Misconduct in a Train
Two young men named Joseph Sparkes and Alfred Lawrence to-day each fined £2 for misconducting themselves in a railway carriage by wilfully interfering with the comfort of passengers…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
458 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 23
Train Accident
An accident happened to the mail train from Sydney on Sunday night, which fortunately was not attended with any serious consequences, though it might easily have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News by Cable. London, Tuesday, a Railway Catastrophe
A terrifle explosion is reported from the under-ground railway in the city of London. The force of the explosion smashed a carriage, and injured many passengers. Some people entertain the…
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AT the Newtown Police Court on Monday two young men named Joseph Sparkes and Alfred Lawrence were proceeded against by Inspector Davies,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Railway Accident a Brave Girl Killed
A SAD railway accident happened at Cootamundra on Monday afternoon, by which Alice Maud Moore, aged 15, a daughter of a fettler, was killed. As…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Zthe Maitland Show and Railway Arrange
MENTS.—Everybody here is at a loss to know if there are special trains running form here to the Maitland Show, and if such is the case what is the hour that such trains take their departure from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local News. Dunolly Ford Road
The proposed deviation of the Dunolly Road does not seen to have the approval of all the residents in that locality, and consequence a public meeting is called…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Narrabri-Walgett Rail-way Project
We have received through Mr. J. Gillies, M.P for West Maitland, the following official report of te deputation which waited on the Minister of Works at Wee Waa on April 12:…
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After leaving Singleton station near midnight on Sunday the first division of the Brisbane mail train met with an accident just after passing the gates on the crossing of the Abbey Green road, when the…
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From to-day the following alterations are to be made in the railway passenger service. The 414 p.m. train to Sydney will leave five minutes earlier; the train to…
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The Argus of Wednesday writes: Mr. McMillan, an ex-Treasurer of New South Wales and chairman of the Finance Committee of the Convention, ex-presses a confident opinion that the proposed federal…
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A MEETING of settlers interested in the deviations proposed in the Dunolly Ford Road was held yesterday afternoon at the Ford, when the following…
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On the Dunolly side of the river a meeting was held yesterday afternoon to consider the position of those persons who have occasion to use the road across the river at the bottom of George-street as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Highest Bridge
The highest bridge of any bind in the world is said to be the Leo River Viaduct, on the Ante fagasta railway, in Bolivia, South America. The place where this highest railway structure has…
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We have received through Mr. ,T. Gillies, M.P. for West Maitland, the following official report of the deputation which waited on the Minister of Works at Wee Waa on April 12:—…
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The Melbourne Argus writes:—Mr. McMillan, an ex-Treasurer of New South Wales and chairman of the Finance Committee of the Convention, expresses a confident opinion that the proposed federal…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big Motor Car for W.A.
Up to the present time we have not been able (states the "Horseless Age") to record a successful attempt to build a motor car for the transport of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fatal Tram Accident
The jury at the inquest on the body of a boy named Samuel George, the victim of a tram accident in Pitt-street yesterday, returned a verdict of death form injuries accidentally received, and…
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A tram conductor named Matthew Williams, while attempting to remove a postbox from the Surrey Hills tramear just as it was leaving the yard, fell between it and the platform. Before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Repairs to Road. Public Works Department. Sydney, 29th April, 1807
Sir,—With refence to your letter of 13th inst., drawing attention to the urgent need for repairs to the road from the Groat Northern Road nt Rix's Crook, via Glonuie'a…
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