Death of a Railway Officer
A telegram from Geelong states that Mr. William Tierney, a retired officer, expired very suddenly at his residence, in Sydney Place, this morning…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
525 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 27
Telegrams. Inter-state New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday Night. Lockhart to Clear Bills Railway Vetoed
The Public Works Committee has decided against the construction of the Lockhart to Clear Hills railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tapering Railway Rates. Attack on the Commissioners
Mr. Andrews moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the tapering railway rates. A long discussion cha[?], members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Railway Projects. What Enterprise Is Doing in Three Great Continents
Great railway projects seem to be again the Order of the day, though they now make less impression upon t[?]e world than they did when such…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →VlCTORIA. MELBOURNE, Wednesday Night. Legislative Assembly. Thefts of Live Stock on the Railways
In the Assembly this afternoon, the Minister for Railways (Mr. Shiels) promised Mr. Graham that the Railway Commissioners would formulate a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mildura Railway
On Friday His Excellency, the State Governor, will officially declare open the last section of the Mildura line. It has been arranged that a special…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Employes Retiring Age
The Railway Commissioners have issued a direction that the principle that employs retired at the age of 60 years be granted one month's leave on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wahgunyah Train
The railway commission have announced that when the summer time-table takes effect early next month the Wahgunyah line will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smuggling by Motor Car
Land smugglers have been successfully using motor cars for the purpose of getting Belgian cigars and tobacco, and also schnapps, into the North of France. Near…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →The Wheat Block on the Railways
A foretaste of the great wheat block on the railways which is certain to ensue unless the crops are immediately smitten with a plague is (says the Herald) being experienced by…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Central Railway Station
An interesting return was presented to the Legislative Assembly by the Minister for Works, with the object of showing the expenditure incurred up to date in…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Lockhart to Clear Hills Railway
The Public Works Committee on Tuesday considered the terms of its report to the Legislative Assembly on the proposed railway from Lookhart to Clear Hills, an…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Future of the Electric Railways
Mr. Frank Sprague, in the "Forum," predicts that electricity as a motive power is going to carry all before it. His account of the electric railways in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Siberian Railway. British Officer's Opinion. Its Cost and Value
Colonel Brown, late military attache in Peking, on being interviewed with reference to the Siberian railway, expressed his opinion that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Robbers in Natal. Get Away with £13,000 Woth of Booty. the Deed As[?]rided to Oversea Colonial Desperadoes
While a train was [?]ding an inc[?] between Pietermaritzburg (the capital of Natal) and Mylatroom, an armed gang entered the van,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electrical Tramways
Mr. Sh[?]ls and Mr. Bent, accompanied by the chief Commissioner of Railways (Mr. Tail), visited the Flemington and Easendon Municipalities…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electric Passenger Motors
The use of motor cars is coming morn and more into vogue, There have, of course, been private people who have for some tune back used…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lockhart--clear Hills Railway
The Public Works Committee have accepted its report on the proposed railway from Lockhart to Clear Hills, and it is not in favour of the construction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First Corowa-owned Motor Car
Mr. D. C. Young, cordial manufacturer has just imported from the works of Messrs Humber and Co., Nollingham [?]ugland, through the Melbourne agent,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queerest Railway Ever Invented. Five Miles a Minute on a Magnet Train
The mere thought of travelling 300 mill's an hour is enough to take one's breath away, yet such is the electrifying proposition of Professor…
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