The Railway Movement
The Hon. C. W. Oakes, Honorary Minister, and Messrs, Fleming and Fitzpatrick, Ms. L. A., arrived in Muswellbrook last night, and will proceed by motor car to Merriwa to-day, where they…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
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The March of the Motor
The passing of an Act of Parliament to regulate motor car driving indicates the rapid march of the motor. A record of the extension of the use of motor driven vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queen Christina's Purse. Royal Charity to a Hungry Tramp
A bricklayer whom the Queen-Mother saw fainting with hunger in the street at San Sebastian, Spain, and charitably supplied with money, returned to his home at Manzanares, happy and…
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The goneral manager of the largest horse-selling establishment in the United States remarked recently that of fect of the introduction of automobiles…
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It is gratifying to notice that anonth after month the revenue of the railways and tramways of the State of New South Wales continues to show an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Tram Accident. (By Telegraph). Sydney
A wharf laborer named Charles Ives attempted to cross the tram line in Pitt street, near Circular Quay, this morn ing, when ho was knocked down, by a…
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The tender of W. L. Robinson, west Maitland. has been accepted for the construction of station buildings at Oakhampton, Dummore, paterson, Martin's creek, Hilldale, wallarobba,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Birth of the Aeroplane. Early Attempts at Flying
Everything must have a beginning but in many cases that beginning is so "wrapt in mystery" as to preclude the possibilty of discovering it. Through the progress of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Making of a Railway King (By Perry Robinson.)
Some twenty—four years ago the late Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt—father of the elder and grandfather of the younger of the present Vanderbilt generation—was being interviewed by a reporter for a…
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The seriousness of tho railway position, in view of the prospective abundant harvest, was again emphasised by Mr. John Fraser, the engineer for existing lines, when…
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Compared with previous, yearn, the exodus of people yesterday from Maitland an district to Newcastle to witness the Eight—Hour Demonstration and otherwise join in the holiday festivities…
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At a public meeting held in the School of Arts, Pite-steet, Sydney, on Friday evening, the following resolution was passed:- "That, in the opinion of this…
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[?] at Doncaster carnival. New on [?] at the rate of 51 miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rains and Floods. Collapse of Railway Bridge. London, Wednesday afternoon
Heavy raina and floods have occurred in the South of England. The railway 'bridge between Ticehurst and Effingham collapsed, and part of a goods train fell into the river…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Accident. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Victor Watt, 28, a tram conductor, residing at Kogarah, fell off a tram in Pitt-street this morning, and was re moved to the hospital suffering from…
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The Government are in a quandary re garding the seriousness of the position just now in New South Wales in regard to the handling of the railway traffic,…
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M. Bleriot, the aeroplanist, met with an accident at Toury this morning which, but for his great presence of mind, would have cost him his life (says a Paris message…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some Suffragette Scenes. Mr. Asquith's Motor—car Struck by a Slate
Surrounded by precautions that might have sufficed to protect a Czar Mr. Asquith, accompanied by Mrs. Asquith and 70 of his supporters, left Euston at 4.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reducing Railway Fares and Freights
At a public meeting held in Sydney last week, a strong was made out in favour of a big reduction in railway charges. Mr. Peter McNaught presided, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local and General. Works on North Coast Railway
The tender of W. L. Robinson, West Maitland, has been accepted for the construction of station building at Oakhampton, Dumnore,…
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