Tram and Train Traffic
The traffic was exceptionally large yesterday, both by tram and train, extra carriages having to be put on to provide the necessary accommodation…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1900
518 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 26
Boer attempt to Cut a Railway
LONDON, Sunday.—A Reuter's telegram from the British camp at Victoria West, on the main line of railway from Capetown, and about 80 miles…
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A railway accident occurred to an excursion train travelling this morning from Bendigo to Axedale. The excursion train ran into a van standing at the M'Iver…
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LONDON, Monday.—The last portion of the siege train has left Capetown for the front, probably to reinforce Sir Redvers Buller…
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LONDON, Monday.—A body of British cavalry, while reconnoitring, engaged the enemy north of Dordrecht. After six hours' fighting the Boers…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A Railway Pioneer Corps has been formed at Capetown. Twelve hundred men have joined, the volunteers being mostly…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Several attempts have been made to tamper with the railway thirty miles south of De Aar…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A new armoured train has arrived at Estcourt…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Latest details regarding the fighting at Colesberg state that the Boers routed numbered about 4000. They used a British…
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The great New Year's gift which has been given to Russia is direct communication between St. Petersburg and the Pacific. Everyone knows that the…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The railway line between, Colenso and Ladismith has been destroyed by the Boers…
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When the Broken Hill express which left the Barrier on Wednesday night was about two miles from Manna Hill, at about 12.30 a.m., a fire broke out in…
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Now that our engineers are called upon to render important service in South Africa, such as throwing bridges over the Tugela River for the relief columns going north…
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An article on Abyssinia and King Menelik appears in the "Windsor Magazine," in which, referring to the sturdiness of the people, the writer says:—"A country of…
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Mr. Morley Roberts, the well-known author, tells the story of his youthful wanderings in "M.A.P." America (he says) was my second great university, and though I…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Frankfort express collided with another train at Bischweiller, 14 miles from Strasburg. A waggon loaded with spirits caught…
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Taking a fairly representative section of one of the main lines outside of London, costing £40,000 per mile, 24 per cent of the cost was due, says "Engineering," to…
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It was inevitable that the motor principle should be adopted by military authorities, and an automobile gun which may be largely used in future wars in now being tested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Stockton. the Fullerton Cove Road. the Fullerton Cove Road
Yesterday morning the Mayor received a letter from Mr. W. T. Dick, M.P., stating that in reply to his third letter on the subject the Minister for Works had notified…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Sydney Letter. the Lady and the Governor.—an Historic Communion Service.—should North Shore Have Its Bridge?—how Some Poor Creatures Exist in Sydney.—lighting Up Our Parks.—an Item on Loaferdom.—the Bush Contingent.—fremantle As a Port of Call. Sydney
They had a funny experience at Government House yesterday. During the afternoon a woman strolled through the gates up the drive, and into the hall, and…
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