Deposer of Bridge
Mr. Oswald Crawfurd writes to the "Times" to declare that the time has come when Bridge, the disposer of Whist, must in turn [?]e deposed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
684 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 35
Record Engineering Feat. the Victoria Falls Bridge. Sir C. Metcalfe's Impressions
Sir Charles Metcalfe, the famous engineer, has just returned to this country from the scene of his latest triumph—a canon on the boundary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Coast Railway
A largely attended public meeting was held at Graiton, presided over by the Mayor, to advocate the Construction of the North coast railway. The following resolutions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Rates
Replies have been received by Mr. Groom. Minister of Home Affairs, from the various State Premiers with reference to the question of preferential rates on the railways, a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Electric Railway Collision
An electric express train, while travelling from Liverpool to Southport at the rate of 50 miles an hour, came into collision with an empty train at Hall-road Station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Free Pass. a Novel Case
A case was heard in the Summons Division of Sydney Central Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr Payton, S.M., in which Robert Davies,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railways. Last Year's Working Result
Mr. Chas. Oliver, the Chief railway Commissioner, responded to the toast of "The Railway Commissioners," which was proposed at the banquet of the Commercial Travellers' Association in Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railways. a Record Revenue
Mr Chas. Oliver, the Chief Railway Commissioner, responded to the toast of "The Railway Commissioners." which was proposed at the banquet of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Laying Poison Near Public Roads. (To the Editor of the Chronicle.)
Sir,—Will you kindly tell me through the columns of your paper whether it is legal to lay poison on a public road, and, if not so, at what distance on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways and Tramways
The Railway Commissioners' annual report shows that the earnings during the financial year ended June 30 were £247,603 in excess of those for the previous year, and that as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Furious Motoring
Mr. Soares has brought into the Commons a bill providing for furious motor-drivers a severer punishment than the present law allows. Under the existing Act there is no power to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Robbed in the Train. a Pathetic Suicide
A had story was told at the inquest concerning the death of the young woman Edith Alice Ball, whose suicide at Erskineville was reported in our…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narrabri-walgett Railway
A full special meeting of the Progress Association was held at Walgett at the School of Arts to urge on forthwith the continuation of the Narrabri-Walgett line. It was resolved, owing to the questions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smart Railway Theft a Cash-Box Stolen
Whilst a train was running between Williemstown and Melbourne late on Monday night, a box containing £40 in bank drafts. £300 in cheques, £15…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Potatoes and Motor-cars
"At the present moment," says Dr. T. Lamb Phipson, in " To-Day," "very strenuous efforts are taken to make the potato the prime agent of movement in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways and Debt
IT is passing strange that Australian railways, which possess a practical monopoly of the carrying trade between all the great centres of population…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Died in the Train. a Woman's Lonely End
On the arrival of the north-west mail train .at Newcastle on Wednesday night, one of the porters enterd a firstclass compartment, to collect the ticket…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railways. Last Year's Working
Mr. Chas. Oliver, the Chief Railway Commissioner, responded to the toast of " The Railway Commissioners," which was proposed at the banquet of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrabri-Walgett Railway
A full special meeting of the Progress Association was held at Walgett at tho School of Arts to urge on forthwith th'e continuation of the Narrabri-Walgett line. It was resolved, owing to the questions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railways. Last Year's Working Result
Mr. Chas. Oliver, the Chief Railway Commissioner, represented to the toast of "The Railway Commissioners," which was proposed at the banquet of the Commercial Travellers' Association in Sydney on…
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