Railway Commission Report
Messrs. Kirkcaldie and Fehon when interviewed to-day in regard to the report of the commission on the Western coal contracts, said, they intended to reply to the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
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Chinese Railways
Merchants' Guild at Canton has re[?] strike owing to the taxation [?] the Viceroy for the Hankow rail[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Carriage Lights
Experiments are being made by the New South Wales Railway Commissioners in the matter of providing incandescent lights in the railway carriages. Gas of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways and Tramways
The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended 31st December., 1905, shows that the railway revenue for that period amounted to £1,179,752, compared…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway Earnings
Thanks to a good harvest and an increasing wool clip the railways are prospering. The net profit for the half year shows an increase of £289,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North Coast Railway
Between now and the re-assembling of Parliament it will be well for the advocates of the North Coast Railway to keep up a strong agitation against delay. The urgent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Railway
The profound disappointment of the people of the Northern rivers at the failure of Parliament to pass the North Coast Railway Bill last session found vent in a conference held at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Facilities. Newcastle v. SYDNEY
Further consideration was given by the Public Works Committee on Thursday to the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Mudgee to Cobborrah…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About Motor Cars
No event in the history of motoring has served to bring home to the public the gigantic industry that is springing, up with the advent of the automobile as the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners Mr. Knox's Resignation
The text of the letter written to the Premier by Sir E. W. Knox is as follows:—"I beg now to place in your hands the resignation of my…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Evolution of the Excursion Train
The story of the genesis-of railway excursion traffic by Mr. Thomas Cook has often been told. Suffice it to say, therefore, that himself an exponent of temperance principles,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Accident in Victoria
A very serious railway accident occurred to one of the Sunday excursion trains on the Gembrook line, Victoria. From Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook the line is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Train Accident. Eight People Injured
On Sunday afternoon last, a railway accident occurred to an excursion train on the narrow gauge line from Ferutree Gully to Gembrook (V.). The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal Railway Traffic
Great Britain and Portugal have agreed upon such a readjustment of railway rates on the Delagoa Bay line as will enable one-third of the Transvaal traffic to go by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wealth in a Tram-car. a Lucky Recovery
It is not every tram car passenger who casually leaves a bag containing nearly £1000 in notes and gold behind him on the seat when he leaps from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Fatality
A fatal accident is reported from Warialda railway station, the victim being Henry Sallaway, about 38 years of age, a resident of the locality. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Opening Railway to Muswellbrook
IT may interest some of our readers to know that the railway from Singleton to Muswellbrook was opened on May 19th, 1869, by the Governor, the Earl…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soudan Desert Railway
The Earl of Cromer, British Minister in Egypt, in the presence of many sheiks, yesterday opened the railway across the desert from Berber to Soudan, near Suakim,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Engine and Tram. a Sensational Accident
A sensational accident occurred late on Tuesday night in George-street, Sydney, between King and Market streets. A fire engine, whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thornton Railway Accident Inquest Concluded
The inquest into the circumstances of the death of James Pead, an enginedriver, who was fatally scalded by steam which suddenly escaped through…
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