Chief Railway Commissioner's Report
The report of the Chief Commissioner on the New South Wales Government Railways and Tramways for the year ended 30th June, 1910, has recently been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1910
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Railway Report
We give in anothor part of our issue to-day certain facts taken from the re cently published report of the chief Com missioner on the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Richmond Railway Accident. The Dual Inquiry
The special board appointed to in quire into the Richmond accident, and the coroner's court, to deal with the same question, sat at Melbourne on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital Train Overtaken by Flames
Indescribably horrible was the fate of a number of hospital patients and nurses. These hapless people were from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Using a Motor Car. Peculiar Anomaly in the Law
A curious anomaly in law was disclosed at the Bendigo Court on Thursday. Charles Smith was charged with having had in his possession a motor car, valued at £600, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Thieving
A middle-aged man named William Walsh pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to a charge of stealing goods belonging to the Railway Commissioners. His Honor said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Strike Ended. Men Resume Work on North Coast
Mr. Alf Timms, when interviewed regarding the strike on the railway works, said that the whole trouble had been caused by one or two agitators. It appears that one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Railway Accident. Collision, Deaths, and Fire. London, Thursday afternoon
A collision has occurred on the Grand Trunk Railway at Durana, Michigan, U.S.A. Eighteen sleeping car passengers were killed and twenty others injured. The wreckage of the trains took…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Craze
Bankers and finances are protesting against the craze for motor cars in the United States. It is estimated that the people of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Excursion Train Wreck
An accident of a particularly dangerous type occurred to an excursion train at Roseren, in Tipperary, and while a hundred people were more or less injured, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grants for Road Work
In connection with a request from the Morpeth Municipal Council for a special grant to assist them in repairing, the Main North Road, Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bicycle Road Race. Singleton to Islington
The sixth annual road race from Singleton to Islington took place this afternoon in fine weather, though the riders, were faced by a brisk southerly breeze. The limit…
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During discussion at the last meeting [?] the Cessnock Shire Council concerning [?] complaint by the Immigration and Tour[?] Bureau of the bad condition of the road [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Richmond Railway Collision. the Jury's Verdict
The inquest conducted by the Coroner (Mr. Cole) into the death of Sydney Dauncey Wellington, who was killed in the Richmond (Vic.) railway accident, was concluded on Friday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Railway Robbery. the Trappers Trapped. London, Saturday morning
Eight highwaymen by flag signailing stopped the lowa Central railway train outside Northwood, covered with their firearms the driver and fireman and then began robbing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Tramway. the Proposed Extensions
In the Legislative Assembly, last week, the following question was asked by Sir John Gillies. M.L.A., relative to the proposed extensions of the Maitland tramway system:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The North-eastern Railway Strike
The country was quite taken aback by the sudden outbreak and repid spread of the strike upon the North-Eastern Railway Company's system. It seems to have been totally unexpected…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Commissioner Fined
The New South Wales Industrial Court was opened on Thursday before My Addison, the Registrar. The chief Railway commissioner was proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Railway Defalcations
Thirty-seven officials of the Russian South-Western Railway have been appested for defalcations amounting to £500,000, and criminal prosecutions are pending…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Railway Policy. Attack by the "Times." London, Aug. 27
[?] correspondent of the "Times" has [?] for that journal an account of the pro[?] which Mr. Wade, Premier of New [?] Wales, has placed before the electors…
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