Horse Killed by a Train
On Sunday night, by some unaccountable means, a valuable horse, the property of Mr. Frank Budden, got on to the railway line from a paddock adjoining, and was killed by a passing,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
1,317 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 66
Jewellery in a Train. Traveller's Absentmindedness
A bag containing nearly £70 worth of jewellery was lost and received in re markably quick [?] in Sydney-on Tues day. An elderly traveller had journeyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pilfering on the Railways
The extent to which pilfering goes on on the railways of the State was indicated by an answer given by the Treasurer to Mr. Carmichael in the Legislative Assembly. He stated that £4698 7s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baghdad Railway. [?]Ing the New Section. London. Nov. 3
[?] of Continental bankers, headed by ? ? Bank, is taking up the second and ? ? of the Baghdad railway loans, the ? amounting to £9,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Action Against Railway Contractors
Robert Cameron Murdoch sued J. Randle Carey, Frederick Carson, and J. D. Simpson, trading tinder the name, style, and firm of Carson, Carey, and Simpson, for goods sold and delivered,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Large Railway Contracts
The New York Central Railway Com pany has let contracts to the extent of £17,000,000. The contracts include £5,000,000 for the purchase of locomotives and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Conductor's Suicide. (By Telegraph). Sydney
At the inquest to-day on James Stubbs, 25, a tram conductor, who was found dead near the Randwick rifle range with a bullet wound in the head it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Duplications
Because of the dearth of news as to the progress of the railways, correspondents have been concluding that the present Chief Commissioner for Railways has not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Railway Survey
The Minister of Works told Mr. Briner, in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday night that 24 miles of the survey of the North Coast Railway between South Grafton and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dog's Remarkable Tramp
A remarkable case of a dog who traveled alone a distance of upwards of 690 miles recently occurred, writes a correspondent. A shearer living in Sydney some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Railway
In an article on the North Coast Railway accompanied with illustrations, the "Daily Telegraph' of October 27th states:—"If completed to contract time the line will be ready…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Train Service
The now passenger train Service be tween Singleton and Newcastle is being largely availed of by the travelling pub lic. The extra 9.30 a.m. train from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cheap Railway Fares
The Railway Department announces the issue of cheap tickets to Sydney and intermediate stations at single fare and quarter for double journey, by trains leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Morals of the Frenc It Motorist
"Some years ago," Writes a well-known motorist, "I was being driven by a French friend of my acquaintance. He is careful over his personal expenditure as he is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →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 15 →Motor Car Smashes. Fatality at Elwood
A motor car travelling at a high, rate of speed, crashed into an electric wire stand-dard on the tram track at Elwood Swamp, between Brighton and St. Kilda, on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Taxation
At every conference of the New South Wales Country Storekeepers' Association, there is an annual growl at the conditions which enable city storekeepers, through the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railways and Teamways
The railway revenue for the week which ended on October 30 was within £1000 of the record for New South Wales, the total being £135.476 For the corresponding week of 1008 the total was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Taxation. By W.W.L.
At every Conference of the New South Wales Country Storekeepers Association, there is an annual growl at the conditions which enable city storekeepers, through the medium of the parcels…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality
James Devlin, aged [?] years, was fatally injured through being knocked down by a motor car in Malvern-road. Toorak (Melbourne) late on Tues day night. The car was driven by Henry James…
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