Lost Diamonds. Tram Ride Round Sydney. Returned by the Conductor. Sydney
Diamond jewellery, valued at £1000, was lost in Sydney yesterday. It travelled half way round the city in a tram, and a little more than 2…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1915
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Railway Retrenchment. Acting Premier's Statement. Government and Unemployment. Sydney
When questioned yesterday about the altered train service, the Acting Premier said that he was not acquainted with the actual nature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sleep on Railway Line. Young Man Killed
As the driver of a light engine from Woodend was approaching the Kangaroo. Flat station shortly before 6 o'clock on Tuesday (says the Bendigo…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Tram Accident. Man's Leg and Hand Severed. Sydney
A tram accident occurred in the city at 10 minutes to 10 o'clock last night, and as a result William Lloyd, aged 29, a French polisher, is lying in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-morrow's Races. Train Arrangements
The Broken Hill Jockey Club's Anniversary Day meeting will be held on the South Racecourse to-morrow. A programme of six events has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Churches. Railway Town Men's Service. Service in Aid of Picnic Train Victims. Address by Rev. W. Shaw
The Railway Town Men's Movement held a service in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance of the public. The Rev…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East-west Railway. West Australian Tender Accepted. Melbourne
The tender of the State implement and engineering works. North Fremantle, has been accepted by the Department of Home Affairs for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Official Communique. Allies Make Slight Progress. Counter-attacks Repulsed. St. Mihiel Bridge Destroyed. Paris
An official communique received to-day reports:— "We made slight progress on the east side of St. Georges, and repulsed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Motor Drivers. Result of Examinations
The Board of Examiners of Enginedrivers, appointed under the Mines Inspection Act, 1901, have submitted to the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. H. Cann)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kit-bag Full of Diamonds. Wealth on a Tram Car
Mr. Hyman Barron is the luckiest man in Sydney (says the "Sun"). He absent-mindedly left a kit-bag containing diamond jewellery valued at nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Motor Ambulances. Working in France
Boulogne is now the British Hospital base, a city of hospitals, and the Australian voluntary hospital has been moved from St. Nazaire to Wimereux,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Works Tenders. Condobolin Railway Supplies. Sydney
The Public Works Department has accepted the following tenders for public works in New South Wales:— For the supply and delivery on trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand Railways. New Locomotives Ordered From U.S.A. Welington
Owing to deficiency in the haulage power on the railways the New Zealand Government has ordered ten Baldwin locomotives from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Willunga Railway. Built at Last
So far as the history of Willunga is concerned, "The Day" has arrived. The long-looked for railway to connect the southern town with Adelaide is an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fell From Tramcar. Young Girl's Death
The Acting City Coroner (Dr. R. S. Rogers) conducted an inquest at the Adelaide Police Court on Monday into circumstances surrounding the death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Many British Wounded. Brought by Train to Boulogne. Boulogne
Many British wounded are now arriving here. Forty motor-ambulances plied all night between the railway station and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Political Labor League. Meeting of Barrier District Assembly. the Tram Service. Guarding of Water Supplies
The ordinary general meeting of the B.D.A.P.L.L. was held in the Trades Hall on Monday night, when Mr. C. J. M'Allister occupied the chair (reports…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Entertainers. Raising Fund to Provide Motor Ambulance
There was a large attendance of persons of both sexes at the New Masonic Hall last night, when a meeting was held to make arrangements for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Attempted Murder. Afghan Charged in Adelaide. Inspector Refers to Picnic Train Tragedy. Adelaide
The case in.which Nattoo Khan, the Afghan was charged with having attempted to murder Florence Bagot Singh, by firing a revolver at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Railway Accidents What Would You Do?
In a porty of commercial travell[?] the question was recently propounded. "What would you do in case [?] a railway collision at full speed?"…
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