The Toronto Road Sydney
Mr. Norton, M.P., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works to-day relative to the opening of a road from Newcastle to Toronto. It was urged that the road…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1900
518 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 26
Destroying the Railway
LONDON, Thursday.—The Boers claim to have destroyer a portion of the railway south of the Val River…
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Traffic-inspector Ellis, on behalf of the New South Wales Railway Commissioners, prosecuted Silas Ruttley, whom the information charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ocean Tramps. More Than Half Fly the British Flag
A tramp steamship is a merchant steam vessel that runs on no regular route, and is ready for the service of anybody who wants to pay her owner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Assemblage of Warships. the Revolt of the "Boxers." Further European Reinforcements. Train Loads for Pekin
LONDON, Monday.—Thirty-one men-of-war are at Taku. The Admirals are discussing the expediency of seizing a, strip of coast as an inviolable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Lines of Communication. Railway Destruction in the Orangeiriver Colony
LONDON, Monday.—It is officially stated that Boers destroyed the railway between America and Roodeval, in the Orange River Colony, some ten…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Locomotives on English Railways
"Engineering," in illustrating the latest American locomotives sent to England recalls the fact that the real reason is the recent engineers' strike in this country…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Carrington. the New Bridge
The contractors for this work are pushing on with the work as quickly as possible, and good progress is being made. It is expected that the bridge will be sufficiently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Victorian Railways
There is a great difference of opinion as to the possibility of introducing the elevator system into Victoria with satisfactory results. It is complained…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Ride on a Railway Buffer
The London "Telegraph" Paris correspondent telegraphs a strange story of a girl of 18, from Auvergne. She had been living in the French capital with a relative,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Electric Tramway Progress
"Engineering" points out that in the United Kingdom we are now constructing on an average annually 166 miles of electric tramway, whereas Germany has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →English Railway Accidents
The Standing Committee on Trade took into consideration the Government bill "For the Better Prevention of Accidents on Railways." Mr. Ritchie…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Kruger's Moving Capital. Lives in a Railway Car. Steam Always Up
LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.— President Kruger eats and sleeps his railway car, and the engine fires are always alight. The train carries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter a Letter Carrier and His Wife.—a Coming Motor Car Ride. Goulburn to Sydney.—the Monkey and the Nuts He Gave Innocent People.—m. Wiegand Says Ha! Ha! !—The Plague and Wet Weather.—quong Tart and China.—mind Your Pockets. Sydney
The course of true love didn't run smooth in the case of Mr. and Mrs. Coudell. The gentleman is a letter carrier, employed in Balmain, and eighteen months ago he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Railway Collision
LONDON, Sunday.—A terrible accident occurred at the Great Western Railway Company's Slough Station, near Windsor, yesterday. Despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor-car Trial
The concluding journey of the Automobile Club's 1000—mile trial was to end on May 12 with the arrival of the "fittest" in London. The trial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Bridge Collapse
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Delagoa railway bridge, near Hector Spruit, has collapsed, and goods traffic has been suspended. The Boers suspect…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reconstruction Train Attacked
LONDON, Wednesday.—The British reconstruction train at Leewspruit was attacked on Thursday, losing three killed, five wounded, and fifty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fruit Trees Along Roads
The cultivation of fruit trees along the high road of France is being extended year by year. Following the example of the Government, the communes in certain…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An Experience with Motors
Mr. Dawson Turner, of Edinburgh contributes to "Chamber's Journal" an account of his experience with various motor cars of which he has been the owner. Of…
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