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Railways, roads & transport, 1916

7,678 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

Tram Men's Wages. How They Kept Their Bargain. Three Years of Hardship

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 5

The [?] was further argued by Mr. Wart this morning when Mr. Justice Edmunde [?] of the hearing to the Industrial Court of the [?] by the Railway Commissioners…

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The Motor Police Stop Hill Climbs, Novice Event Decided

Referee · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 6

A big crowd of motoring enthusiasts attended at Coogee on Saturday afternoon, to witness the hill climbs of the Motor Cycle Club of N.S.W., which were originally listed for…

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Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 16

Connie Buckle, 10, of 14 Sims-street, Darlinghurst, was knocked down by a motor car near her home last night. She was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital, suffering from…

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Casualties. Death in a Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 16

While a tram waa proceeding from the [?] way Station to Cook's River shortly after 7 o'clock yesterday, one of the passengers, William Isaac Markcrow, 60 years of age, [?]…

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Law Report. Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.) Tramway Employees Wages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 7

Counsel resumed their aigumont on the cross-appeals by the Chief Commissioners and the Trainway Employees' Union, with referonce to an award made on December 1 last…

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Railways and Bush Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 10

The Railway Commissioners of Victoria, realising the possibility of serious fires occuring on or near the railway during the summer months, have drwn the attention of the…

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Tram Troubs

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 8

What Price? A correspondent of a daily calls attention to the terrible amount of scalling that goes on in our trams it is a subject…

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Loyal Railway Men

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 5

The Acting Premier, Mr. Cann. is to receive n deputation from the Amalgamated Railway und Tramway Service Association at 11.30 tomorrow, when the following…

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Kitchener Car Charge Against Soldier. Dispute on Railway

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 7

"They swear well, and they fight well." This was tho way In which tho magistrate (Mr. Wilkinson) described Australian soldiers at the Newtown Summons Court today during…

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Motor Car Pennons No Unauthorised Swank

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 5

The Use of tho red pennon with the letter M on it, which has been flown by motor cars on military service, and which gives them special traffic privileges, is the subject of an…

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Labor Selection Railway Men's Protest

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 5

The attention of the executive of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association has been drawn by the Newcastle branch to the manner in which the…

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Motor-cyclist Fined

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 5

Oscar Dell, at the Water Court tills morning was fined £5. with 22s costs, in default 21 days imprisonment, for having ridden a motor-cycle past a stationary tram in…

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Fast Motor-drivers Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 7

At the North Sydney Police Court yesterday R. Lea was field £5, with an costs, with an alternative of two months' Imprisonment, for having, on January 8, driven a motor car along…

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Labor. Railway Strike in South. Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 10

PORT AUGUSTA, Tuesday.--A strike was declared this morning by tho Commonwealth Hallway Association, which comprises clerks, porters, and traffic employees. All trains, except…

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Tram Men's Wages. Appeals Against Awards. the Finances and Wages

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 5

The cross appeals against the Tramway awards were further heard yesterday before Mr. Justice Edmunds in the Industrial Arbitration Court. Mr. Roiin, K.C., and Mr. Pickburn…

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Motor Cycling. a Blank Week-end

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 14

No competition of any kind is listed for this week-end. .A good many riders will take advantage of this fact, to put in a couple of days touring in the country. HILL CLIMBS ABANDONED…

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"Loyal Railwaymen." Protest to Acting-premier

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 9

The Acting-Premier will receive a deputation from lire Amalgamated Railway mid Tramway Service Association at 11.30 a.m. tomorrow. when the following resolution, recently carried…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Soldier's Death on a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 10

While travelling in a Cook's River tramear, along George Street West, yesterday morning, a soldier collapsed and fell on the floor. The Newtown District Ambulance took him to the…

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Bathurst Railway Robbery

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 10

BATHURST, Tuesday.--A reward of £50 has been offered by the Railway Commissioners for Information leading to the conviction of the…

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Robbery at a Railway Station

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 18

At the Bathurst Railway Station, early on February 5, a daring robbery, was committed, by which the Railway Department is the loser to the extent of £534. The robbery…

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