The Russian March on India. a Secret Railway Line
Merv.—once the "Queen of the World," and a household word in England, thanks to O'Donovan and Marvin and Vambery, is the possible cause of war with Russia,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
548 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 28
Minmi. the Minmi-cockle Creek Road
In reply to a letter from the secretary of the Minmi Improvement Committee to the Minister for Works, asking for a special grant for the road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electric Tram Run by Water Power
The electric tramway which connects the town of Grenoble, in France, with Chapareilian, and which runs through the picturesque valley of Greslvaudan, a distance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toronto. the Road
On Monday next, 15th inst., the Minister for Public Works will have to face the duty of considering the tenders are the construction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A New Cycle Motor
Another new patent bicycle has been brought out. This machine, while retaining the chain type of driving, does away with the cog-wheels, and Introduces a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Works. Navvies Wanted. Sydney
The Minister for Works states that some difficulty has been experienced in obtaining men to work on the deviation now being carried out between Gosford and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi-cockle Creek Road
Mr. A. E. Ayerst, hon. secretary Minmi Improvement Committee, writes:— As there appears to be a misunderstanding as to the amount of money that has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Breakdown on the Railway. Trains Delayed Near Hamilton
Some little inconvenience was caused to railway passengers between Hamilton and Waratah yesterday by the delay to trains. It happened that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hamilton Council. the Local Tram Service
At the fortnightly meeting of the Hamilton Council last night there were present: The Mayor (Alderman S. Donn) in the chair, and Aldermen Birrell, Pearce, Roe,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Northern Railway String Band
At the invitation of the council of the Railway Institute, the members of the above body journeyed to Sydney on Wednesday afternoon last to assist…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatality on the Railway. a Shunter Killed
Shortly after 10 o'clock on Saturday morning a young man named Ernest Sara, employed on the Government railways at Newcastle as a shunter, met his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. a Boer Haul. a Train Captured and Looted
LONDON, Sunday.—A cattle, coal, and forage train was captured by the Boers at night near Molteno, northern Cape Colony. The train was looted,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mecca Railway Project
According to a Constantinople telegram in the "Liberte," the Emir of Bokhara has forwarded to the Sultan, through the Russian Ambassador,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A German African Railway. to Oppose British Influence
LONDON, Thursday.—The Reichstag referred to the Budget committee a bill to construct a railway between Dar-es-Salaom and Ologoro at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The North Coast Railway
Sir,—With a view to organising a united and systematic agitation throughout the Cowper electorate in support of the construction of a North Coast line of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boat or Motor Car?
China is not the only place where they have strange boats. Here is a vessels that sails in Newfoundland; not in the water, but ashore. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What the Railway Means for Great Britain
In 1801 there were no railways in Scotland in the sense we now use the term, or even in England. To-day the railways of the United Kingdom extend to about 22,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steam Versus Electricity for Railways
In comparing the relative advantages of steam and electricity for the working of main lines of railway (says "Engineering") It must be admitted that for long…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Train Derailed
LONDON, Monday.—A culvert at Hofa collapsed, and the Pekin train was derailed. Eleven Chinese were killed and two Americans, and forty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Shore Bridge. Sydney
A deputation of representatives of the Northern Suburbs Municipal Committee, Mosman Council, and the People's Bridge Committee, waited on the Minister for…
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