The Tramway Inquiry
The inquiry as to the efficiency of the magnetic brake in use on the King-street tramway line, Sydney, was opened on Monday. Mr Chas…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
940 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 47
Serious Tram Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
This afternoon a man was run down by a tram in Castleraegh-street, near Bathn[?]st-street. Screw-jack had to be used to life the man from under…
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Mr. J. Gillies, M.P., interviewed the Railway Commissioners ia Sydney yesterday, on the question of the erection of a high-level bridge on the Pitnncreo-road, at the East Maitland railway…
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A motor accident that might have been attended with serious results happened to the Rev. E. F. Waddy on Friday evening last. It appears that he was returning to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Contracts. Premier 'And Commissioners
Mr. Carruthers the Premier, laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last evening papers relating to the contract for the supply of a million dog-spikes to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Roads. Maitland to Cessnock, Via Kurri Kurri
Travellers to Cessnock via Kurri Kurri find a good gravelled road as far as Weston, with the exception of a sandy patch of a few chains in length just at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Road Agent. a True Story
A Western stage coach in which were six men of us had been held up by a single robber, and all of us plundered. When he had finished his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wattagan-laguna Road. [To the Editor]
Sir,—I have been a traveller on the Wattagan Road for years, and consider it is used more than any other road in the district. Without that road where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr Poskitt's Purchase. a Motor Car
Mr J. S. Fletcher writes in the "Daily Mail":— "It's no use denying it, Martin," said Mrs Poskitt, as she watched her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Brakes Inquiry
The report of the board of experts appointed to inquire respecting the allegations made by tramway employees as in the unrelibility of the magnetic brakes is an Witnesses published before inquiry commenced and their evidence given at the investigation, the board state that the most important cause in connection with the…
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On the 17th May last, a deputation comprising members of Parliament, waited upon. Mr. Carruthers, the State Premier to draw attention to the severity of the eyesight and…
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Mr. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has received word from the Public Work a Department that the Minister has approved of the sum of £90 for expenditure on the improvement of the above road being noted for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. Glenarvon Road
'At the instance of 'Messrs. James Moylan and James Ferris, who requested him to endeavour to have the Glenarovn-road put in a proper state of repair prior to the…
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The Japanese Government is purchasing railways for 260,000,000 yen (£26,000,000), and a bonus of 5 per cent., payable within five years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Junee. Suicide of a Railway Official
As the train from Hay connecting with the up express was approaching Marrar Railway station between 11 and 12 o'clock on Saturday night, the driver several times…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Train Collision
Passenger and freight trains collided in [?] Carolina, killing 23 people, mostly [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Troubles Petition to Parliament
It is proposed, now that the president of the Tramway Employees' Union has been unsuccessful in the contest for the Surry Hills seat in the…
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Mechanical aids to locomotion are gradually replacing the more natural, and many business and professional men are finding motor-cars useful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Topics Op the Day. Cape to Cairo Railway
A cables was received by the British South Africa Company recently stating that the railway reached Broken Hill on Monday. This point in 374 miles from the Victoria…
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