Clear Hills. Railway Meeting
Saturday afternoon we hope will be a red letter day for this district, as the first of a series of public meetings was held in the School of Arts for the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
261 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 14
Railways Destroyed
The Boers have destroyed' the railway at Lobatsi, between Mafeking and Bulawayo. They have also broken up the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Road Vote. an Increased Expenditure £250 000
The Minister for Works (says the Telegraph) has on more than one occasion recently referred to the necessity for increasing the road vote beyond the amount that has been asked for of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electric Motor Watering Carts
An electric motor watering out has bees invented by a Frenchman.' The vehicle (says the Paris correspndent of the 'Daily Telegraph') has been experimented with on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Laudatory Comments by the Russian Press. The Boers destroy a Railway Bridge. LONDON
The Russian press commenting upon the encounters between the Boers and the British, refers in laudatory terms to the bravery of the British soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Dynamite Train Attacked. London
The Boers attacked a train carrying dynamite, and were repulsed with a loss of 54 killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Bechuana Border Successful Sortie from Mafeking In an Armoured Train. The Boers Repulsed with Heavy Loss
Colonel Baden-Powell made a sortie in an armoured train, and encountered the Boers. The latter attacked the train, but were repulsed with heavy loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Motor Watering Carts
An electric motor watering cart has been invented by a Frenchman. The vehicle (says the Paris correspondent of the ’Daily Telegraph’) has been experimented with on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Commissioners at Germanton. Geemanton
Mr. Usher, representing the Railway commissioners, has just arrived in Germanton, for the purpose of getting information re proposed railway line. Mr. John Ross is taking him to…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Destroying the Railway. Boers Active on the Border. London, October 19
The only reports received with regard to the position at Mafeking come from a Boer source, and must, therefore, be taken for what they are worth…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Tugela Bridge Guarded
The Tugela Bridge near Ladysmith is being strongly guarded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3,000 Boers at Bethulie Bridge
Three thousand Boers are stationed at Bethulie Bridge over the Orange River on the northern frontier of Cope Colony…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cobram Bridge. Deputation to Ministers. Favourable Reception. Sydney
The deputation appointed by the conference held at Nangunia on October 18th, to wait on the Premier, and the Minister for Public Works, to urge on them the necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Savernake. Enthusiastic Railway Meeting
ON Saturday last our local Progress Committee convened a public meeting in the School of Arts, when some twenty-five of the leading landholders of the district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Extension. Meeting at Savernake
The movement inaugurated at Clear Hills to arouse public, interest in the, matter of urging on the Government the necessity that exists for providing the stretch of rich…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tabletop Railway Station Improvements
In reference to the improvements requested through a petition presented by Mr. T. H. Griffith, M L.A., the following correspondence has been received:—…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Proposed Temora-gunbar Railway. Meeting at Gunbar
A well-attended meeting of the Gunbar branch of the Temora-Gunbar Railway League took place at Gunbar Hotel on Wednesday, 1st inst. The president (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Wreck a Train. London
An attempt was made to wreck a train conveying Capetown volunteers to the front, but was fortunately frustrated. The scene of the endeavour was at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Proposed Humula-wacca Railway. Meeting at Humula
A large public meeting was held in the Public Hall, Humula, on Saturday afternoon, fully 100 persons being present. Mr. C. D. Bardwell was voted to the chair. One of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The War. Important Speech by Lord Salisbury. Great Britain's Foreign Relations Reinforcements Arrive at the Cape. The Bombardment of Ladysmith Renewed. A Transport Breaks Down. A Siege Train for Pretoria in Preparation. LONDON
Speaking at the Lord Mayor's banquet, Lord Salisbury said that apart from the war, Great Britain's foreign relations were satisfactory. Her relations with Germany were…
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