The Motor Car
Mr Townshend informs us that he came in from Jerry's Plains yesterday morning in one hour and five minutes. The car still creates a mild sonsation occasionally…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
646 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 33
The Transvaal War. a Raiding Commando. Convoy Captured. Effects of the Proclamation. Railway Precautions. Capture of Boers at Megaliesberg. Further Arrests. Native Scouts Shot. Hotel Looted. Australian Casualties. London, Sept. 9
Three hundred Boers crossed the Orange River and entered the native territory near Hersehel (in the angle between the Orange River and Basutoland, and about 22 miles from Aliwal North). The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Tram Fatality
Amy Chatham, aged ten years, was crossing George-street, Camperdown, this morning behind a tram when another coming in an opposite direction knocked her down, killing her instantaneously. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Train Would Stop
A nervous passenger travelling to Killybege, in Donegal, was making anxious enquiries from various railway officials "if that train would be in such a place by a certain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. Colonel Rimington's Capture. Precautions Against Train-wrecking. the Commando in Natal. Additional Yeomanry. Casualties. London, Sept. 1
Colonel M. F. Rimington has captured Commandant Haasbroek's convoy of 40 waggons, and has expelled Commandant De Wet and Mr. Steyn from Reitz…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Tram Accident
An old-age pensioner named Robert Bennett was knoeked down by a tram this morning, sustaining concussion of the bruin and some severe abrasions. He was convoyed to the hospital in a very critical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Railway. The Minister Very Cautious. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A DEPUTATION- waited on the Minister for Works to-day and urged railway extension into the city. The Minister expressed his entire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer War. Colonel Remington's Capture. Precautions Against Train Wrecking. Additional [?]Man[?] London, Sept. 1
Colonel M. E. Remington has captured Commandant Hansbrok's convoy of 40 waggons and has expelled Commandant De Wet and Mr. Steyn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. Contraband of War. the Captured Train at Nelspoort. a Gallant Defence. a Nurse's Meritorious Service. Cape Colony Raiders. Boer Officers Surprised. London, Sept. 12
Commandant Scheepers is burning the houses of all who are serving in the Cape Colony Burgher Guards. The commando consists almost entirely of Cape recruits…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parkville. Railway Platform
THE matter of obtaining the services of an official at the Parkville platform, has been engaging the attention of the residents of this place for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Raiway Bridge
A gentleman complains that he was driving Mr Holden's pair of horses over the Railway Bridge yesterday, when a train came along and a serious accident was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Bishop's Bridge
The Progress Committee of this district held their usual monthly meeting on Tuesday, the 10th inst., there being a full attendance of members. The correspondence received consisted of letters from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →—THE—Muswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left for truth's defence, Sole dread of folly, vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee! but with honest zeal To rouse the henchman of the public weal. Saturday, Sept. 14. 1901. The Railway Rates
THE action of the Railway Commissioners in reducing railway rates on wool, especially when carried over long distances, is a welcome concession to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amusing Railway Ride in Lancashire
An amusing account of a trip from Garstang function tn Gaistang Town by the Garstang and Knott End Railway Company's train, is given by the fanciers' paper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Wool Rates. [COMMUNICATED.]
To demonstrate that those charge have been introduced with no other object than to divert the whole of the wool traffic direct to Sydney by rail, at the expense of Morpeth and Newcastle, it night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Railways
The Berlin financial houses are issuing 4 per cent. bonds, guaranteed by Russia, on behalf of taree Russian railways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extension of East Greta Coal Company's Railway. Development of Coal Mining
That there is a large field for enterprise in the coal mining industry in the immediate vicinity of West Maitland has been known for a considerable time, but it is only within recent years that any…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Motor Car
Two commercial travellers passed through Bombala on Wednesday morning with an eight-horse power motor car. They travelled from power…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Electric Tram Service The Whole Service Stops. [By Telegraph] Sydney
THE electric tram service througbout [?] city and suburbs has been temperarily stopped owing to the fire in the power house…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Builders
When the wind blows a gale and the mercury in the thermometer is on the down grade that's the time to ask a member of the Bridge men's and Housesmiths' union how he likes…
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