Railway Superannuation
The report of tho Railway Superannuation Board for the quarter ending December 31 states that the total number of pensioners was 903, and the aggregate pensions £59,220 10s per…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
10,357 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250
Building Railways. Australian Hardwoods Best. the Life of a Sleeper
The evidence given before the Federal Timber Commission, which sat again yesterday, mainly concerned the building of our railways, and especially the kinds of sleepers used. Some…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday--The United Laborers' Union has received word from the secretary of the Railways Workers and General Laborer Association of New South Wales…
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Although one hears frequently of disastrous railway collisions in the United States, accidents to trains account for only 8.8 per cent. of the…
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The branch held its January meeting at Rawson Hotel; Mr. Hickey in the chair. Minutes of last meeting were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appeals Board. the Board. Mr. Lucy. (Chairman.) MR. J. S. SPURWAY. Secreta[?] for Railways (Chief Commissioner's Representative.) MR. E. D. CAMPBELL, (Elected Representative of whole Staff.) Friday, 16th January, 1914
GODFREY SOMERVILLE MITCHELL, electric driver, North Sydney, 9s 6d per day. Charge: Starting tram, Mosman…
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(93), That the Department build an gate houses along the line and charge a moderate rent for same. (94) That all persons in charge…
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(42) That the Railway Act be altered to provide for a Minister for Railways to be supreme over Chief Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Appeals Board. the Board. Mr. Lucy. (Chairman). MR. J. S. SPURWAY, Secretur for Railways Chief Commissioner's Representative.) MR. E. D. CAMPBELL, Elected Representative of whole Staff.)
WILLIAM MCCARTHY, Driver, Bathurst, 15/- per day. Charge: Breach of electric train staff regulations, as shown on page…
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The secretary of the Labor Council, Mr. E. J. Kavanagh, M.L.C., in his annual report, states, inter alia: This matter was again brought…
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Road trains are coming—bullock waggons are going! There has been landed in Melbourne a petrol-electric road train to the order…
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Mr. A. C. Laman states that, in view of a circular that has been distributed to the North Sydney ratepayers, affirming that only £3300 was spent on road maintenance out of a total revenue of £44,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Military Aeroplane. London, Jan. 28
The "Daily Mail" says that the War Office has designed a new type of aeroplane, which is equipped for the transport of a pilot end [?] men and will have a speed of a mile a…
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Pigs.—Prices [?] were a little lower. more particularly for porkers. Alto[?] s[?] report there were about: [?] portion of which were porker[?]…
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Cunning is the bolder of a homestead selection adjoining which is a road that is practically useless for traffic, and lie want to know it he can secure it for cropping purposes…
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We did not hold a sale this week, our last auction having been held on the closing day of the previous week, when we met an exceptionally keen market, particularly for…
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A shocking railway accident occurred at Redfern Station, on the Eveleigh side, at 8.45 this morning, when George Ford, aged 35, a laborer, was killed in full view of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bridge on Eire. Damage to Peel River Viaduct
TAM WORTH, Thursday.--The railway viaduct across Peel River, which connects East Tamworth to West Tamworth, caught fire yesterday. The greater portion of the viaduct is…
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LONDON, Wednesday Evening.--The "Daily Mail" states that the War Office has designed a new typo of aeroplane, equipped to transport a pilot and ten men, at n speed of a mile a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bad Roads and Unification. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Over the signature of Thomas Magney, Mayor of Woollahra, there appear in your issues of January 17 and 22 two letters dealing with the above subjects, and in then that…
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