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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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BRISBANE, Friday.--The Tramway Union executive, held a meeting this morning, and were Joined by Mr. Frank Brennan, M.H.R., solicitor (who, it was suggested in Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →PERTH, Friday.--The latest development in the strike of mechanical engineers in the Railway Department is that about 200 casual workers in the railway workshops yesterday received…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WELLINGTON, Friday.--The trouble between the Wellington Tramway Union and the Wellington City Council in connection with the dispute concerning Ticket-checker Fuller, has…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Four persons received injuries last night through being knocked down by trams. The first accident occurred at 9 o'clock, when a young sailor, Reginald Snow, of the s.s. Elma…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--About 60 of the supernumaries engaged at Armadale, on the work of duplicating the Caulfield line, did not take up work at the ordinary hour on Wednesday, in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Tramway Department report heavy traffic over their lines. Provision was made for this, and was amply needed, particularly on the Bondi, Coogee, Sans Souci, and Cronulla lines…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Canadian Pacific Railway will this year build 1023 miles of new road, of which 897 miles will be single track. Next year the Canadian Pacific railway main line will be double-tracked…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The prizes offered by the British War Office for the best military aeroplane and the conditions of the competitions were officially announced last month…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Sir.—The switchback bridge that spans the Falconer-street creek in the new to township of Ryde is quite an unequalled piece of mechanism, unsurpassed by any other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. James Hanrahan, ex-President of the Illinois Central Railway Company, Mr. Prank Melchoir, second vice-president of the Rock Island Company, and Mr. I. Pierce, general solicitor to the Rock Island Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The town of Godalming, on the London-Portsmouth-road used to be thronged with motorists and motor-cyclists. Now no one stops there, and everyone on wheels boycotts the unhappy…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →This same line of reasoning applies to the harnessing of this mysterious force by means of which we shall, in time completely overcome the forces of gravity…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →In reference to the article in the "Sunday Times" under, the heading of "Weekly Tram Tickets," which I support, but would go further, may I ask why limit the suggestion to weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Kendall, Supervising Engineer of the Railways, in reply to questions by a "Sunday Times" representative yesterday, stated that the Glenbrook deviation works were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The trouble that has occurred on the Brisbane trams owing to the refusal of the company to permit the employees to wear Union badges, is developing very serious complications…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The soldier's version of a long march, described by Kipling as— Boots! Boots!! Boots!!! Boots!!!! Forty thousand miles of 'em…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Another case this week in which a motor-car driver was implicated was that of an action brought by Eleanor May Steggles against Lady Hanson. The latter…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our artist here presents the phiz Of Agnew, yes, this picture's his: This is the man who does the biz. And starts each train…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—Just a line to ask you for a small space to introduce to you and the readers of your paper an aged man by name of Seymore. He is supposed to be 90 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The English Road Board in the course of a recent report says that the improvement of old-fashioned and badly constructed road crusts depends both on the alleviation of the intolerable and injurious…
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