Holiday Railway Traffic
The total revenue received at the railway booking-office for the Christmas and New Year holiday season amounts to about £2000, showing a slight decrease on last year…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
439 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 22
Motor Versus Train
Two well-known motorists, Mesrs. H. B. James and C. B. Kellow of Melbourne, made an unsuccessful attempt to beat the Melbourne-Sydney express…
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A man named John Charles Roberts, 34, jumped from a through train from Parramatta to Sydney near the Petersham station on Monday, and sustained such injuries that he died soon afterwards…
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Albury, Saturday. —H. B. James and C. B. Kellow, motorists, arrived at Albury at 2 a.m. to-day, resuming the journey 20 minutes later. They left…
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Mr. Bell, M.P., secretary of the Amalgamated Railway Servants' Association, speaking on behalf of railway men, complains that the London and North Western Railway Company is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some Emotions in a Motor the Maniac Chauffeur
Frances Campbell writes in the "Westminster Gazette" of 9th November:-- It was shortly after my return to England -- and I had been away ten…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Killed by a Tram
When the 12.20 tram from Balmain was crossing from Rozelle this morning the driver suddenly discerned the form of a man lying on the track. Before the tram…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cable News. Conquest of the Air. a Successful Aeroplane. London, Jan. 14
Mr. Henry Farman, an Englishman, has won the Deutsch Archdeasoon prize of 50,000 francs (£2000) offered under conditions for the best performance by an aeroplane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Escape of Railway Premises
The railway refreshment room's and station buildings at Werris Creek narrowly escaped destruction by fire last night, but the flames, were promptly extinguished by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death on a Motor Car. the Chauffeur Expires
Realising on 14th November that he was losing consciousness, and that the steering wheel, of the motor-car which he was driving was out of his control,…
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In the loco department of the railways the following changes have, it is understood, been made:— Mr. Close, who has been for several years loco inspector for the metropolitan division, is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[Reuter's Telegrams.] London, Monday. Tram Collision
A collision between electric trams in Paris injured 37 people. Theft of a Tiara. George Flynn, a footman, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Motor Car Accident
A serious motor car accident occurred at Bowral last night. Sergeant Nowlan, of Sydney, who was absent on holidays, sustained concussion of the brain, and is now…
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IT is a difficult at a municipal election to separate the good from the bad in other words for the voters to [?] a specific action of a retiring alderman by crossing his name off the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horse That Stood Still. Strange London Scene. Road Blocked for Two Hours
The typical American mule had a rival on September 20th, in a case of a horse at Charing Cross, which for pure "cussedness" in staying power could…
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Brussels, 10th November.-- Two serious motor-car accidents occurred in Brussels to-day, one already having proved fatal, and the other,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Olympic Motor Show. Opened by the Duke of Connaught
The opening of the Motor Show at Olympia this morning (11th November) by the Duke of Connaught was a purely informal affair, and there were no…
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Recently the Railway Institute, at the suggestion of Mr. Superintendent Milne, of the Western Division, promoted a competition among juniors in the traffic branch, as…
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A carriage in an excursion train from Wollongong left the rails near Stanwell Park on Saturday. It bumped for half a mile, finally overturning. A man named…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Riviera Tragedy Lady Motorist Killed. She Turns Her Head
From Cannes [?]nuary 28th a correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" writes:--A party of English automobilists met…
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