A Tramway Accident. Boy Recovers £1200
In the Supreme Court, Hobart, on Saturday the hearing of the claim of John Lowric, 15 years (through his father), to recover £2000 damages from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
1,332 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 50 of 67
Bicycle Road Race
A bicycle road race, promoted by the employees of Messrs. James Kerr and Sons, Compton and Sheedy, and Wolfe and Co., took place this afternoon. The course was from the Long…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Road to Antiene Railway Platform. To the Editor of the Chronicle
SIR,—I crave space in your columns re the road to Antiene platform through Bowman's paddock. It is now over three years since the road was asked to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Railway Wanted. Boggabilla to Moree
The Minister for Works has received, through Mr G. A. Jones, M.L.A., a communication from Mr W. Avery, hon. secretary to the Boggabilla Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Property Not Ratable. Interesting Case at Murrurundi
A case of considerable importance was heard in the Small Debts Court at Murrurnndi on Tuesday. The Municipal Council took, proceedings for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North-Western Mail Train
A good deal of opposition, is being shown to the proposal to alter the running of the North-Western mail train. The suggestion before the Commissioners is to change the time of starting from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Wages Board
The first meeting of the Tramway Wages Board was held to-day, under the presidency of Judge Street. The Railway Commissioners and the tramway employees' selected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tenterfield-casino Railway Immediate Construction Urged
At a well-attended meeting of the Teter-field Railway League, the following resolutions were carried:—1. "That the league, whilst in entire sympathy with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Railway Navvies
Two hundred Bulgarians earning 6s 8d a day on the Ontario Government railway struck for 7s 4d a day, because those who are destitute had been ordered to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Fremantle. Motor Car and Train
A car driven by a man named Harvey, carrying Mrs. Elliot and child from a polling: booth to their home, collided with a passenger train from Fremantle at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →North-western Mail Train
A good deal of opposition is being shown to the proposal to alter the running of the North-western main train. The suggestion before the commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Fatality. a Wright Machine Falls. London, Sept. 18
During trials for Government purposes at Fort Myers, Virginia, an accident, with fatal results, occurred to a Wright aeroplane. Orville Wright was managing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Difference of Opinion About a Road
Some of the residents of Antienne, about 10 miles from Muswellbrook, speak very strongly about the course of the road proposed for their immediate use by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Property Not Ratable. Interesting Case at Murrurundi
A case of considerable importance was beard in the Small Debts Court a Murrurundi on Tuesday. The Municipal Council took proceedings for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destruction of Zeppelin Airship. Motor Explosion in a Storm
The voyage of Zeppelin, No. 4, which began on Tuesday with such bright omens of success, terminated in tragic disaster. The great airship, after a short stop on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Amalgamation
Investors in British railways are having a bad time. The trade depression is increasing, and, speaking generally, goods traffic is declining on every railway. But the chief causes of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway to Boggabilla
Mr. G. A. Jones. M.L.A., has presented to the Minister of Works a communication which he has received from the hon. secretary of the Boggabilla Railway League, in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Spielers' Systermtic Work. Periodical Railway Tickets
The spieler and confidence man are always with us but their methods to trap the unsuspecting are constantly changing. The story of the rich uncle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Railway Wanted
A deputation urged upon the Minister for Works on Thursday the construction of a railway from Bathurst to Burraga. Mr. Lee promised to have the line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Tramway Strike a Deputation Refused
The Sydney Labor Council recently approached the Chief Commissioner for Railways, Mr T. R. Johnson, asking him to receive a deputation in regard to the…
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