The French Railways
From a recently published report it appears that the total number of employes on the French railways was as follows:— Managers and clcrks, 3076; traffic department,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
144 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 8
Our Open Column. Railway League, Ahoy!
Sir.—In one of your late issues a correspondent from Lockwood ably showed that wheat was not produced and got away with the greatest of ease, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Night Outrage in a London train. Traveller Savagely Attacked
In the early hours of January 7 an extraordinary occurrence happened on the North London Railway in a L and N.W. train…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Roads
It will be remembered that the Progress Committee recently moved towards having that portion of the Forbes Orange road recently opened through Mr J. H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THES Western Thampion Parkes and Forbes Representative Friday, February 26,1904 Tuesday's Excursion Train
By the cheap train for Sydney on Tuesday last, 15 firsts and 92 secondclass tickets were issued from Parkes. the bookings from Forbes were 52…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Electric Railways
FIFTEEN years ago the total length of electric railways in operation in the United States was 86 miles, on winch 172 cars were used. The census…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of Interest. Dubbo-coonamble Railway
A deputation representing the districts of Dubbo, Gilgandra, Ballaboran and Coonamble, was introduced by Mr Philips, M.L.A., to the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Bogan Gate Bulbodnay Railway
The Minister for Works, Mr E. W. O'Sullivan, was waited upon on Monday by Mr. Clara, M.L.A., Mr. T. Brown, M.P., and Messrs E. Curr,…
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A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the CouncilChambers on Monday night. The Acting-Mayor (Aid. D. B. Frisken)…
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Last week, Mr O'Sullivan received a deputation, which was introduced by Mr Clara, M. L.A., and asked that the construction of the proposed railway…
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It is the custom generally when official bodies leave dangerous portions of roads unfenced to wake up to a sense of their duty to the public safety when…
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A deputation from the Railway League immediately brought their business before Mr. Waddell, Messrs W. Bassett, G. K. Minter, W. H. Traves, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Traveller. Luxury on the Railway Lines
THE unaccustomed voyager is always somewhat puzzled when he finds that the menus of the sumptuous meals served on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bogan Gate-Bulbodney Railway
The deputation from the Bogan Gate and Trundle districts which recently waited on the Minister for Works in Sydney to urge the pushing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The War. Capture of Port Arthur. Train Loads of Russian Wounded. Japanese Land Attack Successful
LONDON TUESDAY.--The Tokio correspondent to the London 'Daily Telegraph,' states that the Japanese report having captured Port Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatality
Early on Monday morning John M'Cluskey, a railway ganger, was overtaken by the mail train in a cutting a few miles from Molong, and was cut…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Across the An[?]s
The railway across (the Andes, between Chile and the Argentine Republic, which was projected twenty years ago, is at last to be completed, the Chilean…
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It is settled that New York is to have a railway on the moving platform principle. The new railway without trains is to have a seating capacity for 70,000 passengers per…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Bridge of Coffins
When the British, forces were marching to Pekin in 1860, after the capture of the Taku forts, one of the rivers became so swollen with the heavy rains that it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Visit of the Railway Commissioners and Party
ON Thursday, the above party paid a flying official visit to Grenfell. It was understood the visitors would arrive twenty minutes after the ordinary train, but instead of that, they proceeded…
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