Killawarra Road Deviation
IT is no wonder that the people of the Upper Manning are approved with the Government and the people for the delay in that is [?] road…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
158 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 8
Serious Tram Accident. Collision at Auckland. Auckland
A sensational tram-way accident occurred at 8.30 to-night. The electric cars were conveying great crowds of people to town, and when two…
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J. Lennox, a guard on a goods train, was suffocated near Woodford, in the brake van, which contained a case of nitric acid, from which a leak occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N. G. Railway. P. W. Committee Recommend It
The following resolution, moved by Mr. M'Gowen, M.L.A., and seconded by Mr. John Hughes, M.L.C., was agreed to by five votes to two at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed North Coast Railway. Conditionally Approved. Betterment Tax Recommended
THE Public Works Committee last week closed the inquiry and came to a determination with respect to the proposed North Coast Railway. The committee…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Child Trampled to Death
THE three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lumby, jun., of Hopefield, Corowa, met her death in a shocking manner on Christmas Day. While her parents were at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cape to Cairo Railway
The Cope to Cairo Railway has reached a point 307 miles north of Buluwayo, and this portion of the Victoria Falls extension is now open…
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The main efforts of the German Government during the last half of the thirty years since the formation of the Empire were almost entirely…
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Instructions have been [?] to fully absorb the unexpended bale be of the road vote amounting to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overtaken by a Train
Mr. and Mrs Tilbrook were overtaken by a train while driving over the Plumpton Crossing, South Australia and both were sent flying down on embankment. The man was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guarding the Royal Train
When the King and Queen travel in their special train very great precautions are taken by the railway company to ensure the safety of the Royal travellers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How a Tramp Talks in Kentucky
A man whose garments appeared to be in the last stages of decomposition, whose hair was unkempt, whose shoes were worn and whose step was weary, shuffled up to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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 clerks, 3076; traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guiding the Royal Train
When the King and Queen travel in their special train very great precautions are taken by the railway company to ensure the safety of the Royal travellers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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 clerks, 3076; traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Most Curious of Railways
In Japan a railway system, 20 miles in length, has worked successfully for years without locomotive or mechanical engines of any sort…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local News. Road Contracts
Following are the lowest tenders received for Government road contracts on Wednesday last:--33, Armidale Road to Head of Hickey's Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North Coast Railway
" FARMER" writes to the S. M. Herald from Wing ham :—" I notice that it is suggosted that the betterment principle be enforced when the proposed North Coast railway is constructed. permit me to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Engineering Feat. on the Burmah Railway
What is considered one of the finest engineering feats ever accomplished is the spanning of the Goktelk Gorge in Burmah. The contract was given…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Roads and the Road Vote. to the Editor of the M. R. TIMES
Dear Sir,-- The other day the Minister for Works was boasting that the expenditure on the public roads of the State was much less than in previous years. I would have felt gratified at this statement if he could…
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