Serious Railway Congestion. Lines Must Be Duplicated
Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 3
The traffic between Singelton and Maitland both in goods and passengers is becoming more con gested every day. This in itself is serious enough but the congestion is even worse to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dog's Remarkable Tramp
Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 4
A remarkable case of a dog who travel led alone a instance of upwards of 600 miles recently occurred. A shearer liv ing in Sydney some months ago went up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extension of the Tramway
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 November 1909 · page 4
MR. John Gillies, M.L.A. has received a communication from the Chief Engineer for Railway and Tramway Construction, stating that Mr. Small, principal assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smokeless Steam Trams
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 November 1909 · page 6
Rockhampton, Queensland, has been provided with a modern steam tram instalment which is said to have proved a great success and a similar service is being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Improvements at the Railway Station
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 November 1909 · page 7
After much urging, the Railway Commissioners have at last agreed to put fencing of a modern style round the station premises in the vicinity of Market-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Union Aviation Section
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 November 1909 · page 4
The Motor Union of Grout Britain, consisting of 10,000 members, is forming un aviation section…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extension of the Tramway
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 4
The proposed extension of the Maitland tramway to Rutherford, Homeville, and Telarah, in which localities the population has grown considerably of recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Railway Pay
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 4
The amount distributed to the navvies and other hands on the North Coast railway at the monthly pay totalled £8710 3s 7d. This falls considerably below the amounts disbursed monthly in wages a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Railway Rebates
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 4
The first of seven indictments involving other Transatlantic companies led to the arrest of Mr. Gips, agent of the Holland-American line at New York, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Siberian Railway Developments
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 8
The influx of immigrants to Siberia is now at the rate of 500,000 yearly, and, as this feature continues to show an increase, it will doubtless become necessary to construct more…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dog's Remarkable Tramp
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 4
A REMARKABLE case of a dog who travelled alone a distance of upwards of 600 miles recently occurred, writes a correspondent. A shearer living in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Progress of the North Coast Railway
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 4
Mr Hutchinson, Chief Engineer for Railway Construction, is well satisfied with the progress being made with the North Coast railway. Notwithstanding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railways Safe
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 2
Mr Harper, Assistant Commissioner for Railways, asked how the railways would fare in the event of supplies of coal be ing cut off, stated that the public had no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo-Werris Creek Railway
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 November 1909 · page 1
Messrs Johnson and Harper, Railway Commissioners, heard representa tives of the Railway Progress Asaocia tion at Dubbo on Monday, November…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rutherford Tramway Extension
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 November 1909 · page 4
Mr. A. J. Miller, manager of the South Greta colliery, was included in the company of local gentlemen who accompanied the Government engineer on his inspection of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man-lifting Aeroplane
Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 November 1909 · page 1
Mr A.N. White, who has been conducting ex periments for some time with a model of the Cody man-lifting aeroplane, had the satisfaction of bringing off a successful flight on Sunday from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North Ooast Railway Pay
Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 November 1909 · page 2
The amount distributed to the navvies and other hands on the North Coast railway at the monthly any totalled £8710/3/7. This falls considerably below the amounts disbursed monthly in wages a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Coal Services. 100 Trains Daily Cease Running
Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 November 1909 · page 4
The northern coalfields are a network of railway lines used to transport coal from the mines. In some cases the lines are a considerable distance inland. There is an almost endless line of trains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Train Disaster
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 4
An electric passenger train came into collision with a freight train between Vancouver and Westminster, British Columbia. Fifteen people wore killed and seven others wore injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Very Latest Cables. Brennan Mono-rail Train. Successful Experiment. London ?
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 4
Mr. Louis Brennan, C.B., has carried out ? very successful run with a gyroscopic car, ? long and 10ft, wide, currying 40 pasengers ? monorail, with two gyroscopes 34ft in ?…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →