Railway Mishap
Considerable excitement was caused at Lyttelton (N.Z.) on Tuesday, evening (by the behaviour of the express from the south. Instead of pulling up,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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By Motor Car to the South Pole. British Expedition to Start in October
A new British South Polar oxpedition will leave England in October next under the command of its organiser, Mr E. H. Shackleton…
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Mr J. Harpor, Chief Traffic Mannger of the New South Wales Railways, and Mr Fraser, Chief Engineer, visited Dungog on Monday for the purpose…
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There has been an unusually large influx of country visitors to Sydney during the post week, and the returns of the Railway Department indicate…
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Whilst in Sydney last week Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., interviewed the Minister of Works with regard to the Maitland tramway, with the view of ascertaining when it was likely a start would be…
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The express from New Orleans to San Francisco became derailed at Colton, 58 miles oust of Los Angeles, California. Sixty people wore killed, and 100 injured, many…
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Compared with last year there was an increased passenger traffic on the railway from West Maitland during the holiday season extending from March 23 to the 1st instant. Last…
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Sir,—Referring to your letter of the 11th instant, in regard to the site proposed for the new railway station at Dungog, and pointing out difficulties in regard to access to the…
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[?] electric tramcar from Wallington to [?] was turning a corner at excessive [?] and overturned. Fifty-four people [?] injured. Two people have since died…
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The tender of MeBire. W. Murphy and J. Taylor, of Morpeth, for the construction of a composite truss bridge ever the Gwydir River at Pallamallawa, on the road Pallamallawa re Biniguy Railway Station…
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Two persons have been killed and three injured by a collision between a train and motor-car, near Avignon, in France…
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An attempt to wreck, the passenger train from Sydney was matle last night. After leaving Womblana platform near Millthore the engine struck an obstacle, and on…
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A "Government Gazette" was issued to-day dissolving the present Railway Commission and appointing now Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Wire. Press Association. Sydney. New, Railway Commissioned
Mr. J. R. Johnson, the new Chief Railway Commissioner, arrived in Sydney to-day the Melbourne express, and was condiall welcomed by a number of leading railway…
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There has been an unusually influx of country visitors to Sydney during the past week, and the returns of the Railway Department indicate…
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From Paris, the correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" wrote on 10th January:— Details are now to hand concerning an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deadly Tram Rides. How Public Vehicles Disease
If tit were possible to tabulate statistics of the cases in which the cause of disease, and eventual death, may safely be attributed to riding in…
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From Berlin on 6th January, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" While the King of Saxony and his suite were driving to a shooting party…
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Town improvements are being effected on the Mount View Road. This locality is going ahead—like the Pokolbin road. Before the year…
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The annual meeting of the above association will be held at Mrs. O'Brien's on Monday, 22nd instant. Nominations for the executive must be in the hands of the…
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