The Road Agent
The warm afternoon sun looks down upon a scene of rugged grandeur, The view in picturesque and awe-inspiring. A rough, uneven, rocky road winds in a semi-circle about the base…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1896
214 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 11
The Road Agent
The warm afternoon sun looks down upon a scene of rugged grandeur. The view is picturesque and awe-inspiring. A rough, uneven, rocky road winds in a semi-circle about the base…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Max O'rell on American Railways and Hotels
The Americans, like the French, have no initiative and lack public spirit. The English are the only people who are served by their servants, let the servants be the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Jerilderie to Berrigan Railway. 1
It was announced some time ago that the owner of the land through which the proposed railway from Jerilderie to Berrigan will pase, had all agreed to give the land required free…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Terrible Railway Accident in Natal. Thirty-two Persons Killed and Fifty Injured. London, January 6
A disastrous accident has occurred to the mail tram running on the newly opened railway line between Johannesburg and Durban, the capital of Natal…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Train’s Manuscript
When George Francis Train writes for the press, his manuscript is a curiosity. It contains all the colors of the rainbow, or so many of them as his collection of vari-colored lead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Naval Preparations Interview with Admiral Bridge. TASMANIA
An interview with Admiral Bridge aboard H.M.S. Orlando, Norfolk Bay, was obtained to-day. Admiral Bridge wits connected with the Intelligence department of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Third-Class Crimes. [All Rights Strictly Reserved.] Stories Picked Up in Third-class Railway Carriages. No. I. a Bermondsey Burglary
A popular comedian once made a heavy claim against a railway company for injuries done him while travelling on the line. The demand was an unusually large one. To establish anything…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A New Bridge
The bridge over the Darling is now open for traffic. The resident engineer, Mr. John Shearer, under whose supervision the bridge has been erected, took…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →A Road Race
He was generally called Old Scudamore, but the adjective was put there not on account of his advanced years, but probably because his temper was so bad. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Third-Class Crimes. [All Rights Strictly Reserved.] Stories Picked Up in Third-class Railway Carriages. No. I. a Bermondsey Burglary
A popular comedian once made a heavy claim against a railway company for injuries done him while travelling on the line. The demand was an unusally large one. To establish anything…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Extraordinary Allegation. Loss of £117. Left in a Railway Carriage. Goods Traced to Chiltern
SHORTLY after the arrival of the Sydney express in Melbourne last Monday night, a Mr Lyons, of the firm of Lyons and Deinberg, clothing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train's Manuscript
When George Francis Train writes for the press, his manuscript is a curiosity. It contains all the colors of the rainbow, or so many of them as his collection of vari-colored lead…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Third-Class Crimes. [All Rights Strictly Reserved.] Stories Picked Up in Third-class Railway Carriages. the Price of a Putney "Pub."
"Go to Putney!" On this particular day you could not have hurled this time-old Cockney advice at me with any show of sanity. I was there. It had tired me. I cast myself into a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train’s Manuscript
When George Francis Train writes for the press, his manuscript is a curiosity. It contains all the colors of tho rainbow, or so many of them as his collection of vari-colored lead…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Concessions. The Heat in the Interior
The Railway Commissioners were interviewed on Monday by a deputation consisting of Messrs. Willis, Waddell, Hassall, Perry, Crick, Carroll, Collins, Milieu, Price,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Extension to Finley
The meeting convened by Messrs. Blair and Moodie for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken regarding the proposed railway extension from Berrigan…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Unauthorised Sale of Railway Tickets
In spite of repeated cautions, the vendors of unused portions of railway tickets continue apparently to do a thriving trade, the Sydney and Melbourne newspapers containing…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Tram Accident
A tram accident occurred in Oxford-street, Paddington, last Saturday, and caused the instantaneous death of a man named Alfred Willis. A motor, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Selling Railway Tickets
A man named H. T. Davis was on Monday fined at the Water Police Court, Sydney, £5 on each of three charges for selling railway tickets without the…
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