Mr. J. H. Catts, M.L.A., the hon. secretary of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway, Service Association, when seen last night regarding the position of the Tramway ...
Article : 358 wordsThe men on strike held a mass meeting at the Trades Hall yesterday afternoon, when the president Mr. Lawton, briefly addressed them, and asked them to stand firm in the attitude ...
Article : 410 wordsNineteen men were arrested yesterday in connection with the tram trouble, of whom the greater number were locked up at No. 2 police station. ...
Article : 418 wordsTheatrical managers were considerably heartened last night by the fact that the strike did not very seriously affect attendances. There was a falling-off pretty well everywhere, but ...
Article : 318 wordsThe members of the Tramway Employees Union were called out to-day, and the last tram ran about 5 o'clock to-night. The men received instructions from Sydney this ...
Article : 399 wordsThere was very little indication at the Randwick workshops that anything unusual in the tramway system was in progress. Work at the various shops was in operation ...
Article : 274 wordsOne hundred thousand citizens every evening are conveyed expeditiously to their homes by the trams. Last evening this means of locomotion failed, and the suburban residents ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 265 wordsA meeting of the tramway locomotive drivers was held this evening at the Trades Hall to discuss the position. There was only a small attendance, but the meeting lasted ...
Article : 459 wordsThe executive of the Sydney Labour Council met last night, at the Trades Hall, with a full attendance, when a conference was held with the officers of the Tramway Employees' ...
Article : 175 wordsThousands of young men congregated in the city last night expecting to see the trams running, and intent upon, enjoying themselves at the expense of the officials and ...
Article : 356 wordsAn American visitor to Sydney, chatting at the top of King-street last night, said he had been in San Francisco when the tram-strike occurred there. ...
Article : 141 wordsAs soon as the Tramway Union authorities discovered that the department was arranging for the running of steam trams at noon, word went round to every depot to ...
Article : 414 wordsThe president of the union received the following letter immediately after the strike commenced yesterday morning:— "Dear Sir,—As a small proof of my ...
Article : 190 wordsAt the Darlinghurst section, in Oxford-street, a little after 10 o'clock, occasional trams driven by plain clothes men and an odd official passed silently along towards the ...
Article : 448 wordsIt is stated that the Tramway Department[?] has rcceived applications from men in Melbourne, Brisbane, and New Zealand, who are anxious to obtain positions in the tramway ...
Article : 141 wordsWith a view to meeting the convenience of suburban residents the railway suburban service was doubled last evening, and carried to their homes in comfort thousands of ...
Article : 88 wordsIn another column the Railway Commissioners are advertising for men to fill the place of those who are out on strike. The advertisement reads:— ...
Article : 84 wordsAt the Palace Theatre, West's Pictures achieved a unique record last evening, when they presented animated pictures of the tram strike, showing the inspectors returning cars ...
Article : 118 wordsIn King-street between Elizabeth and Macquarle streets there was some excitement when the Ocean-street trams commenced to run as far as Elizabeth-street. This ...
Article : 883 wordsIn anticipation of a large increase in the ferry traffic, the different ferry companies have completed arrangements for improvod services from to-day. After business hours ...
Article : 156 wordsDuring the afternoon the local tramway officials managed to continue a limited service to the more distant suburbs. The places of the conductors were filled by ticket inspectors ...
Article : 140 wordsOn the seven-mile trip which the tram makes from Kogarah in its journey to Sans Souci, Sandringham, and Doll's Point not a discordant note was heard during the whole ...
Article : 115 wordsDrivers and conductors who assist the authorities in maintaining the tram servies are guaranteed permanent employment, provided they are equal to the work. A large ...
Article : 51 wordsAt an early hour yesterday morning there was a large gathering at the tram power-house at Ridge-street. As soon as it became known in North Sydney that the employees engaged ...
Article : 1,393 wordsThe Special Court of Conciliation set up to[?] settle the dispute between the Tramway Company and employees, which led to a strike in May last, gave its decision to-day, the finding ...
Article : 361 wordsIn discussing the position many of the men expressed great dissatisfaction with the union in not having consulted the Newcastle branch before taking action. Their only ...
Article : 722 wordsAs soon as it became known that the trams had ceased running, the Superintendent of Railways, and his staff, immediately set to work to provide an amended time-table for ...
Article : 285 wordsSTEAM MOTORS TO THE RESCUE. The first action of the authorities was to clear the streets of the stranded tramcars. Although all the lines leading to the city ...
Article : 826 wordsAt the request of a number of residents on the southern foreshores of the harbour, the Watson's Bay and South Shore Steam Ferry Company, Limited, has decided to inaugurate ...
Article : 536 wordsWhen the cars ceased running a couple of hours before the anticipated time, residents of the eastern suburbs journeying cityward evinced generally a disposition to treat the ...
Article : 278 wordsThe trams had not stopped running long before the residents of Newtown had the option of riding on a number of old omnibuses that were suddenly pressed into the service. ...
Article : 156 wordsWhen you have any suspicion that your kidneys are getting bad take "FISHER'S PHOSPHERINE to cleanse and strengthen them. ...
Article : 112 wordsMatters at the Waverley depot were comparatively quiet in the morning. A little after 10 o'clock, owing to a rumour that the men would not wait until noon to cease work, a ...
Article : 466 wordsIf the dislocation of transit arrangements should continue for any length of time at all, business [?]rms will have to take some steps, not only in the way of getting their ...
Article : 135 wordsTHE DOCTOR KNOWS that a pure stimuant acts as a restorative in bodily and mental fatigue. Wolfe's Schapps is an absolutely pure spirit, used and recommended for [?] ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 25 Jul 1908, Page 14
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