Dead Infant Found. Thrown Out of a Train
A lad named Richard Buttle, residing at Bloomfield, was out rabbit trapping on Thursday morning, when he found the body of a newly-born male infant,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
1,332 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 67
Train "Held Up" by Boys. Passengers Forced to Give Up Their Purses
Three schoolboys, their brains teeming with lawless schemes of adventure as the result of much reading of exciting literature, succeeded in "holding up" a Great Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The North Coast Railway
THOSE who are sincere in their desire to have land settlement successfully carried out, and to see the resources of the North Coast districts adequately…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tramway Grievance
No further developments are likely to occur in connection with the men's grievances until Tuesday next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Changes
Mr. Herbert Carey-Smith, who for the past nine months has been acting as assistant shunter and porter at West Maitland, has been promoted to Farley, where he will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Coalmines. Weston. Railway Resumption
A meeting of the delegates of South Maitland District Progress Associations appointed in connection with the proposed resumption of the East Greta and Aberdare…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Signalmen's Claims
[?] Master of the Rolls has upheld the Great [?]ern Railway signalmen's claim to submit, [?] conciliation board the items of the na[?]l programme prepared at the Birmingham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway. Progress of the Work
Though the contractors for the construction of the first section of the North Coast railway, stretching between Maitland and Dungog, the contract price for which is just on £300,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat at Railway Stations
The following is the official return of the quantity of wheat stacked at different stations in New South Wales for the week ended July 4:—Stockinbingal 11,908…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →State Railways
The members of the Liberal party have lately formed at Railway Nationalisation Society, "for the purpose of educating the public mind on State ownership." Their…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sydney Tramway Crisis. Secret Service Work Denounced
The tramway conductors of Sydney are up in arms against the methods of the department in detecting dishonesty in the sale of tickets. A special…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW Railway WANTED. Gilgandra to Curlewis
Mr Trefle, M L. A., introduced to the Minister for Public Works on Thursday afternoon a large deputation, which asked that the question of constructing a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramway Troubles. Deputation to Commissioner. (By Telegraph). Sydney
The Chief Railway Commissioner, urged to receive a deputation this week in connection with the tramway trouble, said that it was impossible for him to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Famous Train
There is a fascination about express trains that is not confined merely to those who travel in them. In a late number of "Pearson's Magazine" is contained an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Conductor's Appeal
The Appeal Board this morning dismissed the appeal of a tram conductor, who was recently dismissed. This conductor's case was actively taken up by his colleagues…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Extension
A combined meeting of the Stanford-Merthyr and Pelaw-Main Progress Association was held yesterday morning. Alderman Taylor and Mr. Ward,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Bridge
For some time the decking of the Singleton Railway Bridge has been in an unsatisfactory condition, and in the portion allotted to equestrian or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Councils and Roads
A case of considerable interest to shire, councils came before the Parkes Bench last week when J. S. Plowman was summoned by the Goobang Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Brisbane Mail Train
THROUGH Mr. R. A. Price, M.L.A., who has been endeavoring to induce the Railway Commissioners to have the Brisbane mail train timed to stop at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cow Killed on the Railway
A valuable milch cow, belonging to Mr. Thompson, railway stationmaster at Church-street, strayed on the railway line last night through the slip-rails of the paddock in which the animal was kept…
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