newfoundland. Snowbanks were being…
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