Railway Fatality
Mr. and Mrs. Tilbrook were overtaken by a train while driving over the Plumpton crossing in South Australia yesterday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
390 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 20
Strathbogie- Glen Innes Road
MR F. J. THOMAS with Mr. J. F. Utz waited on the authorities last week and urged that a vote of £500 be granted to put this road in reasonable repair, and thereby enable the people to do…
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SOME little time ago, Mr. F. J. Thomas, M.P., presented a letter to the Public Works Department from Mr Robert Wood, urging that a sum of money should be expended in connection with…
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What is considered one of the finest engineering feats ever accomplished is the spanning of the Gokteik Gorge in Burmah. The contract was given…
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The lowest tender, for the manufacture of 60 locomotives for the Railway Department was from the Fitzroy Government Dock, the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mt. Kembla Motor. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
AT the Police Court, to-day, J. A. Daley and A. J. Cowles were proceeded against on two charges of alleged conspiracy in connection with the Mount Kembla Motor Car…
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Particulars of a frightful, catastrophe to the Duquesne, Ltd., fastest through passenger train from Pittsburg to New York, fire contained in a despatch of December 13, published…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Race
On Saturday afternoon a road race, under the Auspices of the Glen Innes Bicycle Club, was run along the Tenter field road, the distance being 11 milles. The race (which was for trophies presented…
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A large deputation representing the tram way employees interviewed the Premier to-day and requested that increases claimed to be due, should be…
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The state Ministers at the Treasuners confidence, scoat Mr.Tamers,s scheme for hypothecating the gross receipts of the State railways…
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The Emperor does not travel grails, even on the German railways; he his private train, but be pays for haulage of it according to the number of axletrees. On the…
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An old man leaving work got into a car. He had not gone far before the conductor asked him for two pence. The man said it was one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. London Thursday. the War. Russia and Japan. Ascendancy of the Jap. Capture of Soldiers. Bridge Blown Up. Ranning the Gauntlet. Russian Torpedo Boats Repulsed. Rossian Cruiser Disabled. Japanese Fleet Coaling. Admiral Alexieff Condemned. A Drawing-Room Commander. Chinese Assistance
The Japanese have occupied Seoul, and also captured three of the Russian volunteer fleet, with 2000 troops on board…
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WE have been asked to drew attention to the dangerous state of the platform on the bridge spanning the Maun River on the Had Range road. A broken plank will be the cause of an accident if…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guyra-coff's Harbor Railway. a Trip to the Dorrigo
Mr. W. M. Stevenson, who has just returned from a trip to Coff's Harbor, has, as usual, brought some [?] back with him, amongst them being a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Passenger Fares. Raising the Rates at Show Time
It is complained that the Railway Department has treated the Armidale P. and A. Society harshly in connection with the special train service for…
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The acquittal of tire principals in the Mr. Kembla motor, car case takes no one by surprise. The Crown Law authorities, when they put Mr. Lanes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Furracabad Roads
MANY of the roads leading to farming communities of the district are badly in need of immediate attention, and among the fist may be mentioned those which pass through Furracabad Estate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Suspension Bridge
THE Government is making as much fuss about supplying a few yards of second-hand cable for suspension bridge across the river as might be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Traveller. Luxury on the Railway Lines
THE unoccustomed voyager is always somewhat puzzled when he finds that the means of the sumptuous meals served on board the…
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