District News. Wickham. Tram Matters
The promise of the Railway Commissioners to introduce a 20 minutes' tram service to Mayfield on Saturdays and holidays will be satisfactory…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
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A Sydney Letter. the Two Knights As Brothers.—also the Two Knights at Daggers Drawn.—a Strictly Feminine Situation—a Parliament of Petticoats.—jubilee of the Sydney University. — Maintenance of the Botanic Gardens.—increase in Tram Accidents.—those All Night Trams That Don't Pay. Sydney
Sir William Lyne and Sir John See met as brothers at the womanhood suffrage meeting the other evening, and were duly presented with a sliver clock (a gentle…
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Experiments are being made at Marseilles with an automobile ambulance propelled by two 6 h.p. engines, which are so arranged that either one or the other, or…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Penzance express, while approaching Paddington Station, came into collision with an engine which was shunting at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A'BECKETT v. Railway Commissioners
Mr. Walter Edmunds and Mr. A. R. Watt. Instructed by Messrs. J. A. Gorrick and T. A. Cronin, appeared for the plaintiff, Mrs. M. A. A'Beckett, and Mr. C…
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The following communication has been received from the Works Department through the Hon. J. N. Brunker:—"In reply to your letter of the 6th ultimo,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland Circuit Court. Friday, September 26. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Simpson.) a Beckett v. Railway Commissioners
Mr. Walter Edmunds and Mr. A. R. Watt, instructed by Messrs. J. A. Gorrick and T. A. Cronin, appeared for the plaintiff, Mrs. M. A. A'Beckett, and Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor-car in Medicine
Some time since we pointed out that when judiciously employed the motor-car might prove of immense service in the treatment of consumption and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Plattsburg. West Wallsend Tramway
It is now twelve months since the movement in connection with the proposed extension of the tramway to West Wallsend was at fever heat, and in fact the Minister…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The express train from Lille to Paris, owing to a pointsman's error, was derailed at Adleux into a siding which was under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor Lawn Mower
The motor is capable of adaptation to many purposes besides propelling cars. One has even been degraded to turning a plane organ. A more useful employment is that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Sydney Letter. the Case of Mr. Freidman.—the Blood Which the Trams Spill.—those Magnificent Fijians.—[?]hy a Royal Commission on [?]Unt Kembla?—mr. Philp Will [?]No Sympathy in Sydney.—[?]ver Point by Mr. Barre[?]on. Sydney
The [?] Molley [?] killed [?] Colliery [?]…
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The Aberdare railway, which branches off the Stanford-Merthyr line, at a point about half-a-mile or so from the East Greta Colliery, is being constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →That Terrible Motor Car Accident
A little while ago a cablegram was received announcing the happening of a terrible motor car accident in which Mr. C. L. Fair and iris wife wore killed. The…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The railway from Capetown to Beira, Portuguese East Africa, has been completed…
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A daring and successful train robbery is reported from the United States. The outrage was committed at Marcus, on the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wickham. the Tram Service
Although several weeks have elapsed since the Railway Commissioners promised to institute a 30-minutes' service on the Mayfield line on Saturdays and holidays,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Carrington. the Tram Line
Nothing further has been done in connection with the deviation of the train lines, and it is stated now that there is a hitch between the heads of the Works…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Glasgow Tramways
What electric traction means is well shown by the Glasgow tramways accounts. It added nearly £200,000 to the revenue for the year ending in May last,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warner's Bay Road
The read from Charlestown to Boolaroo, by way of Warner's Bay and Spier's Point. Lake Macquarie, upon which Mr. A. Edden, M.P., secured a grant of £1700,…
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