Cycling. Warrnambool Road Race
The great Dunlop Road Race from warrnambool to Melbourne, a distance of 185 miles, was decided on Saturday, but the weather was of a favourable nature…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
582 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 30
New Railway By-laws
ATTENTION is drawn to the fact that a number of amendments have been made in the railway by laws relating to the fares chargeable to public bodies,…
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WOOL.—The past week has been rather quiet in the local market, only a few transactions by private treaty having bean effected at prices which…
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The road from Bourke to North Bourke has just been added to the list of roads which come under the operation of the Main Roads Management Act, a measure passed…
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At the inquest at Melbourne on Thursday upon the body of a newlyborn female child which was found on the Brighton line last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vitadatio Bright's Disease. Conquered Again by Read what Mr. W. Mills has to say. Mandwrah Road. Fremantle
Dear Sir,—Having suffered from Disease of the Kidneys in an aggravated form, and having tries many so-called cures. I felt it my duty to inform you that after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Burglar Chased. Railway Porter Shot
On Friday evening a man was disturbed whilst tampering with the door of the Wah-gunyah Tea Rooms, in Collins-street, Mel-bourne. The supposed burglar promptly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Excursion Fares. Deputation From Newcastle
A deputation of residents of the Newcastle district was introduced to the Railway Commissioners by Mr. A, Edden, M.P., to ask that the rates previously existing for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railways of the United Kingdom
How many railway companies are there in the United Kingdom ?" would be a ques-tion which would "floor" most examinees, if set in a "general knowledge" paper…
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A number of important, amendments been made in the railway bylaws [?]ing to the also for special trains. A [?]erable change has been made in the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mew South Wales Railways. The Year's Operation
The report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ending 30th June, 1903, was made available on Wednesday. The report shows that tha…
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A number of residents held a meeting at the residence of Mr. Thomas Nichols, J.P., on the 25th instant, for the purpose of forming a Literary and Debating Society. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Tram Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A schoolboy named Claude Rogerson, residing at Sana Souci, who was accompanied by his older brother, and who was knocked down by a train at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Runaway Burglar. Shoots a Railway Porter
Considerable excitement took place in Collins and Elizabeth-streets, Melbourne, on Friday night. A burglar was disturbed at a shop in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Adventure. an Exciting Incident
Passengers who arrived at Sydney by Tuesday morning's express train from Melbourne gave a graphic account of an incident which occurred in the early hours of the morning,…
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Passengers who arrived at Sydney on Tuesday morning by the express train from Melbourne gave a graphic account of an incident which occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge over the Williams River at Dungog
The tenders recently received for the carrying oat of this work have been under consideration by the Department of Works, and acting on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late News by Cable. London, Thursday. Railway Disaster in Canada
A collision has occurred on the Grand Trunk Railway, near Richmond, in the United States. Fifteen persons were killed, and 25 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Liabilities
In the Full Court on Thursday, reserved judgment was delivered in the case in which William Taylor, Frederick Cox, and John M'Clure, trading as J. W. Gray and Co., sued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damages for Railway Smoke
On 24th May, 1886, a British florist obtained in a court of law a very large sum of money for damages done to his garden stock by the smoke of passing railway…
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