The Maitland Tramway
Representations having been made to Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., concerning the urgent necessity of expediting the completion and opening of the Maitland tramway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
1,332 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 67
Through Siberia on a Motor Car. Adventures of Signor Scarfoglio
Signor Scarfoglio is now making fast progress in his Zust car in the Siberian plain on his way to Paris (says the London…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Private Railways
Though the policy of New South Wales [?] always been in the direction of State-owned railways and tramways, there are in the State 278 miles 47 chains of privately-owned line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anti-motorist League
Owing to the many recent accidents in various parts of England, and the difficulty experienced by the police in controlling motor cars, an Anti-Motorist League has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Very Latest Cables. London, Thursday afternoon. Motor Taxicabs
A number of prominent Australians have formed a syndicate for the purpose of placing motor taxicabs in Australia, commencing in the city of Melbourne. The necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Furious Motorists. Police on Motocycles, the Anti-speed Squad
Motocycles will be used by the police department to run down speeding chauffeurs (says the Chicago "Inter-Ocean" of 3rd May). Chief Shippy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road-Making Plant
The Shire Council decided yesterday to purchase a road-making plant, consisting of traction engine, stone crusher, road grader, and the necessary trucks for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Baby Thrown From a Train. Woman Committed for Trial
The Orange coroner concluded an inquiry on Thursday into the circumstances surrounding the death of a newly-born male child found near the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Furious Motorists. Police on Motocycles. the Anti-speed Squad
Motocycles will be used by the police department to run down speeding chauffeurs (says the Chicago "InterOcean" of 3rd May). Chief Shippy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Fatality
The Coroner for the district (Mr. H. Finchin, J.P.), held an inquiry on Friday afternoon, touching the death of the man whose remains were found on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Tramway
Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., has handed to Mr. Frank Ward, secretary of the Maitland Tramway League, a communication received from the Public Works Department with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Railway Camps. United Church Gathering
A meeting was held in St. Mary's Parish Hall on Friday to consider ways and means for providing for the religious and social needs of the people in the North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lesson of the Tram Strike. Liberal and Reform Association on the Situation
The Sydney tram strike is over. Nothing in its life became it as the suddenness of its decease. The bamboozled men cried, "We are betrayed," and scuttled off to be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Car Fatalities. London, Aug. 4
A 90-horse-power Napier motor car won the 30 miles speed race at Brooklands, travelling at the rate of 101 1/2 miles an hour—a record. The 75-horse-power Mercedes car…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Railway Fatality SINGLETON
Early this morning a gang of railway men came across the remains of a man on the Great Northern Line, a little over a quarter of a mile above the Gowrie railway gates, Singleton. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Greta Railways. Resumption Urged. Sydney
A deputation to-day interviewed the Minister of Works to urge the Government to resume the last Greta and Aberdare Railway. There were present, besides Messrs. Charlton, Graham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Social Gossip an Idle Woman's Letter. Sydney, August 5, 1908. Few Trams—much Rain
[?] Madge,—[?] are only slowly recovering from the state [?] that we were thown into last week. It [?] hardly to be credited that an entire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Taxicars. (By Cable). London
A syndicate has been formed by a number of prominent Australians to introduce motor taxicabs in Australia, commencing with the city of Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dismissed Tramway Men. (By Telegraph). Sydney
It is reported that the Railway Commissioners have practically decided, in order to allay discontent among the dismissed tramway men, to draft a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anti-motorist League. (By Cable). London
An anti-motorist league has been formed in England to check reckless driving…
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