Interview with Admiral Bridge. London, April 21
Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, who was Commander-in-Chief on the Australian Station from 1895 till 1898, in the course of an interview yesterday, stated that there was no…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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A Good Motor Trip
The country traveller of the Perdrian Rubber Company has just completed a trip, which is probably one of the severest tests a car could be put to. The…
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It is quite evident that districts hitherto the domain of the horse (so long [?] most useful be st[?] burden) are now being invaded by motor vehicles of various descriptions. In Muswellbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wat Ring East Maitland Tramline Consideration Again Deferred
The matter of watching the East Maitland tramline was again before the East maitland Council at last meeting, when the Finance Committee submitted their est[?] (which had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General Cables. London, April 28. French Railway Strike
The French railway companies have informed the Government that for reasons of general interest it is impossible to reinstate the men whom they dismissed for taking part…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Railway Accident. Driver Killed
A sensational railway accident, resulting in the death of the engine-driver, Sibraa, a footballer, better known as "Snow Ryan" occurred on the line to Goondah on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Earnings
The report of Mr. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner of Railways and Tramways, for the quarter ended March 31, stales that the railway earnings show an increase over the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Romance. Engine-driver's Duel for the Sake of a Girl
A duel to the death was fought in New York recently between Mr. Kidwell McSween, only son of Colonel W. J. McSween, a well-known Tennessee lawyer, and Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway' Fares and Freights
It is understood that reorganisation of the fares and freights charged on the railways is under consideration, and that, so far as freights are concerned, an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →North Coast Railway
Work on the Gloucester-Taree section of the North Coast railway is rapidly proceeding. Bridges over been completed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster. Sixty-one Casualties. Faston (Pennsvivania), April 30
An excursion train full ever an embarkment some distance from here. A hundred persons are reported to have been killed and it is said the victims were inc[?]crated through the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roads in Hexham District
On Saturday afternoon, at the request of Councillor Bennett, Councillor F. Jacobs (president of the Tarro Shite Council) accompanied by Councillor Niland visited the Hoxham district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →St. Andrews' Church, Bishop's Bridge
The Faster meeting of the congregation of St, Andrew's Church. Bishop's Bride, was held last night, under the presidency of the Rev. Canon Rushforth, rector of St…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mawson's Antarctic Expedition. Dogs and Aeroplane. London, Monday afternoon
The Danish Government is purchasing fifty Greenland dogs on behalf of Dr. Mawson, to be sent direct to Australia. Dr. Mawson is taking an aeroplane, selected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Railway Block Passengers Held Up at Night. Bullocks Jammed on a Bridge
In our last issue we published a telegram concerning a mishap on the Illawarra railway on Thursday night, which resulted in the suburban Illawarra,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Maitland to Morpeth Road
To those whose business or pleasure necessitate their travelling from East. Maitland to Morpeth it would be advisable to utter a word of warning and urge them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bumped by a Motor
While the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir William Cullen) was coming into town this morning in his motor car, Leonard Burns, aged 15 by some means got in the track of the car…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The North Coasts Railway. Work Still Going On
Within a month or six weeks the contractors for the first section of the North Coast railway, connection Maitland and Dungog, expect to be in a position to hand the [?]rst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident
Vancouver, Sunday.—A railway, disaster has occurred near Easton, In Pennsylvania. Eleven persons were killed and fifty injured. The. [?]rain was travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train for Dungog Show
Having received a wire from Mr. Joseph Abbott, President of the Durham Agricultural Association, asking for assistance in the matter of obtaining a train from…
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