A Cat Hoax. Amusing Scene at a Railway Station
Passengers and officials at Redhill Railway Station recently were surprised and mystified by the number of persons carrying cats who were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1908
625 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 32
Sporting. Road Race
The bicycle road race, promoted by Mr. C. G. Hunt, took place on Saturday over a six-mile course on the Southgate Road for a sweepstake…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Railway Company in Trouble. London
A receiver has been appointed of the Seaboard Air Line, the third most important railway of the Eastern American system. The capital of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Train Service
A strong protest, should be entered by the people of Grafton regarding the shabby treatment of the, district by the railway authorities during the recent holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Launen Record
Mr. C. H. Relph's motor boat Invinelble proved her thorough sea-going qualities on Wednesday and Thursday last by negotiating the journey from Sydney to Newcastle and back. Mr. Relpit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Holiday Tram Traffic
For the holidays the city and suburban tramways including the North Const Lines, report record business. It is stated that from Christmas Eve till New Year's Day inclusive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Roads
In the State Assembly, Mr. Briner asked the Premier,—(1.) Is it a fact that the major portion of the damage to roads in the north coast districts,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Keir Hardie's Motor Car
The millennium surely is coming With a rush that no mortal can bar; We already can hear a loud humming Of the wheels that rush on from alar…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sailing and Motor Club
A meeting was held last evening at the Mechanics' Institute, Mr. J. T. M'Kittrick (V.P.) in the chair. It was decided to hold a motor boat race on Saturday next, for a sweepstakes of 3s…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Company's Proposal
Mr. Richard Bell, M.P., secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, compalains that the London and North-Western Company is taking a ballot of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Mail Service
Speaking nt Casino on Thursday, Mr. Ewing referred at some length to the difficulties which beset his Government in securing the daily mail train service to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Children Trampled to Death. At Cinematograph Matinee
LONDON, Sunday.—A terrible disaster, causing the deaths of sixteen children, and injuries to forty others, occurred at Barnsley. Yorkshire, during a cinematograph…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Train Disaster. London
The Lancashire-Yorkshire express ran into another express at Huddersfield and nine people were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Railway Station. Sydney. Wednesday Night
A fire broke out last night Warns Creek Railway Station, and only for the timely notice of the head porter the whole railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cables. Opera House on Fire. Great Loss of Life. Women Trampled Under Foot
LONDON, Tuesday.-0A fire broke out at Rhodes Opera House, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, during a cinematograph exhibition. Great loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling and Motoring
A paragraph has gone the rounds of the press that a party of South Australian motorists, under the leadership of Mr. Crottendon, of Alberton, had established…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor and Sailing Handicaps
Motor Heat Handicap—Bosker (J. T. M'Kittrick), No. 6, ser,; Vivieane (W. Heuson), 5, 2min. Sosec.; May Belle (S. Marcolino), 4, 7min.; Neutral (J. Miller), 3. 16,40; Surprise…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →French Express Train Hobbed. a Daring Crime
A telegram published, in the "Daily Mail," dated Paris, Friday, November 22, states:- Three robbers made a most daring…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coff's Harbour-Dorrigo Railway
Mr. Briner, M.L.A., has been notified as follows:— "Referring to your communication of 27th December, asking that the Commissioner for Railways be asked to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sailing and Motor Boat Racing
On Saturday afternoon considerable interest was manifested in an imprompt[?] regatta promoted by the Grafton sailing and Motor Club, in which the principal events were sailing and…
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