The Golden Fleece. Messes. John Bridge and Company's Wool Sampling Room
The following is an extract from the Sydney Town and Country Journal issue of the 21st December 1904, which we know will be of interest to our…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
64 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 4
130 Miles an Hour on an Electric Train
The electric train constracted by Messrs. Sic[?] and H[?] for high-speed trials on the Berlin-Zo[?]en military railway made four experimental trips recently. On the…
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The Scotch Express collided with a train at Codsworth, Seven were killed and forty injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway retrenchment rumours
The Railway Commissioners deny the "Herald" statement that a thousand employees have been dismissed from the railways. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Room on London Bridge
The work of widening and improving London Bridge is now nearing completion. The old bridge will be considerably beautified by the alteration. '…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Railway Station
The story is told of a gentleman who, entering a railway a station, met a porter, coming out with a dog under his arm. The gentleman asked : "Where's that dog going:…
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Have you heard of our new motor-car. Which was built by papa for mamma ? They went out alone On a tour of their own;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hotel Tramfar Granted
Mr. Balxland appeared for the parties in an application for a transfer of the Rhias Falls Hotel, Adaminaby Road from charles patrick to George McDonald…
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A set of rules has been prepared by a chairman for the benefit of chinese in the Malay States who are not acquainted with Western railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vistula Railway Strike
The strike on the Vistula railway has stopped direct communication between Warsaw and Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Short Story Money or Life : A True Story of the Road
"What think you of the young blade, Sir John ?" and the speaker slightly nodded his head in the direction of a card table, where two men sat playing…
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The following amusing incident [?] recently on a certain railway in the North. An early morning mail train was booked to stop at an intermediate station, to put…
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Mrs Plaine (to tramp): 'How dare you say you won't go away? Don't you know my husband is a policeman? It he were here he would take you up.'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Bridge & CO'.s. Ltd. Report
HORNS.—Very little change. Demand if anything a shade keener. Quotations l6 oz 51s; 11¾ oz 40s; 9 oz 25s 6d: 6¾ oz 9s 6d. Rough and scaly (large) 20s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Safety of Railway Travelling
The risks of railway travelling are much exaggerated, a reflection of the old times when a man thought it necessary to make his will before undertaking the coach…
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It seems to be part of the sturdy Briton's character that he should be conservative in his suspicion of new-fangled devices; any how, hs is extremely slow to adopt…
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IN view of the recent utterances by the Premier, MR. CARRUTHERS, that he intends very soon, to ask Parliament to construct certain lines of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway a Peacemaker
For preserving the peace in a partly civilised country a railway, according to a fatuous statesman, is worth more than an army corps. Although the railways which…
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A well attended meeting was held at Mr. Jonas's office on Thursday afternoon to take stops to form a deputation to wait on the Minister at an early date. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Treatment of Tramps in France
The French peasant has the deepest respect for proprietorship. Against the vagabond, the tramp, the wanderer on the high road his hatred, instinctive, malevolent…
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