Railway Refreshment Room
Mr Ballard has again secured the le[?] of the Singleton Railway Refershment Rooms. Mr Ballnrd has now had an unbroken record here extending over 15…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1901
646 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 33
Latest Sews by Wire. Sydney. Fatal Accident at Eveleigh Railway Workshop
A man named Thos. Layton, employed at the Eveleigh railway workshop, met his death to-day through an accident in connection with some machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Northern Railways
Dr. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of the Times, reports that Russia is preparing to restore the Shan-bai-kwan railway to the Chinese, provided her outlay on it is reimbursed and that no foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Road Monster
Creaking, squeaking, grumbling, grinding, Smoke and dust together blinding, Rumbling, grumbling, groaning, pumping, Slowly, surely, bumping, thumping—Comes the traction…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Tramcar Episode
Red-faced, wild-eyed, perspiring as though he were working at a coke oven, his clothes fluttering in dirty ribbons, and his language such as to cause the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South African Railways
American firms have received contracts for the equipment of hundreds of miles of narrow-gauge railway in Cape Colony, and for the construction of twenty-nine locomotives and ten thousand tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Collision with a Tram
A collission occurred this morning between an electric tram and a cab in George-street. The driver of the latter, Michael Hogan, was thrown from his seat and received a couple of severe scalp wounds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramway Employes
A prominent tramway man says the employes want eight hours and will take every reasonable means of getting it, but adds emphatically that there will be no strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramway Employees
A deputation of the tramway employees accompanied by twenty three members of Parliament waited on the Treasurer and Minister of Railways to-day in advocacy of the eight-hours principle being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Hours Per Day. The Tram way Men want it. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
IN connection with the demand of the tramway officials for eight hours work per day, the men are waiting to see what the Government will do…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cab and Tram. The Cab-Driver gets the Worse. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A CAB and tram collision took place in George-street this morning. The driver of the cab, Michael Gegan was seriously injured, receiving a couple…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. General Botha's Retreat. Escape of Boers. Difficulties of the Roads. More Irregular English Troops. Australian Casualties. London, Oct. 15
The British have occupied Piet Retief, 60 miles north of Vryhoid. The main portion of General Botha's force is in the Pongola Bush. Many of the Roers have evaded the British cordon. Small parties…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Bad Road. To the' Editor of the Singleton Argus
SIR,—I would like to draw the attention of the Council to the condition of Castlereagh-street. In consequence of the gravelling of York-street, all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tube Railways
The capital of the proposed tube railways for London, for which lulls will be introduced in Parliament in the next session, is £50,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conveyance of Sheep. More Railway Accommodation
A deputation, representing the Homebush selling agents waited upon the Railway Commissioners on Tuesday to ask that further provision should be made for the supply of trucks for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Coast Railway Proposal
A large and representative deputation interviewed the Government to-day in advocacy of the North Coast railway. The Premier said the Government would take the carliest opportunity of referring the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramway Employees
THE tramway employees are agitating for the eight-hour day. They have approached the Railway Commissioners on the subject, and quoted to them a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dunolly Bridge
Mr C. H. Dight. M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary for Public Works:— "The Minister has directed that an amount sufficient for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A North Coast Railway. Deputation to Ministers
The Premier, the Minister of Works, and Messrs. Hayes and Bennett, honorary members of the State Cabinet, received a very large deputation in the Executive Council Chamber on Thursday from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →