The Railway Suicide
IT has transpired that the swagman who committed suicide on the railway line on Wednesday was not Lauretz Gunderson, as was at first reported…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
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Railway Development
There are not many people who will defend the statement that the whole of the railways of this colony have been constructed so as to give the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Travelling. a Flying Observatory
Not unduly has the beauty of Victorian scenery been extolled by observant railway travellers. Following on favourable weather conditions, its sun-tipped hilla, green fields and valleys, present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Sir Willinm Van Home, K.C.M.G., president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, is making arrangements for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to supply a railway and steamer route…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Ryde-Singleton Railway
At the last meeting of the Ryde Council Alderman Redshaw spoke on the advisability of moving in the matter of having the proposed. Singleton railway constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Grievances at Moree. Moree
An enthusiastic public meeting was held last night for the purpose of ventilating a number of railway grievances, including the crude and inadequate accommodation provided locally by the Railway…
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After being postponed for a fortnight on account of the inclemency of the weather, the B. B. Cricket Club's social came of on Friday night, 8th inst. The spacious hall (so generously placed at the club's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Contracts
We would direct attention to an advertisement which appears in another column inviting tenders for certain road works in this district, tender for which close on Tuesday…
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The Singleton public should not forget that the great circus, proprietored by Fitzgerald Brothers, is billed to play here on Monday night next. They Trill only…
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The road race arranged by the Maitland Bicycle Club for the month of September took place yesterday afternoon, an aroused considerable interest amongst the local wheelman. The course was from…
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Mr C. H. Dight, M. P., has received the following letter from the Public Works Department:— "With reference to the communication forwarded by you from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Grievances at Moree. Moree
An enthusiastic public, meeting was held last night for the purpose of ventilating a number of railway grievances, including the crude and inadequate accommodation provided locally by the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Peculiar Railway Accident
The express from Manchester, due to pass through Greetland station shortly before 1 a.m on Aug. 2,met with a singular accident. Just as the train entered the station, at a rate of about 40 miles an hour, one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Travelling. a Flying Observatory
Not unduly has the beauty of Victorian scenery been extolled by observant railway traveller. Following on favourable weather conditions, its sun-tipped hills, green fields and valleys, present,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sale of the Railway Hotel
We feel sure that the majority of our readers will be sorry to learn that the well-known and highly respected host of the Railway Hotel, Mr. J. McNully, is about to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Fatality. Stationmaster Killed at Brisbane
A FATAL accident occurred at the Branswick-street Railway Station, the first station from the Brisbane Central Station, on the North Coast line, on…
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A lamp in a synagogue at Lentschitz, Poland, upset whilst the building was crowded, and 32 women and children were trampled to death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wee Waa. Meeting of the Railway League
About forty members of the Who Wee Railway League met at the School of Arts on Saturday evening. Mr. Brennan presided, and it was decided to at once attack the Minister of Works…
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THE Minister for Works has instructed men to be sent at once to work on the Byreek-Brewarrina line. It is expected that between 200 and 300 men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bicycle Road Race
THERE was a good muster of townspeople present on Saturday afternoon to see the start and finish of the bicycle road race got up under the…
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