Science & Invention. the First to Electrify Railways
Sweden will be probably the first country in the world to abolish steam locomotives on all its rail-roads. For Sweden has no coal of its own, and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
324 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 9 of 17
Dorrigo Road Tender
The tender of J. F. Brennan has been accepted for road work on the Dorrigo branch road, Kempsey district…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Adrift in a Motor Boat
THE Woodburn correspondent of the Northerns Star gives an account of a trip made to Evan's Head in a motor boat, which goes to show how careful…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North Coast Railway. Tenders for Second Section
TENDERS for the construction of the second section of the North Coast Railway, from Dungog to Gloucester, were opened at the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed by a Tram
A woman named Margaret Anderson, after a tiff with her lover at Borken Hill, rushed into the street and threw herself front of a passing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Forrest Motor Car
The Sydney Mail of April 14th, 1909 in reviewing the Easter Show, repr[?] of the Forrest Motor Car :-- "Everyone who saw this simple, neat, and reliable little vehicle expressed the greatest surprise that such a wonderful motor car could be in[?] one for the price of £160…
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The Forrest Car, an entirely British production of 8 horse power, and subject to a severe test before leaving the hands of the man[?] has…
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The ocean call for police to be held in readiness to arrest six gamblers which was sent from Kaiser Wilhelm II. when she was more than 600 miles…
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In connection with the first section of the North Coast Railway, Maitland to Dungog, the most advanced pick and shovel gang is now within…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage
The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January:— The precipitancy of a workman in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Opening of Toorooka Bridge
A PUBLIC meeting was held at Willawarrin on Saturday afternoon, 3rd inst., for the purpose of considering the best means of celebrating the Official Opening of the…
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In connection with the first section of, thE North Coast Railway, Maitland to Dungog, the most advanced, Pick and shovel gang is now within…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fine Motor Trip. From Hexham to Bowr[?]
Jules Verne, that eminent and erratic French genius, whose books delighted boys of a past decade, once wrote "there is no such thing as space," and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News by Wire. Sydney, Thursday. Coramba-dorrigo Railway
Yesterday the Parliamentary Public Works Committee further considered the proposed railway from Coramba to Dorrigo. It was stated…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coramba to Dorrigo Railway
EVIDENCE was heard by the Public Works Committee Wednesday concerning the proposal to construct a line of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegraphing From a Moving Train
In connection with the increasing use of wireless telegraphy it is interesting to recall an ingenious method of sending a message from a moving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatality
A telegram from Melbourne states that while Arthur Bertram Williams, aged 63, was driving over an open railway crossing at Kingswood…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway League
Meeting of Taylor's Arm Railway League at Laverty's Hall was well attended, and all present shewed a disposition to agitate until some scheme for railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ringbarkiiig Trees on Roads
The action of the Macquarie Shire Council in refusing to give permission to ringbark some trees on a road in tho Shire must receive our strong…
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