Accident on Hawkesbury Bridge
A peculiar accident occurred on Tues day evening on the Hawkesbury River bridge. A train bound from Newcastle to Sydney was passing the northern…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
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Visit of the Railway Commissioners
The Railway Commissioners will visit Muswellbrook this morning, when they will be interviewed by this Mayor and aldermen, who will suggest various improvements and…
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Messrs. Smith. Timms and Co., contractors for the third section of the North Coast Railway, have acquired as a special [?] 30 perches of land at the [?] of…
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The Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Johnson and Harper, arrived this morning, and were met by the Mayor (Mr. Luscombe), Hon. T. C. White, Mr. T. Blunt, Alderman Campbell, and Mr. A…
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In the course of hid Budget Speech in the Legislative Assembly Mr. Waddell, Treasurer, said the Government and the Chief Commissioner quite realised that it would be a great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hudson-fulton Celebrations. Aeroplane Display. London, Thursday afternoon
In connection with the Hudson-Fulton Centenary celebrations, at New York, Mr. Wlibur Wright aeroplaned around the Statue of Liberty, at a speed of 48 miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Problem. End of the Dust Nuisance in Sight. Action by Motorists
There are signs in many directions that the leading automobile associations are about to initiate an active campaign against the misuse of the motor-car. The…
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The principal matters brought under the notice of the Railway Commissioners during their visit here were the suggested alteration of the starting point and course…
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There has just passed away one who was intimately associated with our railway system when it was in its very crude infancy (says an English exchange). Mr. David…
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Work has not yet properly started on the second section of the North Coast railway. A large number of men are camped along the line waiting for work. Mr. Dan O'Sallivan, organiser for the Railway…
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The following letter [?] from Mr. A. Thomas, General Manager East Greta Coal Co. by Secretary of…
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Messrs. J. and N. Tait's aeroplane for Australia has been shipped by the R.M.S. Otranto…
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The Rheims aviation week—the "first aerial Derby," as the succession of contests for £10,000 worth of prizes in all is rather inappropriately called—will he over…
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As time takes him on, Mr. Entwhistle gains in public interest. He is the only man living who knew George Stephenson as an intimate, who was associated with him in his jocomotive work, and…
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The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has sold nearly 1,000,000 acres of irrigated land to an American syndicate, which offers to purchase on additional 2,000,000 acres when the…
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Even if it were possible, it would he difficult to trace the origin and history of the word "tramp" as applied to those vessels of the mercantile marine which are…
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In the course of his Budget Speech in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Waddell. Treasurer, said the Government and the Chief Commissioner quite realised that it would be a great…
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Mr. Fleming, M.L.A., is determined Unit Ministers shall not lose sight, of the proposed Muswellbrook to Merriwa railway. During the time for asking questions in the Legislative Assembly…
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