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Frederick Charles Garside
Frederick Charles Garside (5 February 1887 – 24 July 1970) was a Commissioner for Railways in New South Wales. History Garside was born in Burwood, New South Wales, eldest of five sons of Eli Garside (c. 1862 – 11 June 1932) and Eleanor Garside, née Coleman (c. 1862 – 22 August 1941), who married on 13 January 1886. Garside grew up in Goulburn and joined the New South Wales Government Railways in 1903 as an apprentice fitter at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Sydney. In 1914 he transferred to Newcastle where he was responsible for locomotive assignment. In December 1932 T. J. Hartigan was appointed Railway Commissioner and Garside Assistant Commissioner, effective 1 January 1933. Their appointments were renewed in 1939 Garside was appointed Railway Commissioner following the compulsory retirement of T. J. Hartigan in August 1948. One of his first acts was to suspend the Inquiry Committee set up by Hartigan to investigate the efficiency of the Railway Department, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of New South Wales , established_title2 = Establishment , established_date2 = 26 January 1788 , established_title3 = Responsible government , established_date3 = 6 June 1856 , established_title4 = Federation , established_date4 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Wales , demonym = , capital = Sydney , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center = 128 local government areas , admin_center_type = Administration , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Margaret Beazley , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Dominic Perrottet ( Liberal) , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_type1 = Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim McGirr
James "Jim" McGirr, JP (6 February 1890 – 27 October 1957) was the Labor Premier of New South Wales from 6 February 1947 to 3 April 1952. A Catholic, McGirr was the seventh son of John Patrick McGirr, farmer and Irish immigrant, and Mary McGirr, whose maiden name was O'Sullivan. Born in Parkes, New South Wales, he grew up on a dairy farm near that town. Educated mostly at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, he was later apprenticed to his brother Greg McGirr, a pharmacist at Parkes. He soon forfeited his apprenticeship to work in stockyards for a while, but had to give up that work when he was thrown from a horse and seriously injured. Subsequently, he resumed his apprenticeship and attended the University of Sydney; he was registered as a pharmacist in 1913. Employed by Washington H. Soul Pattinson in Pitt Street, he later opened a pharmacy in Parkes, specialising in veterinarians' prescriptions. Later still, he operated pharmacies in partnership with his brother in two Syd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti- rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship '' Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 – Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. * February 2 – The first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 – The Interstate Commerce A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The St George Call
''The St. George Call'' was a weekly English language newspaper published from 1904 to 1979 in the St. George and Woronora electorates of New South Wales, Australia. History The first issue of ''The St. George Call'' was published on Saturday, 9 January 1904. The initial cost of a weekly issue was one penny. The first editorial on page 4 of the paper acknowledged the growing need within the local community for "...a representative local organ... so often expressed, and so generally felt...". The hitherto lack of representation of the area in print was cited in the editorial with the community described as "...of insufficient importance for the city press." Promising to comment without favour on local issues, the paper's editors aimed to "...criticise boldly whatever we consider amiss in the public affairs of our steadily progressing district". The publication ceased on 25 October 1979. Digitisation Issues of ''The St. George Call'' from 1904 to 1957 have been digitised as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Northern Star
''The Northern Star'' is a daily newspaper serving Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. The newspaper is owned by News Corp Australia. ''The Northern Star'' is circulated to Lismore and surrounding communities, from Tweed Heads to the north, to Kyogle and Casino to the west and Evans Head to the south and includes the seaside towns of Byron Bay and Ballina. The circulation of ''The Northern Star'' is 14,737 Monday to Friday and 22,653 on Saturday. ''The Northern Star'' website is part of the APN Regional News Network. History The two-page first issue of ''The Northern Star'' was brought out on 13 May 1876, on the tiny Albion hand press that today holds pride of place in the foyer of the Goonellabah Media Centre. In 1955, building started on the media centre in Goonellabah, and in 1957, the move was made from the Molesworth St office. In 1981, ''The Northern Star'' commissioned a 7unit Goss Urbanite Web Offset press capable of printing 20,000 fifty-six page copies – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Cahill
