The New Railway Rates
The carriers in the Tamworth district are reported to be delighted at the advance in third-class rates for the carriage of goods on the railways. Mr…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
582 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 30
The War. Fighting in Manchuria. Further Russia Retreat. Army Under General Kuroki in Hot Pursuit. Menacing the Manchurian Railway. Another Japanese Army. Landing on the Liao-tung Peninsula. Co-operation of the Fleet. Difficulties of Russian Transport. London, May 6
Unofficial St. Petersburg telegrams state that the Russians have abandoned Feng-chuan-cheng. to which they retired when they were driven from the Yalu, and are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident. GOULBURN
A shocking accident occurred this morning on the railway line near Crookwell Junction. It appears that William O'Reilly, aged 10, was crossing the line in front…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Railway Rates. Important Alterations
A comparison of the new railway rates which came into force this week with the present rates shows that a number of very important alterations have been made. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Uniform Railway Gauges. Cost over £2,000,000
AMONG the matters which will receive consideration at the conference of Railway Commissioners now sitting in Sydney will be the much-discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electric Lighting on the Railways
The material for the electric lighting of the Melbourne express has just arrived, and it is expected that the cars will be equipped in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dunolly Bridge
The "Newcastle Herald" says :—"The Agent-General for New South Wales has been instructed to invite tenders, closing on the 30th June next, for the supply and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bridge & Co's Report
WOOL.—There has not been the same keen enquiry during the past week, buyers preferring to await the opening of the London wool sales on the 3rd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Tram Accident
A verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest on the body of the woman Jessie Meyer, who was run over by a tram last night and fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Railway Rates
IT is not at all surprising that the new scale of charges adopted by the Railway Commissioners for the carriage of goods on the railways have failed to give satisfaction. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Dalny Captured. Siege of Port Arthur. Miles of Railway Destroyed. London, May 9
The "Morning Post" reports that Dalny, the town of Ta-lien-wan, was captured by the Japanese on the 6th instant. Further particulars have been received of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Russian Railways Repaired. Japanese in Manchuria. Cossacks Raiding. London
General Kuropatkin, the Russian Commander in the Far East, telegraphs that the railways from Port Arthur have been re[?] by Colonel Spiridonoff in command of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About a Railway Ticket a Maitland Case. Sydney
The Full Court was engaged yesterday with a case in which Edgar Kauter was fined recently at the West Maitland Police Court for travelling on a transferred ticket to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"The Bridge-builders."
London-bridge is known to the whole civilised world. There is more traffic across it than passes over all the other Thames bridges in London added together. And the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Railway Rates
We are in receipt of a copy of the new Railway Rates Book just introduced by the Railway Commissioners, and which came into force on the 2nd instant. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Siberian Railway. the Latest Investigation
In the "Century Magazine" for April Mr. L. K. Davidson, F.R.G.S., United States court at Antung, Manchuria, writes thus on the Great Siberian railway:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident at Farley. a Carriage Derailed
AN accident of a sensational nature, but fortunately one unattended by very serious results, occurred to the Brisbane express on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway "Doctor."
Mr. J. Staats Forbes, a railway "doctor" chairman of the Chatham and Dover and other companies, and one of the last of railway pioneers, died in London at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Tickets
According to the Railway Commis sioners 150 million tram tickets are issued every year. They consider, therefore, that the privilege of…
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