Railway Mismanagement
Private ownership of railways In Enlaud does not seem to work very satisfactrily and he would not lie a daring prophet who foretold that before very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1909
82 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 1 of 5
Road Congress. Prance's Welcome to Delegates
The great amphitheatre at the Sorbonne presented an imposing spectacle this morning (wrote the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Evils of Bridge. From the Shopkeeper's Point of View
A tradesman in the fancy line (His name I won't repeat), Whose shop stands, filled with gewgaws fine,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Restrictions. Drastic and Amusing
Mr Beasley, the general manager of the Taff Vale Railway, has been unearthing some of the provisions of Acts of Parliament relating to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway to Robertson
The following communication has been received from the Hon. Wm. MeCourt, M.L.A., for publication:-Sydney, 31st December, 1908…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Camden Tramway
In the S M Herald, on the 6th of January last, Mr Harper, Chief Traffic Manager, stated that the loss on the Camden Tramway was never less than £1450 a year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Elephant on the Railway
The wild elephants in Siam occasionally do a considerable amount of damage, but rarely do they go to the length of stopping trans. Still, this has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Motor Accident at Burradoo
About 10 o'clock last Saturday night a handsome motor car was leaving Mrs. Gadsden's residence, and when about half way down the drive encountered a fairly sharp…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramping Round the World
For a prize of £4000 Mr. Henry Seaton is endeavoring to walk around the world. He arrived at Bowral on Saturday last, and lectured to a large crowd of interested…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Burradoo-Robertson Railway
The following communication has been forwarded to us for publication by the Hon.Win McCourt, M.P.:—Public Works Department, Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wollondillo Dress (Late "Bowral Free Press.") 17.2 09. Robertson Railway Revived
Mr. McCourt, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works a deputation, which awked that a proposal to construct a railway from the southern line to Robertson be again…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Buggy in Bowral
On Thursday afternoon last a motor buggy passed through Bowral for Sydney, after having done a splendid holiday trip from Sydney to Wollongong. It was driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl Killed. Motorist Sent to Prison
At Sussex Assizes on November 10, Harold Burnett 'Gylee, secretary of the Minerva Motor-car Company, was found guilty of manslaughter, the motor-ear…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Emotions Beneath a Train
Describing his feelings as he lay between the metals while a goods train, which had knocked him down, passed over his body, John Hughes, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Chaffeur. Professional Lady Motor Driver
The lady chauffeur has arrived. We have had lady lawyers, lady doctors, lady porters, and lady barbers, but the fair maid who dons a big coat and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir Frederick Bridge. Some of His Witticisms
Sir Frederick Bridge is the subject of a paper in the January "Woman at Home," and the writer, Mr Matthew Cripps, gives some examples of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Twixt Mittagong-Bundanoon a Charming Tourist District. Railway Disabilities
While conscious that other tourist resorts of the State are more effectively boomed, and most assuredly the pets of a railway system which panders to their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wollondilla Press (Late "Bewhal Free Press.") 27.309, Robertson Railway
Mr, McCourt will visit Robertson to-day (Saturday), and stay untill Monday, for the purpose of obtaining information to lay before the Minister…
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On Saturday evening about fifty prominent residents of the Robertson district met Mr. McCourt at Swan's Hotel, Robertson, to prepare a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Robertson. Its Claims for a Railway
At a largely attended meeting held at the Criterion Hotel on March 27th by the residents of Robertson, Burrawang, and surrounding districts, the…
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