John Joseph Cahill (21 January 189122 October 1959), also known as Joe Cahill or J. J. Cahill, was a long-serving New South Wales politician, railway worker, trade unionist and Labor Party Premier of New South Wales from 1952 to his death in 1959. Born the son of Irish migrants in Redfern, New South Wales, Cahill worked for the New South Wales Government Railways from the age of 16 before joining the Australian Labor Party. Being a prominent unionist organiser, including being dismissed for his role in the 1917 general strike, Cahill was eventually elected to the Parliament of New South Wales for St George in 1925. After many years of backbench service, including a term outside of parliament, Cahill was eventually appointed Secretary for Public Works in 1941 and Minister for Local Government in the government of William McKell in 1944, where he led significant reforms of local government in the state, including establishing a Royal commission in 1945, and passing the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fraser (railways Administrator)
James Fraser C.M.G., M.Inst. C.E. (20 August 1861 – 28 July 1936) was an Australian-born Chief Commissioner of New South Wales railways from 1917 to 1929. He has been credited with inauguration of Sydney's railway electrification. History Fraser was born in Braidwood, New South Wales, and educated at Sydney Grammar School. He joined the railways as a cadet draftsman or civil engineer, and in 1903 succeeded Thomas Rhodes Firth, his father-in-law, as engineer-in-chief for existing lines. In 1914 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner, and in 1917 became Chief Commissioner, in place of Harper, who was in poor health. The role of Assistant Commissioner was restored: *Edward Milne, Assistant Commissioner, traffic *John Henry Cann, Assistant Commissioner, construction *Henry Fox, Assistant Commissioner, staff matters He resigned in 1929 and was succeeded by W. J. Cleary. 1931 he was appointed to the Transport Coordination Board, which was dissolved in 1932 after the collapse o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Aird Fraser
Keith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Keith (surname) * Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949) * Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons in the late 18th century * Clan Keith, a Scottish clan associated with lands in northeastern and northwestern Scotland Places Australia * Keith, South Australia, a town and locality Scotland * Keith, Moray, a town ** Keith railway station * Keith Marischal, East Lothian United States * Keith, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Keith, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Keith, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Keith, Wisconsin, a ghost town * Keith County, Nebraska Other uses * Keith F.C., a football team based in Keith, Scotland * , a ship of the British Royal Navy * Hurricane Keith, a 2000 hurricane that caused extensive damage in Central America * ''Keith'' (film), a 2008 independent film directed by Todd Kessler * ''K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Winsor
Reginald Winsor (5 July 1891 – 21 October 1963) was a railways administrator in New South Wales. History Winsor was born in Singleton, New South Wales, a son of Richard "Dick" Winsor (died August 1949), a railwayman, and Mary Winsor, née Gordon (died August 1953). At first the family lived on the Kelso side of the tracks, later in Argyle Street. He was educated at Singleton and at age 15 followed his father into the railways service, starting as a junior porter or in the parcels office. In 1929 he was sacked from his position as outdoor advertising salesman. He took the Department to court and had his appointment restored. He became Chief Staff Superintendent in 1942 and in 1948 Assistant to Garside's Commissioner of Railways. In September, 1949, he was appointed Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, and in May 1950, he was appointed Director of the Transport and Highways' Commission, at a salary of £5,500, a position superior to that of Garside, who retired in Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The National Advocate
''The National Advocate'' was a daily newspaper published in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, between 1889 and 1963. Newspaper history The newspaper was established on 28 September 1889, co-founded by Australian businessman James Rutherford as a vehicle to put forward a protectionist viewpoint. The newspaper's board of directors included Francis Halliday who was at that time was president of the Bathurst National Protection League. The ''National Advocate'' had a reputation as the local mouthpiece of the Australian Labor Party, in contrast to the conservative-leaning '' Bathurst Times''. For many years its manager was John Percival, a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Percival was forced to resign in 1923 after being caught misusing company money. In 1920, federal Nationalist MP Archdale Parkhill brought a libel suit against the ''National Advocate''. He was awarded significant damages, which combined with legal fees cost the paper almost £7,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and "the most widely-read masthead in the country." The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday edition of ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burwood, New South Wales
Burwood is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of Municipality of Burwood. People from Burwood are colloquially known as Burwoodiens or Burwooders. Burwood Heights is a separate suburb to the south. The Appian Way is a street in Burwood, known for its architecturally designed Federation-style homes. History Archaeological evidence indicates people were living in the Sydney area for at least 11,000 years. This long association had led to a harmonious relationship between the indigenous inhabitants and their environment, which was interrupted by the arrival of the British in 1788. The European desire to cultivate the land aided and abetted by a smallpox epidemic that forced the local people, the Wangal clan, away from their source of food and their spiritual connection with the land. Captain Thomas Rowley (174 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
