Mr. Fleming and the Railway Department
According to paragraphs and letters in the Sydney da[?]ies, Mr. Fleming, M.L.A., will be called upon to substantiate the statements made by him at Muswellbrook and Scone,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
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The Flying Machine. the Aerodrome
Mr W. E. Gar[?]tt Fisher writes in the London "Daily Mail":— The possibilities of human locomotion are advancing rapid[?]. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Orgy in a Train "Scotch Express" Case
For the second time the Clerkenwell magistrate listened yesterday to the story of some remarkable doings in the night express train from Scotland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Fatality. a Marchesa Killed
The Rome correspondent of the London "Dally Mail" wrote on 9th March:— Full details are now available of the tragic motor-car accident yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wide World. "New Terror to London." Motor Buses
"In the public interest." a gentleman sued the London Road Car Co. at West-minster County Court yesterday, a motor bus having jerked him off as he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Football. Sydney Railway v. Maitland Juniors
A Sydney Railway Junior team met a Maitland Junior representation team on the albion Ground this afternoon. The Sydney team played a very poor game, and the match resulted in an easy win…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists' Adventure. SINGLETON
A motor car party comprising Messrs. A. A. Dangar, of Baroona, P. H. Morton, of Sydney, O. G. Morton, of Singleton, and Herbert Garrett, of Sydney, met with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Train Delayed
The Brisbane mail train, which is timed to reach Weet Maitland at two minutes to seven o'clock, did not arrive till long after that hour this morning being 3 hours 53 minutes late. The train was…
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For some time past empty houses in the vicinity of Kensington and Randwick have been entered and stripped of the gas fittings, copper, and brass…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. Cheap Excursion Train
A special cheap excursion train, from Sydney to northern and north-western line stations passed through West Maitland last evening at 6.35, when a number of excursionists joined the train, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A "Bridge" Story
A curious bridge story is going the round of the clubs. At a well-known club in London four men had just finished a rubber when a member,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children of the Road. Misery of Life on Tramp
There are a good many children in Australia who accompany their fathers "on the road," but they are the children of carriers and trappers,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Bulldog in a Railway Carriage
Lord charles Hamilton used to go about Naples attended by n large ferocious bulldog. Having decided upon going to Rome, ho proceeded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Band at Dunolly Bridge
The Rix's Creek Band will play a programme of music at above bridge to-morrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Collection…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. Wattagan-laguna Road. [To the Editor]
Sir—I wish to refer to a letter of the 4th May from the Department of Public Works, enclosing a statement of certain information asked for by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Why Railways Do Not Pay Better. a Serious Question
One in the Secret" contributes to "Chambers's Journal" an article containing some rather striking statements on the causes of the low dividends paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A London Tramp. Some Dignity Left
" A writer in the "Westminster Gazette" observes, half satirically:— Policemen looked after him as he slouched past, with his blue lands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Very Latest. London, Sunday afternoon. Tram Car Collision
The driver of an electric tram car filled with passengers, losing control of the machinery, the car crashed, at the rate of 60 miles an hour, into a mourning' hearse and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Porter's Narrow Escape. Fall Between Platform and Train
Reginald Woodcroft, a porter at the Cooma railway station, had a marvellous escape from death on Friday afternoon. He booked a parcel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Collision. Passengers Injured
A tram collision occurred at a late hour on Saturday night at the foot of Young-street Circular Quay. While proceeding down the Young-street hill,…
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