Tram Accidents
"Orion" writes: Tram accidents are alas only too frequent, and the difficulty is to decide as to who is at fault—the driver or the unfortunate passenger. On Saturday night the writer witnessed an…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 15
Macquarie and Bridge-streets
Leaving the Queen's Square the procession passed along Macquarie-street, a thoroughfare straight as line proverbial bee line, and by reason of…
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When the Malice fires are raging and the timbera falling fast. And the north wind, seems to scorch you like a blazing furnace blast…
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TENDERS close at the Courthouse, Bellingen, at noon on Monday, January 21, for the undermentioned contracts in the, Bellinger and Nambucca districts:—Contract 29…
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REFERRING to the railway connection between the coast and the tableland the Macleay Angus remarks:—There are three proposed lines in the running, that of Casino to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While Musing on a Tram. SPONGERS
It is marvellous where the sponges come from, or should I say spongers? Sydney appears to be full of them, and just as the stranger suffers from the man with "a rich uncle in Fiji," so does the…
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Kingsley was chief of those who feel for the men who go down to the sea in ships; and Hugo is hardly less sympathetic in his beautiful story of those whose avocations…
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DURING the Commonwealth celebrations several of the Queensland Ministry were in Sydney, and, discussing the question of railway communication with Tweed Heads, stated that…
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At North Sydney on Saturday the Minister for Works spoke at considerate length upon the various matters which had engaged the attention of the Ministry since it had assumed…
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The observer of big things noted how the Ballway Commissioners of N.S.W. declared that during Commonwealth week they carried many thousands of passengers in excess of the usual, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How the Boers Train their Horses
An Englishman, who spent several years among the Boers in South Africa, was recently asked whether the Boers kept their horses in the…
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The Paterson correspondent to the Mercury writes:—The rather novel spectacle of a woman on the tramp interested our residents on Tuesday evening. The woman, a Mrs. Collins, was…
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THE Examiner reports that at the last meeting of the Grafton Chamber of Commerce, Mr. T. Page moved, "That application be made to the Minister for Works that…
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Mr. Caswell, railway surveyor, arrived by the City of Grafton on Thursday evening to undertake the final survey of the Grufton-Casino section of the North Coast railway. Mr. Caswell has a camp of…
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A MEETING of the Bellinger Railway League was held in the School of Arts, Bellingen, on Wednesday evening last, Mr. F. T. Matthews (president) in the chair, who pointed out the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Accident. 14 Persons Killed. Thirty Injured. Sydney, Friday. 8 P.m
A railway accident ocourred at Temps to-night. Several passengers were killed and a number injured. Farther particulars later. LATER.—The train left the Redfern station at…
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The German Emperor and Empress have recently opened a suspension railway, which connects Barmen-Ritterhausen with Emberfield and Vohwinkel, in Rhenish Prussia…
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In reply to personal enquiries by the Member for Grafton, and correspondence from the Chamber of Commerce, presented to the Department of Public Works, the Under-Secretary informs the Hon, John…
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A terrible railway accident occurred at Tempo to-night. 14 passengers were killed and 30 injured. DETAILS OF THE CATASTROPHE…
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GENERAL indignation is expressed at the delay in putting men on to construct the Lismore-Casino section of railway, Last week we ascertained…
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