The Train Telephone
An invention, perfected by Dr. Alva Jones, of Louisville, has solved the problem of maintaining telephone communication with running trains…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Train Arrangements. To the Editor
Sir.—I crave space to direct attention to the manner in which the Silverton Tramway Company caters for passengers by express and excursion trains,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] N.S.W. Railway Commissioner. London
Mr. Johnson, the newly-appointed New South Wales Railway Commissioner, sails for Sydney in the Oroya…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grasshoppers Stop a Train. Melbourne
A plague of grasshoppers is being experienced in the Penshurst district. On Saturday a train was held-up owing to the myriads of grasshoppers on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Traralgon Road Race. Melbourne
An inquiry was held to-day by the cycling authoritics regarding the placing of nail-studded boards across the road before the recent road race at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatality. Perth
A man was run over by a train at East. Fremantle at half-past 6 o'clock yesterday morning and was killed. The Only indication of deceased's identity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dissatisfied Tram Men. Adelaide
The employees of the Adelaide and Suburban Tramways Trust are somewhat dissatisfied because they are to he paid fortnightly instead of weekly,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Accident
Whilst, the 8.7 p.m. train from South Broken Hill was taking the turn at [?]vey's corner last night a middleaged man named A. Crosby fell out and…
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The chairman of the Broken Hill Chamber of Commerce (Mr. W. R. Nairn) is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. A. G. Pendleton, South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Accident. Express Train Derailed. [Reuter's Message.] London
The express train which runs from Pennsylvania to Chicago in 18 hours was yesterday derailed at a curve, and descended an embankment into the shallow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Street Motor Mishap
A slight mishap occurred to a motor attached to a tramear which was travelling to South Broken Hill at. about 5 o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Territory Railway. Mr. Moate and Mr. Price. Adelaide
The State Premier (Mr. Tom Price) has received a letter from Mr. J. T. Moate, who represents the syndicate seeking for permission to construct on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tram Accident. To the Editor
Sir,—I hope you will allow me sufficient space to contradict the statement that appeared in your columns on Monday relating to the tram accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train and Postal Services. An Improvement Wanted
At the meeting of the City Council on Tuesday night Alderman Booth moved, in accordance with a notice previously given by him,—"That the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dangerous Tram Driving. Protest by the City Council
At Tuesday night's meeting of the City Council Alderman Gamboni moved that the Government Tramway Department be written to in protest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Train Service
The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce(Mr. H. W. James) has written a letter to the South Australian Commissioner of Railways, asking for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train and Postal Arrangements. Indignation Meeting of Citizens
In response to advertisements calling an indignation meeting of citizens in connection with the inefficient train and postal arrangements of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Friday, March 1, 1907. Train and Mail Services
IT is something more than surprising that there should be experienced difficulty in inducing the South Australian Railway Department to give Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bomb on the Railway. London
A box containing a dynamite bomb was found on the railway at St. Petersburg yesterday. It is believed to have been connected with a plot against the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Railway Station Sensation. Melbourne
A sensational scene was witnessed on the Finders-street railway station last night Mrs. Baker, of Footscray, was seized with faintness on the approach…
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