Heavy Train Traffic. Prosperous Holiday Season
New Year's Day has come to be regarded as the principal holiday of the your, though it is being pressed closely by Eight Hour Day, which is yearly becoming more…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
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Horrifying Discovery. What Was Found on a Train Brake. Singleton
When the Glen Innes mail train arrived this morning a horrifying discovery was made. The footboard near the brake was splashed with clots of blood, and on an…
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A mass meeting of railway men at Swansea unanimously resolved that the members of their executive had broken all democratic rules except in respect of the Railway…
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A correspondent of the "Wingham Chronicle" writes:— The Killabakh-Comboyne-road, being constructed by the Manning Shire Council, is…
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It is a very general complaint that the roads of the State are far from being what they should be. It is quite to be expected that a country with a small population and…
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A shocking railway fatality occurred between Tamworth and Moonbi on Monday night, the victim being Mr. Albert Burton, of Limbri[?]…
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Four railway workers' unions have prepared a scheme of amalgamation. The new organisation will have a membership of 180,000. The present executives are to be retained for two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Workshop Workers. Arbitrator's Award. London, Tuesday night
The arbitrator has awarded the railway workshop labourer at Harwich a minimum of £1 per week, and those already receiving above that sum an additional shilling…
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A wild scene of confusion prevailed at the ticket office of the Singleton, station on New Year's Day, when about 400 persons assembled for the purpose of…
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A little girl, Linda Salmon, was sent on a message from Newport to Richmond on Tuesday mornings. She changed trains at Melbourne, but entered an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russia, India, and Persia. Gigantic Railway Scheme. London, Jan. 3
British, French, and Russian syndicates are subscribing £100,000 to finally survey the route of a railway to connect Russia and India, via Persia, which would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram and Vehicle Collide
The vigilance and prompt action of a tram driver narrowly averted what threatened to be a serious accident in the vicinity of the Imperial Hotel this afternoon. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Presentation to Railway Officer
On Saturday evening last there was a gathering of railway employees at the station or the purpose of making a presentation to Mr. P. J. Benham, lately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →REV. E. F. Waddy Injured. Motor and Motor Cycle Collide
On Tuesday afternoon the Rev. E. F. Waddy, one of the masters of The King's School, and well known as a cricketers was riding on his motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Fatality On The Railway. Cut to Pieces by a Train
A SHOCKING railway fatality occurred between Tamworth and Moon[?]i on Monday night, the victim being Mr. Albert Burton, of Limbri…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Hews by Telegraph. Sydney, Friday afternoon. Tram Car Runs Amok
An extraordinary accident occurred in William-street this morning, when a loaded car, after colliding with a lorry, jumped from the rails, and shot fully fifty yards…
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Mr. Percy J. Bonham, lately statiomaster's clerk at Singleton, and now stationed at Newcastle, has been entertained by a gathering of local railway employees. Mr. Benham was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist's-record
Motor-cyclist Yce, who left Melbourne yesterday morning, arrived, in Sydney after a journey of 31 hours l9 minutes, establishing a record…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Accident
a sensational aeroplane smash occurred at Mount Druitt, near Penrith, this morning. W. E. Hart and Major Rosenthal were flying from Penrith to Parramatta, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Fatality on the Railway. Cut to Pieces by a Train
A shocking railway fatality occurred ween Tamworth and Moonbi on Mo[?] light, the victim being Mr. Albert [?] if Limbri…
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