Railway Absorption. Case of the Tilbury Company. London. Feb. 3
The absorption of the London-Tilbury Southend Company by the Midland Railway Company gives the ordinary stockholders in the first-named company perpetual 6…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
1,611 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 81
A Strike Threatened. Railway Trouble. London. Feb. 3
The North Eastern Railway Company has dismissed, after notice, the fish-porters at Hull for declining to continue to act as checkers without extra pay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rebels Blown Up. the Railway Dynamited. Vanco[?]ver. Feb. 3
The inhabitants of Cindad Juarez, on the trans-American border, are fleeing from the Mexican rebels, who swear that they will capture the town and the banks containing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New York Railway Fatality. Vancouver
A New York crowd rushing to enter a train trampled upon a girl of 15, who died from the injuries received…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Control of the Railways
In the annual report of the Railway and Tramway Service Association reference in made to the impending transference of the State railways to Federal authority…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The North Coast Railway
The Maitland to Dungog section of the North Coast railway should have been opened to traffic by the State railway authorities nine months ago, but this important addition to…
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Rome, Thursday.—Owing to the delay in satisfying the demands of the men for increased wages, a campaign of obstruction and sabotage has commenced on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Territory Railways
Since the transfer of the Northern Territory, to Ihe Commonwealth, negotiations have been proceeding between South Australia and the Federal Government,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident in Spain
It is reported that the Barcelona train was derailed at Valencia. The accident was caused through a washout in the road bed, and 30 persons were killed…
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The driver of the Villepreux express in the railway accident of June 18 has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for ignoring signals, with the benefits of the first Offenders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Repairing River Bank at Dunolly Bridge
The bank of the river at the town end of the Danolly bridge has been gradually washing away for, some time, and was in need of repair. The District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mexican Revolt. Federal Train Ambushed. Vancouver, Feb. 6
The Mexican rebels ambushed a Federal train ten miles south of Jaarez killing and followed but the Federals escaped from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Popular Railway Official
Mr. Ray Dilley a popular young railway official who has been on the local clerical staff for the past twelve months (says the Richmond Ricer Express") received notice…
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A message from Wingham states that the railway bridge now being constructed over the Manning River, at what is Known as the Washpool, is nearly half completed. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Strike Collapses
London, Sunday.—Three thousand railway men of the North-eastern Company went on strike on Frinday night in connection with the trouble at Hull, despite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Schools and Bridge Clubs
There are scores of people in the metropolis. professors of bridge, men and women, who make their living by nothing else than teaching this game. They conduct schools,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roads and Bridges
A question which embraces public health and public utility is being dis cussed by the British engineering journals, viz, whother the dust which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canadian Railway Smash Six Persons Killed. Vancouver. Feb. 7
A passenger train on the Grand Trunk line struck a light engine near Paris, Outario. The train was derailed, and the coaches telescoped. The wreekage caught fire and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wonders of Wireless. Experiments on a Brisbane Train
Lieutenant G. A. Taylor, of the Australian Intelligence Corps, has just returned to Sydney from a short visit to Queensland, during which he successfully…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Coal. Railway Commissioners' Opinion
At the request of the Victorian Railway Commissioners the Ca[?]inet has agreed that the transfer of the State coalmine from the Mines Department to the Railway…
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