Railway Matters
In connection with the anomalies in fares recently referred to in the "Newcastle Morning Herald," so far as the traffic between West Maitland and the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Road Maintenance
Mr. Wade, the State Attorney-General, admits that the time has not yet come when the whole cost of maintaining all roads can be passed over to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disaster. Thirty-five People Killed. London
A train carrying 800 excursionists on the Pere Parquette railway when near Salem, Michigan (U.S.), dashed into a freight train coming in the opposite…
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A meeting of the citizens' tramway committee was held in the Mayor's room at the town hall last evening, the Mayor, Alderman Cracknoll, presiding. Accounts…
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A fatal accident occurred on the railway crossing at Burswood this evening. Mr. T. F. Fenton, in company with a friend named Murphy, was driving over,…
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Sir,—Kindly permit me space in your paper to make public the way in which the majority of regular travellers to and from Wallsend are treated by the…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Prince Borghese, the Italian representative, who is leading in the motor, car contest from Pekin to Paris, has arrived at Kazan,…
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We now have particulars of Mr. Brenan's wonderful single rail train. When it was first announced, the term "mono rail" caused some confusion as there are "mono"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Parliament the Senate. West Australian Railway. Melbourne
Senator GOULD, the President of the Senate, took the chair at half-past ten o clock this morning. Senator ST. LEDGER (Q.) said August…
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The statement by the Chief Commissioner for Railways at the annual dinner of the Commercial Travellers' Association, that, in the event of the…
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LONDON, Monday.—Prince Borghese, the leader in the Pekin to Paris motor contest, has arrived at Moscow…
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LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Erbacher, a young American millionaire, was killed by an accident while motoring in New Jersey…
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Even as in the lives of individuals, there dawn ago-points when the road forks out, and wisdom must decide which is the better one to take; so in the lives…
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Street cars propelled by machinery date back to quite distant days, but the real genesis of the present motor car will be found in 1770. In that year a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The State Railways. Operations of the Year. Sydney
The annual report of the Chief Railway Commissioner for the year ended June 30th was issued to-day. The railway earnings amounted to…
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A deputation, comprising Messrs. J. Estell and A. Edden, Ms.P., and Councillor S. Croudace, President, and Mr. North, engineer, of the Lake Macquarie shire,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling. Speedwell Road Race
The big annual road fixture of the year in the "Speedwell" road race takes place this afternoon, from Singleton to Islington. Fifty riders have been handicapped…
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Only those who frequent the West Maitland railway station and goods-shed have any idea of the growth of traffic in the Maitland district since the…
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The third annual Speedwell road race, promoted by Messrs. Bennett and Wood, Ltd, was contested on Saturday over a 41-miles course, from Singleton to Islington…
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LONDON, Monday.—Two cars collided in the Criterium do France motor race near Bordeaux. Five persons were killed and two…
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