Increased Railway Pay
The Tasmanian railway returns for the Christmas holidays show that the receipts were £851 more than for the corresponding period of the previous year notwithstanding that 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1912
13,432 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250
Father Bridge Memorial Church
The handsome new church at Erskinville, erected to the memory of the late Father Reginald Bridge, who waas in change of the parish at the time of his death during…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Collision with Train. Young
At Wattamondarra Mr. Houton's team of horses, attached to a wheat waggon, was passing through the railway gates when a goods train from Cowra to Harden collided…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fifty Miles Long. the Train of Trams. Passes Circular Quay Daily. What Sydney Suffers From
Every day seven thousand four hundred trams pass along Circular Quay Glancing casually at the figures one hardly realises what this means. It is only by comparison…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Horses Killed. Collision with a Goods Train
YOUNG, Wednesday.--While a goods train, from Cowra to Harden was passing through the railway gates at Wattamondara, it collided with a team of horses. Five horses were killed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Express Train Disaster. Falls Over Embankment. Winnipeg, Jan. 23
The Canadian Northern Edminton-Winnipeg express fell over an embankment at Cole, Saskatchewan. Twenty-seven persons were injured, some…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association. Executive Meeting
The Executive met on Friday night, 19th January, 1812. There were present Messrs. J. H. Catts. M.P. (president pro tom.), C. Brown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Board. Mr. James Fraser (Engineer-in-Chief, Existing Line[?]) Chairman MR. J. S. SPURWAY.(Sec[?]tary tor Railways), Commissioners Representative. Mr. Cuthbert Brown (Gen. Sec. Amalgamated Railway and Tramciation, Employees’ Representative.) Dismissed for Insubordination
James Colman, boilermaker, Cowra, was charged with “improper and insubordinate language and conduct to his foreman”—16/12/11…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Board. Mr. E. E. LUCY. (Chief Mechanical Engineer) Chairman). Mr. Macoun (Chief Accountant.) (Chief Commissioner’s Representative.) Mr. Cuthbert Brown (Gen. Sec. Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Assn., Employees’ Representative. Tram Starttr Dismissed
Thomas Kenny, tram starter, was charged with being absent from duty without leave from 21/12/11 to 5/1/12, due to intemperance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway and Tramway Appeals. New South Wales. the Board. Mr C. A. HODGSON (Supt of Linus Traflie), Chairman. MR. J. S. SPURWAY (Sec. for Railway’s) Chief Commissioner’s R[?] ......... Pres[?]tative. Mr. Cuthbert Brown (Gen. Sec, Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Assn.), Employees’ Repres[?]tative. THURSDAY 11th JANUARY, 1912. AFTER 23 YEARS. Fot[?]lor Roughly Death With
Janies Bowe, fettler, Singleton, was charged as follows :—“Bowie was convicted at the police court of an offence against the laws of the country, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cook's River Road. Absolutely Dangerous. Widening to Cost £40,000
The widening of Cook's [?] Camphell-street [?] must eventually take place [?] of Governments for [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"The Road to Heaven" a Roman Catholic Game. a Travesty of Religion
"This game," it is stated, "is played with a teetotum or dice. The number thrown indicates tho place on tho board. Each player must have a marker to distinguish…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By the Long Grey Road: The Humours of Home-Building in a Sydney Suburb By E. S. Sorenson
The long, grey road runs through what was once a wide, wet flat; at an earlier Period still the sea waters must have covered it, forming an immense though shallow…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Week in Brisbane News and Gossip. The Troubles of the Tramway Men
The serious trouble that suddenly developed from a very trivial [?] in the tramway service shows that the relies of barbaric power, Which in ancient times a…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Jack Johnson's Motor. Action for Damages
LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—Jack Johnson, the famous pug[?]st, has again figured in court proceedings. He was defendant in an action in which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Railway Smash. Express Goes Over Embankment
WINNIPEG, Tuesday Evening.—Another serious railway accident is reported from Cole, Saskatchewan. The Canadian Northern Railways Edmonton…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Tram Trouble. Preparing for a Boycott
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—About thirty learners are out on the tram cars to-day to replace the badge men. A few pickets in the streets are engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheelbarrow to Motor-Wagon. Innovation at Prospect and Sherwood
Four years ago the municipality of Prospect and Sherwood was dependent upon one wheel barrow for the whole of its carting yesterday it made an official start with a steam motor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Tram Service. Holiday Arrangements
In connection with the holiday to-morrow, the Tramway authorities notify that improved services will be run on Abbotsford, Enfield-Burwood-Cabarits-Mortlake, Kogarah-Sans Soucl…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Little Coogee Tramway
The Waverley Political Labor has made a suggestion to the Waverley Council regarding the route of a tramway from Little Coogee to Bondi Junction. The league…
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