Road Work
Tenders are invited by advertisement in another column for work on the Blandford to Timor Road, including the erection of a first-class culvert. Tenders close on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
940 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 47
"A Hard Road to Travel."
"This is a hard road to travel," said an aged tramp at Gungal on Saturday afternoon last; and when, in answer to a request for some bread, he was handed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Development of the Motor
These diagrams indicate the remarkable increase in the power and speed of racing cars that has taken place since 1894. At that date the average speed was only 12 miles per hour, while in the recent Paris-Madrid race it was 65, and the horse-power has risen in the same period from 4-h-p. to 9O-h-p. Owing to the keen competition, manufacturers have spent enormous sums to attain this result…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Bishop on "Bridge."
Preaching at Simla recently, the Bishop of Lahore chose for, his subject the evils of card-playing for money, and severely attacked the, gambling which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fall From an Express. Little Girl Alights from a Flying Train
As an express train was dashing through Elste[?]wick (Vic.) station, those standing on the platform were horrified to see the door of one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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 9 →Mudgee to Cobborah Railway
Further consideration was given by the Public Works Committee on Thursday, to the expediency of constructing a line of rail way from Mudgee to Cobborah…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scene at a Railway Station a Free Fight
A free fight occurred at the Casterton (Vic.) railway station on Wednesday morning. A number of racing cyclists wished to proceed with their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Knocked Down by a Tram Narrow Escape from Death
A woman named Ellen Edwards and her three-year-old son had a narrow escape, from being run over by a [?] near Redfern railway station on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train-warning Device
Much interest has already been arousal in Germany by the success of an apparatus for preventing rail-road accidents. The experiments were made on a specially prepared…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Air Warships v. Land Motor Batteries
Like a glance into the future by Jules Verne has been the work of the balloon and automobile corps of the French army in their recent field manocuvres. High in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wybong Road Accident
Mrs. W. Buttle, who mm with a serious accident, as previously reported, was throws out of the sulky in which she was being driven, owing to the horse in the vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Railway Collision
'A goods train escaped into a siding descended a slope on the Rockies. The train collided with a passenger train bound from Helena to Montana. The carriages caught…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor Omnibus An Unsuccessful Speculation
The advent of the motor ommbus has not been a success under the management of the Railway Commissioners. The buses have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at the Railway Station
Whilst a young man named Thomas Hill, in the employ of Mr. J. M. Campbell, of St. Heliers, was unloading hay at the local railway station on Wednesday, he slipped and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Water Trough at the Scone Railway Station. Cost of Its Erection
THE Hon. Secretary of the Gaudy Progress Association, Mr. W. T. Sen ward, informs us, by letter, that after writing to the Railway Commissioners for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster Train on Fire. LONDON
A goods train got beyond the control of the driver on a siding, and descended a slope of the Rocky Mountain at great speed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bishop's Wife Robbed. Lady Mary Glyn's Jewels Stolen From a Train
Lady Mary Glyn, the wife of the Bishop of Peterborough, has been the victim of a cleverly-planned robbery. The stolen gems were worth about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway to Collarendebri
It is announced that the Government intend to proceed with the railway from Burren Junction to Walgett and from Burren Junction towards Collarendebri. Tenders are to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Men and Arbitration
The railway men of Australia are now entitled by statute low to register their unions under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act. This is a particular privilege to them, as four of…
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