Bad Roads on the North Coast
The roads between the Manning and Macleay, damaged by heavy rains, starved by impecunious shire councils, and hardly used by railway construction traffic, provide…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
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Cessnock Railway Station
The Cessnock Progress Association recently suggested to the general superintendent of the A.A. Company. Mr. S. Christian, that in order to cope with the increasing traffic and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Line Blocked
Passengers by the 5.13 train from West Maitland to Stanford-Merthyr last evening had the unenviable experience of having to walk from Kurri Road to their homes. It is stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cable News. Higher Railway Rates
The English railways are raising goods traffic rates by 4 per cent, from July 1…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accident
A serious accident occurred near Uralgurra, Upper Macleay. Mr. Le Pettit's car was on it way to Armidale, when the Rev. Jas. Watson,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Railway Strike. Heavy Vines Imposed. Judge's Severe Remarks
Judge Heydon yesterday delivered judgment in the prosecution against the" Darling Harbor railway strikers. His Honor said the offence of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Man's Adventure. Accidentally Handcuffed
While meddling with a pair of handcuffs at work on Friday, a young man, employed in the carriage and waggon shops at Eveleigh railway works…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Improvements
The scheme of railway improvements between Maitland and Waratah is being steadily, advanced, but the work is of an extensive nature, and much yet remains to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Merriwa Railway
The preliminary work of constructing the railway from Muswellbrook to Merriwa is progressing steadily. The line will start from Muswellbrook in a westley direction, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Victorian Premier. Electrification of Railways. London, May 7
Mr. W. Watt, Premier of Victoria, and Mr. Carl Mertz, the electrical expert, on [?] advice the Victorian Government is [?] in regard to the question of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accident. Occupants Badly Injured
A serious accident occurred on Saturday near Uralgurra, Upper Macleay. Mr Le Pettit's car was on its way to Armidale, when the Rey. Jas. Watson,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Accident. Man Cut to Pieces. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A man named James Clifton, aged 45, engaged on the railway deviation works between Waterfall and Oxford, was cat to picces by a train last night during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cars and Cheques. The "Rich Squatter."
Representing himself as a rich squatter, a man named Norbert Douglas Stewart M'Ewan visited two Melbourne motor garages recently, selected a car at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Remarkable Train
The Pacific division of the Panama Canal can boast of operating the biggest labour train in the world. This train is run for the accommodation of the force living…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Friday afternoon. Killed by a Train
A railway ticket collector named John Gleeson was run down by a train at Sydenham station at an early hour this morning. He was shockingly mutilated, and died…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'East Greta Railways
An advertisement in this issue intimates that the new time-table of the East Greta railways will commence on Sunday next. The 10.25 p.m. train from West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Altered Time Table North Coast Railway
Very light alterations have been made in the North Coast railway service for the customary winter revision, and the anticipated night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Smash. Stock Train Derailed
A sensational railway accident occurred at Springwood on Wednesday evening, at 7.25, when a stock train from the west was wrecked in the railway station yard…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Long Bridge. Railway Time-table
Major Nicholson, M.L.A., has received an official communication from the Director-General of Public Works in regard to the decking of the Long Bridge. The Major wrote on the We have received from the stationmaster at West Maitland a copy of the new railway time-table issued for the winter season, and which comes into operation to-morrow (Sunday)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Queensland. Train Service Blocked
A telegram received from the District Engineer for Railways at Cairns states that there has been a heavy general rain throughout the coastal district of Queensland…
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