Free Railway Passes for "Loyalist" Miners Melbourne
Mr. Barnes, the Minister for Mines, has announced that arrangements have been made for the return to Victoria of the "loyalist" miners stranded in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1919
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Watchman Attacked Railway Station Plundered MELBOURNE
At 3 o'clock this morning Mr. L. V. Kennedy, watchman at the Toorak railway station, was found lying in the ticket office on the island platform. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring. A.c.a. Run Abandoned
The committee of the Automobile Club of Australia, at a meeting on Thursday afternoon, decided to abandon the opening club run, which was to have taken place this afternoon. That…
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No restrictions against long-distance travelling were decided upon by Cabinet yesterday, but the whole question will be reconsidered at another meeting to-day…
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It was announced at the Council meeting on Tuesday evening that the long delayed tram extension to George’s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railways Catering
We noticed it man touch another on the arm iu the Sydney railway refreshment room the other day. "You the manager?" "Yes" he replied. "Then look fat. The official turned it over gingerly with a fork as if he were examining a dead rat. "You've only left the fat and the grizzle" was all ho said, as he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Bung
At the meeting of the Parramatta Council this week Alderman Smith, moved,—"That in view of the frequently congested condition of the goods-yard at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →That Special Train Who Will Pay? Melbourne
According to official statments it has not been decided which of the various State Government departments should pay for the special train engaged last…
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The Automobile Club of Australia would almost seem to be destined never to run a competition. The biggest event it had ever hoped to promote, the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Engineers' Strike More Serious Men Now Demanding a 40-Hour Week—Eight-hour Day Agreed to for Railway Men LONDON, Friday Night
The Government engineers' strike threatens to assume a much more serious phase. The stewards met in London, and are endeavoring to arrange concerted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. RAILWAYS No Restrictions at Present
Railway traffic is not to be restricted in New South Wales for the present. Such was a decision of the State Cabinet yesterday, when it adopted…
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The Phillip Island and Woolamai Shire (Vic.) are arranging for a forward policy of road construction, and are applying for many roads to be constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Off the Line. Katoomba Train Delayed
The front wheels of the tender attached to the engine pulling the 11.25 Sydney to Mount Victoria passenger train on Saturday morning left the rails just outside the Kingswood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Laborers Several Without Masks
Employees of the City Council in Anzac-parade and Flinders-street this morning were working without masks. Again none was worn by any of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Australia Firm. Arrivals by Train Quarantined
PERTH, Sunday.--Replying to the Premier's (Mr. Lefroy) report that the Federal Government was much annoyed by the quarantining of the transcontinental express at Kalgoorlie, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rail and Tram Men
It is understood that the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Services' Association intends to approach the Government with a request that the members of the association…
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The railway officials stated on Saturday morning that no further restrictions of rail traffic had been decided upon by the department beyond those advertised in that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Glasgow Riots Strikers Smash Tramcars Fight in St. George's Square LONDON, Sunday Night
The rioters in Glasgow smashed a dozen tramcars in one street and several others elsewhere. They looted tobacconists' shops and brewers' carts…
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Officials of the Tramway Union this morning complained regarding a notice which, it was stated, was posted up in the various depots, and which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Carriages. Conditions Inhumane
DUBBO, Saturday.--During this week every mail train that has arrived in Dubbo from the metropolis has been run with two engines, and the trains have been too long for the platforms…
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