Bishop's Bridge
The social promoted by Mr. E. Conn in aid of Sawyer's Gully Public School took place last Friday night in Mrs. O'Brien's ball, and was in every respect one of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
684 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 35
Bishop’s Bridge
A most enjoyable social dance was held, on the night of the 16th inst at O’Brien’s hall, Bishop’s Bridge. The social was promoted by Mr. E. Conn,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Duel in a Train
Mr. W. T. Eldridge, a well-known American capitalist, and former vice-president and general manager of the Cane Bolt Railway, shot and killed one Edward Calhoun, also a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked Train in Flames. Brave Rescue of Passengers
Three persons were killed and nine seriously injured by an accident which occurred on the morning of the 30th of March, on the railway line from Paris to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor-cars at Olympia. The Progress of the Industny In England
Early in 1895 the editor of the "Saturday Review" handed me the prospectus of the first French motor company, and considered it was worth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Gates. To the Editor of the Chronicle
SIR,—I see where you mention about the "Gate Crossing Nuisance." It is no new invention to try and do away with the gates, for repeatedly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian and Japan. Armies Compared. Both Equal. Railway Creeping Northward. Japanese Success. London, June 23
Russians at Kun-tu-ling, 50 miles south Chang-chan, Russia's principal advanced report that the opposing armies in Manchuria are now essentially equal. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster
The Chicago express, which is known as the Twentieth Century, Limited, found the switch at Monton locked. The engine left the track, and fell into a ditch. The first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mudgee Railway Extension. He Minister Favourable
A deputation representing the Mudgee Railway Extension League, accompanied by Messrs. Richards, Dick, Perry (Liverpool Plains), and Jessop, Ms.P., waited upon Mr. Lee, Minister of Works, on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Offences
It should be mentioned, in connection with the Markyate motor fatality, that the coroner's jury at Hemel Hempstead committed Rocco Cornalbas, Mr. Hildebrand…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Costly Motor-car. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A motor car, driver who ran into and knocked down a lady in Oxfordstreet, was to-day ordered, to pay a fine of £200 for the injuries the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Railway Accident. 33 People Killed and Injured. [By Cable.] London
The Chicago and New York express, while travelling at a speed of 70 miles an hour was struck at an open switch, at Mentor, Ohio, and was derailed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. Old Man Loses a Foot
An accident occurred at Bourke on Saturday night, after the arrival of the mail train. During shunting operations H. Burns, who was in charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Railway Tourist Bureau
The managers of the tourist bureau of the Railway Department are now obtaining all possible information of the attractions of all parts of the State through which the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Railway Line
The tunnels on the new Pelaw-Main to Minmi railway are completed, and the first locomotive passed through to-day. June 29…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reckless Motoring
MrV E. J. Soares (Liberal) introduced into the House of Commons last night a bill dealing with reckless motoring. The measure provisos for a fine of £20 or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Treatment of Tramps in France
The French peasant has the deepest respect for proprietorship. Against the vagabond, the tramp, the wanderer on the high road his hatred, instinctive, malevolent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Road
Attention is called by advertisement in another column to a notification in the Government Gazelle the 24th June, with respect to a proposed road through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Travelling Pawnshop. on a Motor-car
A travelling pawnshop (writes the New York correspondent of the "Dally "Telegraph"), consisting of a big red motor car adorned will three golden [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Scorching
The high speed of motor-cars continues to be a standing subject of question and debate in the House of Commons. Some of the newspapers have a permanent headline for motor tragedies…
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