India and the Motor the Grand Trunk Road
The motor-car has given a zest to life [?] our great Indian Empire (writes Robert [?] Jefferson, F.R.G.S., in the "Daily Mail." [?] Everybody who can af[?] it buys a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
1,332 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 67
"Tube" Breakdown. Railways at a Standstill. Trains in Darkness
At twelve minutes to three on Saturday afternoon (says the "Daily Mail" of October 5) there was a crackling splutter and a sudden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Evils. Their Cure. Mr John Burns's Views
"Street corners in towns, where practicable, should be rounded," is a notable piece of advice to local authorities in a Local Government Board circular;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Dangerous Railway Platform
One has only to visit the local railway station about two o'clock any day to see at once how great are the inconveniences caused to the travelling public and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Washaway on the Railway. Traffic Disorganised
The washaways on the railway line near Baan Baa, caused by the phenomenally heavy rainfall last Friday night, dislocated the entire train service north-west, which was restored on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Aeroplane Flight
[?]Wilbur Wright, in an aeroplane ascent at [?], France, covered 61½ miles in 1 hour 54 [?]. The aeroplane covered a portion of the [?]at a height of 460 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Management
Our Chief Railway Commissioner is charged with the responsibility of the management of a huge valuable business concern, the ramiflications of which extend over an enormous area of country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Railway Men
Mr. J. Montgomery, general secretary of the Railway Works and General Labourers Association of Now South Wales, is at present in the district with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident
A big smash occurred outside Tenterfield railway station early yesterday morning. A goods train had just left the platform for Wallangarra, when by soem menus the points were only half…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Navigation. Mr Wilbur Wright's latest Success. London
Mr Wilbur Wright, the American aerial navigator, has made a highly successful aeroplane flight of 61½ miles in 1 hour 54 min., at Le Mhas, in France,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Railway Men
Acting on the request of the men employed on the North Coast railway construction works, whom he met on Sunday, Mr. J. Montgomery, general secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Tramway
Though the starting of the trams between East and West Maitland has been much delayed, it would seem, according to events, that it will not be long now before the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Smash. (By Telegraph). Sydney
A railway smash occurred outside Tenterfield station early on Sunday morning to a goods train travelling towards Wallangarra. By some means the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Singleton Argus Tuesday, December 22nd. Railway Administration
The great King Solomon, or some other ancient gentleman whom we are led to believe was endowed with more than the average human being's share of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Journey
Wilbur Wright, the American aero pianist, who is still in France carrying out experiments in aerial navigation at Le Mars, yesterday travelled a distance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Substitutes
[?] (says "Miranda," from London) [?] become responsible for a pathetic mod[?] in the "substitute." Upon some [?] it seems to devoice to constantly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Letter to the Editor. Road Rubbish Tips
Sir,—I bog to draw attention to the disgraceful state of the Louth Park-road, leading to Mount Vincent. To my knowledge, nothing has been done to this road for some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Muswellbrook. the Muswellbrook-merriwa Railway
Mr. Alex. Weidmann, hon. secretary of the Muswellbrook-Merriwa Railway League, has received a communication from Mr. W. M. Fleming, M.L.A., to the effect that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway Works. Satisfactory Progress
Favoured by fine weather, and free from the hindrance of labour troubles, Messrs. Carson, Carey, and Simpson, contractors for the North Coast Railway works between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reduction in Railway Rates Commissioner's Concessions
Mr. Johnson, the Chief commissioner of Railways, announces that a reduction, is to be made in the railway rates. Since his appointment, the Chief Commissioner has…
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