Traction Engines and the Roads
Traction engines, engaged in timber hauling in the north are causing great damage to the roads between Raymond Terrace and Port Macquarie and in other…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 78
Latest News by Wire. Train Fatality. Sydney, Friday afternoon
Harriet Richards, 60, a widow, residing with her family at Robert-street, Artarmon, while attempting to alight from the 11.20 p.m. train from Milson's Point Artarmon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extension of the Tramway
Major Nicholson is again interesting himself in the matter of the extension of the tramway to Telarah, Homeville, and Rutherford. Frequent representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Fees. Victorian Action Resented
Much discontent is expressed by motorists at the rule regarding motor cars entering Victoria, having to pay fees, when Victorian cars are admitted free to New South Wales…
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Several attempts have been made since the general election to obtain a definite announcement from the Minister for Public Works in regard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempted Train-wrecking
Paris, Weduesday.—The "Petit Journal" reports that an attempt was made to wreck a train conveying Viscount Kitchener (Consul-General in Egypt) and…
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A widow named Mrs. Harriet Richards.aged 60 of Artarmon, was kiled at the Artarmon Railway Station on Thursday night. She attempted, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Troop Train Wrecked. Vera Cruz, Feb. 24
A Government troop train, carrying a company of infantry from Mexico City, was wrecked by dynamite, the whole train being demolished. Forty-five officers and men…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Racing. Sant Amonica, Feb. 27
Ralph De Palma beat Burney Oldfield in the automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup over a distance of 100 miles. The winner led by a few seconds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alaskan Railways. a Strategic Proposal. Washington, Feb. 19
The House of Representatives last night passes the Alaska Railways Bill. The Senate has also passed a similar bill and a conference of both Houses is to be held in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway. Progress of the Work
Great progress is being made on the fifth section of the North Coast Railway, upon which there are now 580 men employed. Nearly the whole of the clearing work has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Fatalities. Accident at Awaba
A man whose identity is so far unknown was round seriously injured shortly after ten o'clock on Saturday night, on the railway line at Awaba, and he died in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Charges. Increased Fares and Freights
Executive sanction was given on Wednesday to the raising of £200,000 additional revenue by reintroducing the railway fares and freights taken off in 1907…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Runaway Motor Oar. Alarming Experience
Owing to a breakdown in the machinery of his motor car, Mr. Thomas W. Henderson, ironmonger, of Park-street, Sydney, had a terrifying experience…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railways. Increased Fares and Freights
Executive sanction was given on Wednesday to the raising of £200,000 additional revenue by reintroducing the railway fares and freights taken off in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Increased Railway Fares
The fares and freights on the New youth Wales railways (as published else, where in this issue) me to be increased as from to-morrow, March., 1…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Long Bridge
The Director-General of Public Works has written to Major Nicholson, M.L.A., with reference to the personal representations on the 13th ult., regarding the Long Bridgem when he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Macleay River Bridge
The "Macleay Argus" states that Mr. Love, the engineer for the fifth section of the North Coast railway, is now in Kempsey making preliminary arrangements for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hexham-Miller's Forest Railway
The Director-General of Public Works (Mr. J.Davis) in a communication to Major Nicholson, M.L.A., dated Feb. 25. says:— "With reference to the letter dated 7th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Auction Sales. Sydney
The beginning of the month did not cause much improvement in the market for chaff at Sydney station goods yard this morning, and as a heavy yarding was available…
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