Pocket-picking on the Train
THERE was at least one person among the hundreds who arrived in Broken Hill by the excursion train this morning who combined businces with pleasure. He or she was a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
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The Cobar-wilcannia Railway
FOLLOWING is the text of the argument of a petition which has been prepared and is being circulated in the Wilcannia, Mount Browne, and other districts, and which after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Cable Hews. [Reuter's Messages.] Railway Accidents. LONDON, Tuesday Night
Mr. C. T. Ritchie, president of the Board of Trade, has introduced a bill before the House of Commons with the object of preventing railway accidents…
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THE passenger by the last excursion train from Adelaide who complained that her pocket had been picked has had the satisfaction recovering the purse which she then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrow-gauge Railways
INTERESTING particulars about the working of the narrow-gauge Dundas railway in Tasmania have been supplied to the Victorian Railways Committee. The twenty miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South Road. Gazetted at Last
THE South Road has at last been gazetted. The following notification by the Minister for Lands is now printed:— "It is hereby notified, for public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Railways. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon
It is estimated that the cost of fitting all British trains with automatic couplings and carrying out the other reforms demanded by tho Government will cost the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Railways. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon
It is estimated that the cost of fitting all British trains with automatic couplings and carrying out the other reforms demanded by the Government will cost the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Camels Camping on Roads
We frequently hear complaints of camels camping on the roads to the great danger of the travelling public. It is bad enough when they are met moving…
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The Australian Star, a Sydney journal, has written a leader on the proposed Cobar-Wilcannia railway line, and with the half-knowledge, or shall we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Zinc Works. The Electro-Magnetic Process. What is to be Done at Railway Town
FOR a long time past the zinc problem has been agitating the mines of scientists, engineers, and mining men. What the solution of this problem really means to Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster in New Zealand. An Excursion Train Smashed. In a Collision. Four Persons Killed. Forty Others Injured. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
A terrible railway accident occurred in the South Island on Saturday night. The Rakaia excursion train, crowded with passengers, was waiting at the station when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CRICKET. Orientals v. Tramways
ON Saturday afternoon the fourth round of matches in Association cricket was commenced on the Oval. The Orientals and Tramways had the use of the South pitch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Zealand Railway Disaster. Cause of the Smash. The Killed and Injured. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
Railway experts declare that the cause of the awful disaster at Rakaia on Saturday was due to the driver of the Christchurch train overshooting his distance some 40 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News Railway Accident in New Zealand. Sydney
An appealing railway accident occurred at Rokara, New Zealand, on Saturday night. A night excursion train crowded with passengers was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Zealand Railway Disaster. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
A preliminary inquiry into the Rakaia railway disaster has disclosed defects in the railway system and that the disaster was due to a lack of brake power and inadequacy of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fell Out of a Train. ADELAIDE
A small boy named Bruly, travelling in the train from Adelaide [?] Burra yesterday afternoon, was playing with the [?] handle of the carriage door. when the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Municipal Resources of the Wilcannia District. Railway Communication Required
It has been known for many years past that extensive and valuable deposits of [?] exist in the country which stretches from the neighborhood of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cobar-wilcannia Railway. Before the Works Committee. Mr. Hickson's Evidence. Sydney
The expediency of constructing a line of railway between Cobar and Wilcannia was considered by the Works Committee yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Zealand Railway Disaster. Evidence at the Inquest. [By Telegraph.] Wellington
The inquest on the victims of the [?] railway disaster is proceeding. Mr. Fischer, secretary of an picnic committee that had the excursion train [?]…
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