A Train Stopped by a Mouse
On the Italian railways an electric bell rings six times at the next station upon the departure of every train. One day the stationmaster at one of the stations, hearing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1899
261 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 14
A Gentleman Tramp
In Australia the tramp or "sundowner," as be is called, is a privileged person. As compared, too, with his British prototype, he is also a man of property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lockhart Railway
Our correspondent at Lockhart Wired last night that a large [?] waited to the Minister for Works yesterday in reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Road Contracts
The following tenders have been received by Mr E. H. Bawden, Road Superintandent, for road contracts in this district:— Curraghmour to Tocumwal — Adams and Barnes,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company. Half-yearly Meeting
[?] forty-ninth half-yearly meeting of the share[?] in the Deniliquin and Moama Railway [?]pany was held at the Deniliquin Office on [?]day last. The Hon. George Simmie, M.L.C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramps' Hotels
If there were in England' a paper similar in scope to the Parisian beggar's organ—here, surely, is an "obvious void" in trade journalism—it would be crammed with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Knights of the Road
Shakespeare has declared that there is a soul of goodness in things evil, would men only distil it out. And in like manner there is a bright spot to be found in the dark hearts…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Greensgunyah Railway. a Question of Taxation
The action of the Legislative Council in insisting that land benefited by new railways should pay a benefited tax has aroused strong feeling. Upon The Rock…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →The Tumut Railway
The great objection to the construction of the railway from Gundugai to Tumut, Mr. Young thinks, is than an expensive bridge, a work that would cost quite…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Terrible Railway Accident. 21 Persons Killed, 100 Injured. London
The express train from Mons to Brussels, during a fog, telescoped a train at Forest station, near Brussels. Twenty one persons were killed outright, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Farm Foot-bridge
If adjacent trees can be found to carry the bridge, aa shown in the illustration, the location will be ideal. In the absence of trees posts can be planted. In the drawing, one…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Knights of the Road
On arriving at the Royal Hotel, Jerilderie, Ned Kelly, addressing the hotelkeeper, said :—" Now, sir, I will do you no harm as long as you carry out my wishes. I have come to…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →An Experience of a Record Loader on Victorian Roads
William Lindner, a well-known carrier in this district, who recently had a very large waggon built at St. Mary's, near Penrith (no doubt with the object of beating last year's…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →General Cable News. Appalling Railway Disaster. Twenty Persons Killed. a Hundred Injured
There were 800 passengers on the Mona Express. The gaud applied the Westinghouse brake with such force that the engine couplings parted,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways in Asia. Extension of Russian Lines London, February 19
The Russian Government is accelerating the extension of its Trans Caspian line of railway. The terminus of this railway is at…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Appalling Railway Disaster. Collision in a Fog. Twenty-one Persons Killed. London, February 19
A terrible railway disaster has occurred in Belgium. During a dense fog the express from Mons dashed into and telescoped a train at Forest…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Death of a Railway Veteran
An old railway veteran who left the roads for his resting place on the mountains, some years ago, has at length passed the home signal. Mr. T. Carlisle…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The New Siberian Railway
A revolution in the food supply of the world is anticipated. It is estimated that the new Siberian Railway will bring under wheat cultivation a zone of something like…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Knights of the Road. Part Iii
Mr. White truly says that the battle of Glenrowan was the Waterloo of the Kelly campaigns, but with the differance that it was won by a species of bush fighting in…
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