Railway Robberies. London, March 20
Detective Brooks, employed by the London and North-Western Railway Company, after having been found in possession of 31 skeleton keys, a jemmy, and a file for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
1,332 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 67
The North Coast Railway
Tender for the construction of the first suction of the North Coast railway from Maitland to Dungog were to .have closed to-day. The commencement of this important undertaking is being awaited with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North-coast Railway. Seven Tenders. Sydney
Two tenders were received for the manufacture, supply, unil delivery of stool bridges for West Maitland at Ookhnmpton Swamp and wallarobba and Tabbit Greeks, on the…
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The streets of Aberdeen are clean and firm and as a rule free of dust, on accounting of the very fine quality of grayel being used in their formation. Good gravel for the…
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We have been informed that Messrs. Carson Simpson are the lowetitendorers for the construction of the first section of the North Coast railway, with Messrs. Smith & Simms tender next lowest…
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A salient judgment on this most timely subject is the conclusion, quoted below, of Mr. Carnegie's article in the March "Century," entitled "My Experience with Railway Rates and Rebates."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Flooded Railway Line. Collarendebri to Walgett
THE mails and passengers are still being carried on trollies to Collarendebri East, no train having ran since the 13th ult. No goods are being carried,…
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In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last, Mr. Fleming asked the Colonial Treasurer,—(1) Is it a fact that there is a…
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John Woolfe, who was knocked down by a motor car on Monday, died in the Hospital this morning without having regained consciousness. William Kutnewsky, the motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall From a Mall Train. Child's Remarkable Escape
A child 6 years of age son of Mr John Saville, of Portland, New South Wales, fell out of the carriage attached to the mail train that ran from…
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The man John Wolfe, who was knocked down by a motor-car on Monday, died in the Hospital this morning, without having regained consciousness…
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The railway from Bloemfontein to Kimberley has been opened…
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A sensational railway collision occurred at an early hour this morning. A Parliamentary special train left the Central station for Harstville at 12 a.m. for the convenience of members of…
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What the Minister of Works had to Kay to two deputations which waited upon him in order to induce him to make grants for alleged needed works should be of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Hurled From a Train. Father Throws His Son Through a Window
The passengers in the second-class carriage of a train from Budapest to Assod, Austria, recently, were horrified to see a well-dressed man, who was…
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A salient judgment on this most timely subject is the conclusion, quoted below, of Mr. Carnegie's article in the March "Century," entitled "My Experience with Railway Rates and Rebates."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Destructive White Ant. Bores Through Tram Cables
The white ant has added to its reputation for destructiveness. It has been discovered that the insects are seriouslt damaging underground…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By Cable. London, April 11. Indian Train Wreckers
The trial of the ringleader and his accomplices is the sttempt on the train in which the Licu[?] Governor of Bengal, sir Andrew Fraser…
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THE strikes, the wreck, and the bar harbour troubles or the steamship people, show up once more the disabilities that farmers on the coastal rivers labour…
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Everybody does not find it so catty us the motoring heiress dit to got rid of her chauffeur. Asked by a friend how she managed to lose. her fascinating…
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