Preferential Railway Rates
LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Lloyd George, President of the Board of Trade, in introducing into the House of Commons a bill to terminate…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Teralba Road
Sir,—Recently some money was expended by the Hamilton and Adamstown Councils in remaking Teralba Road, but unfortunately as each council has begun the…
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A deputation, representing the whole of the North Coast district, from Newcastle to Grafton, waited upon Mr. Lee, the Minister for Works, this afternoon, with…
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Sir,—Your correspondent evilently does not know where the boundary line between the Hamilton and Adamstown municipalities runs, or he would not have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our London Letter the Transvaal Elections.—the Colonial Conference.—victoria and Australian Settlement.—south African Possibilities.—the Colonies and the Navy.—new London Technical College.—motor Tattersall's.—new Shakespeare Portrait. London, February 22. the Transvaal Elections
The result of the Transvaal elections sows that the Dutch of Hetvolk party will be the strongest in the Legislative Assembly, and that, with the aid of the…
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Every day a perusal of the columns of the press affords evidence of the growing power of the motorists in our midst. Yesterday I noticed an announcement in…
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A short cable was published last month in reference to Mr. Shackleton's proposed expedition to the South Polar region. The London "Times," of February 12,…
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LONDON, Friday.—While the Queen of Portugal, her mother (the Comtesse de Paris) and Prince Affonso (Duke of Oporto), the King's brother,…
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The New Orleans-San Francisco express has been derailed at Colton, Nebraska, with disastrous results. Sixty of the passengers were killed…
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Sir,—The paragraph regarding to right of a police officer being on a railway station for the purpose of supervising the conduct of the refreshment room, has…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—An electric tramcan, travelling from Wallington to Croydon, near London, overturned while turning a corner at an…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A train collided with a motor-car on a level crossing near Avignon, France. Two of the occupants of the car…
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Strengthened by the experiences of its predecessors, the new British South Polar expedition, organised by Lieutenant T. H. Shackleton, will leave England in…
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The Public Works Committee gave further consideration to-day to the question of the construction of the Wallsend to West Wallsend tramway. Mr…
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Mr. T. R. Johnson, the new Chief Railway Commissioner for New South Wales, arrived in Sydney to-day by the express train from Melbourne. He was met at…
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The Public Works Committee met again to-day, when the following resolution, moved by Mr. Fallick, and seconded by Mr. Robson, was carried:—…
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Motor cars and motor bicycles are becoming very numerous in New Zealand, though in many places the roads are not of the best for motoring, being rough and…
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It is satisfactory to find that the scheme of electrification of the Newcastle tramways, brought forward by the City Council, is meeting with…
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LONDON, Monday.—The police at Turin, Italy, have discovered an organisiation of railway men to rob the luggage of passengers. Many arrests…
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Sir,—A remonstrance in petition form against the removal of the present bridge to Carrington will presently be placed before the residents for their signatures…
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