Railway Revenue. Steady Weekly Increases
The railway earnings for the week ended October 7 show an increase of £11,002 over the corresponding period of last year, the totals being £145,228, as…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Motor Car on Fire
On Tuesday evening Mr Buchanan, a northern grazier, had a rather serious mishp with his motor-car nt the Percy Hotel yard He had been only a few…
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Several gangs of men at Emu Plains railway deviation works struck on Thursday. Trouble has been browing for sonic days, owing to a blacksmoith…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Mismanagement. Passengers Seatless for Hundreds of Miles. Sydney, Monday afternoon
when the Sydney express left Melbourne on Saturday there were six second-class carriages attached, but on arrival at Albury it was found there were only two second-class…
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The coaching and goods traffic at the local railway station for September furnish excellent returns. The number of tickets issued during the month was 3899, and the…
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Another case connected with the Lithgow dispute was heard before Mr. Justice Pring in the Circuit Court, Bathurst, on Monday, when William George Hatton, on ball, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon. Mishap on the Railway
Andrew Campbell, a railway employee, was crossing the line near Eveleigh work shops, when he was knocked down by , a train, his left foot being terribly mangled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chief Railway Commissioner. His Manner Criticised
A large deputation came away from the Chief Railway Commissioner's offices, Sydney, on Monday, speaking in incensed tones what one member of it described as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster. Omaha. U.S.A..
Seven persons were killed on the Missouri Pacific line through a collision with a freight train. Governor Gilebrist, of Florida, had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →John Bridge and Co., REPORT
Rabbit Skins.—Best sorts were unchanged, but other descriptions were fully ½d lower. Since the sale, London has reported a drop of id to 2d per lb, and the general opinion is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russian Prince Assassinated. Student in Train. St Petersburg
A student named Kristi, rushing into a saloon carriage at Novveherkank, fired three shots with a revolver, mortally wounding Prince Troubitzkoi a member of the Russian…
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Commenting upon the new summer railway time-table the Maitland Merculy writes: —"The anomaly still continues to which attention has frequently been called in these…
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If the present Parliament has not, so far, placed any great legislative achievement to its credit, it has at least done something substantial to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Railways. Ottawa, Oct. 17
The Dominion Government has ordered an investigation into the expenditure in connection with the transcontinental railway Instructions have also been given to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →President's Escape. Dynamite on Railway. Santa Barbar (Cal.) Oct. 17
Thirty-six sticks of dynamite were dicovered on a steel bridge on the Southern Pacific railway just before the passing of President Taft's train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Railway Station
The fact that the now railway station buildings are in course of construction at Stanford-Merthy has already given an impetus to the building trade. Owners of property in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attempted Train Wrecking. Lithgow Hand Convicted
At the Bathurst Circuit Court on, Monday, before air Justice Pring, a young man, William George Hatton, was charged with having, at Lithgow, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Child Left in a Train. (By Telegraph). Sydney
The discovery of a well-dressed female infant, which had apparently been abandoned, was made in a lavatory on the Newcastle train last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways and Tramways
The report of the Chief Commissioner for the quarter ending June 30 last shows That there were then on the railways 3760% miles open, being an increase of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Retiring from Railway Service
Mr. William Robins, stationmaster at Hexham, who joined the railway service at West Maitland in September, 1863, will be retiring at the end of this year, after a…
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