Barrier Miner. Friday, August 10, 1900. the Street Trams Meeting
THERE seems to be a great deal of confused thought regarding the proposed street tramways. Obviously among many of those at the meeting on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1900
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The Boer War. Prisoners at Nooitgedacht. Infamously Treated. Enemy Endeavouring to Destroy the Railway. British Burning the Raiders' Houses. The Relief of the Garrison at Elands River. London, August 7
Eighteen hundred British prisoners at Nooitgedacht are being infamously treated by the Boors. Boer [?]randers are endeavoring…
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SIR.—It is with reluctance that I rush into print re the steam motor question now agitating the minds of the people of Broken Hill, for, had Providence endowed me with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Racing in South Australia. ADELAIDE
The annual road race under the auspices of the League of Wheelmen took place on Saturday afternoon and was won by S. Hutton, who covered 25 miles in 1 hour 6…
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ABOUT 1.10 this morning the adjourned special meeting of the council, after disposing of the affair of the town clerk, turned its attention to Alderman Hendry's motion…
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SIR,—When I sounded a note of warning it was with the view of preventing an obsolete street tram service being foisted upon us by a municipal minority coterie, dominated by an…
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The following are the speeches delivered in Parliament on the proposed construction of the Cobar-Wilcannia railway line. We cannot help thinking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Railway Accident near Rome. LONDON, Monday Afternoon
A serious railway accident has occurred near Rome, the Italian capital. Twelve passengers were killed and 40 injured. Among the passengers were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The Railway Disaster scar Ro[?]e. LONDON
The young King and Queen of Italy were close at hand when the railway accident occurred near Rome on Monday, and at once went to the scene of the…
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A PUBLIC meeting convened by the Mayor in accordance with a requisition was held last night at the Alma Institute to consider the subject of the steam trams. The Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fairfield Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
The inquest on the victims of the Fairfield railway disaster, adjourned till to-morrow, will be further adjourned to give the police an opportunity of collecting additional…
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A meeting in connection with the above was held Thursday evening, but on account of the duststorm which prevailed during the day, the attendance was not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Collision in Sydney. Three Persons Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A collision occurred on Saturday night when two electric trams came together at the junction of Newtown road and George-street. One tram was running along Newtown-road,…
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THE Government's proposal to build a railway from Cobar to Wilcannia is having a hostile reception in the Legislative Council. "Of all the wild, mad schemes that any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Association in the West. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Thursday Afternoon
It is officially announced that the resignation of Mr. F. H. Piesse, Minister for Railways, has been accepted. The Premier has sent a letter to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cable News British and Foreign. Railway Strike in Wales. London, August 22
Owing to the railway strike in Wales 30,000 colliers have been thrown out of work and the trade paralysed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Railway Speed Records
Engineering has an interesting article dealing with speed records on the Caledonian railway, which are amongst the finest in the world in view of the heavy train loads and steep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Collision. LONDON
Two railway trains came into collision at Glasgow yesterday. Four carriages telescoped and 24 people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destroying the Railway. London
The railway in the Transvaal near Krugersdorp has been destroyed by the Boers with explosives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The British Railways. LONDON
The British railway companies have threatened to combine against the Amalgamated Servants' Society, owing to the society's interference with the…
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