Progress of Motor Industry
Last month the huge building known as Olympia was filled with all kinds of appliances and machinery relating to electricity. It was a wonderful exhibition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1906
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Russian Revolution Revolution Fails. Rebels Wreck a Train. LONDON
The revolutionary at St. Petersburg have( issued a manifesto, admitting the failure of the risings, and stating that they have decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality
The six-year-old on of Mr. Jehn T. Wale[?] railway [?] at Spring [?] was killed on Tuesday afternoon. The first division of the [?] passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Passenger Traffic
By tho 7.10. ajn. train from. Singleton, on New Tears day, 321 passengers booked for Newcastle, the train fares amounting to £63 7s lid. On the corresponding day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Official Changes
Among the changes in the Railway Department, Mr J. A. Webb, electrician, stationed at Singleton for the Murrurundi and Maitland section, has been transferred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Returns
The railway returns for the six months ending 31st December, 1905, show an improvement of over Alt+0163250,000 as compared with the last half of 1904…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moree to Mungindi Railway
A deputation waited on Mr. Lee, the Minister of Works, on Thursday, to urge that the matter of the construction of a railway from Moree to Mungindi be referred to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Important Road Work
Consequent on the opening up of the South Maitland Coalfield and the gradual settlement there of a large population, the Government has found it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grant for Road. Public Works Department,. Sydney, 2nd January, 1906
Sir,-With reference to the application forwarded by Mr E. G. W. Tyrrell, of Pokolbin, for the improvement of the road from the Black Creek Pokol…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Widden Creek Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 2nd January, 1906
Sir,-With further reference to your letter dated 21st September last, forwarding a petition signed by J. W. Thompson, A. P. Thompson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Moree to Mungindi Railway
A deputation waited on Mr. Lee, the Minister of Works, on Thursday, to urge that theo matter of the construction of a railway from Moree to Mungindi be referred to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Steam Fire Engines
Last year a powerful motor steam fire engine of Messrs, Merryweather and Sons' "Fire King" pattern was supplied to the London Fine Brigade. This machine has done good service, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Progress of Motor Industry
"Last month the huge building known as Olympia was filled with all kinds of appliances and machinery relating to electricity. It was a wonderful exhibition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wrecking of Railways. LONDON
The Russian "revolutionists continue to wreck trains and railways, and there are many casualties. One hundred engine drivers have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accidents. No One Seriously Hurt
While a passenger express was running from Warrnambool to Koroit (Vic.)on Wednesday night the springs of a truck broke, and the body of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Topics of the Day. Effects of Motoring
An attendant in a large insane asylumn had been conducting a party of visitors through the institution. "Now," he said, "having been through all of the most interesting parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bees in a Railway Carriage. Amusing Incident
The "Globe" correspondent at Berlin says that a delightful comical episode has taken, place on the railway between Papenburg and Meppen hi Hanover. An enthusiastic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supplying Railway Stock Waggons
Regarding this matter, which was engaged his attention,Mr.John Gillies, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Railway Commissioners:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Struggle for Life In Front of a Train
A terrible story of a desperate struggle for life in the case of a man who was held by the heels in a trap whilst a railway truck was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wanton Slaughter. Wholesale Dismissals on Railways LONDON, Saturday Afternoon
Russian Liberal organs unanimously declare that Admiral Dub[?] soff, the Governor General of Mostcow, permitted wanton slaughter…
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