Shire Roads
Judging by the numerous complaints from individual ratepayers (not by Progress Committees) at the last…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
547 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 28
Mountain Road Blocked by Landslip
WHEN Mr. A. W. Lane, accompanied by Mr. E. M'Crossin, was retaining on Monday from Wandsworth, where he bad been conducting a funeral, he was confronted…
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As the ordinary passenger train from Glen Innes was approaching Tamworth on Thursday night (says the "News") a horse box became derailed, and the train was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Road to Happiness
CROWDS of men and maidens are quite convinced that if only married their lives would roll on in perfect peace and joy. What would become of all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Railway Re-survey
IT is in no carping spirit that we again direct our member's attention to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Railways
Mr. Waddell stated on Saturday that the management of the railways was a pronounced success, and that the lines were safer than those of Great Britain, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Waddell on the Railways. Sydney
MR. WADDELL stated on Saturday that the business management of the railways was a pronounced success. The lines were safer, he said, than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Washaways
The heavy rain along the North Western railway line completely disorganised the service during the first part of last week. Washaways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Development in New South Wales. a Quarter of a Century's Progress
ONE of the most hopeful features in the progress of the State of New South Wales is the marvellous development of its railways during the past quarter of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Told in the Train
Scene—A third class carriage on a suburban railway. Weather hot. Passengers—On one side four big men on the other four full-sized women…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Motor Wheel. Substitute for Pneumatic Tyres
In a report to the Washington Bureau of Manufacturer, Mr. Thomas II. Norton, the United States Consul at Chemnitz, gives particulars of a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. London, Thursday. Railway Robberies
A railway detective, employed by the London and North Western Railway Company, has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatality
A ballast train ran into a bullock near Blackall, Queensland. Several [?]rucks were derailed. Patrick Calaghan was killed, and the guard and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guyra to Tigha Road
The portion of the road between Wands worth and Tingha turn-off, about 10 miles in length, which is in the…
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A crowded meeting of the Railway League was held at Coff's Harbor on Saturday night (March 21s). Mr. Shepherd in the chair. A resolution…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Across America by Motor-car
During the latter months of 1906 a remarkable motor-cycle journey, which is without a parallel in the annals of the sport, and as a feat of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Chief
A COMPLAINT by members of Parliament that Mr. Johnson, the Chief Railway Commissioner, is almost unapproachable, was voiced on Tuesday by Mr. G. A. Jones,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling and Motoring
Pearson's record ride from Sydney to Melbourne, in 57 tours 24 rains, has evidently not frightened another Sydney amateur in J. Salvana, who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Accident
Trucks of a special stock train became uncoupled four miles from Jounes to day. The driver pulled up the train promptly, but the uncoupled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smith v. Railway Commissioners
John Beilby Smith obtained £1150 damages from the Railway Commissioners for injuries sustained in the Werris Creek railway smash…
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