Wreck of a Train. Fifteen Immigrants Killed. London
A transcontinental train has been wrecked at Chapleau, in Ontario, through, a rail being broken, and was precipitated over an embankment…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Our London Letter. the Navigation Conference.—london County Council Elections.—australian Mail Contract.—the Visitng Premiers.—st. Paul's Cathedral.—south African Products.—lectures on Australia.—the Siberian Railway.—motor Cars in London. London, 8th March. the Navigation Conference
Only second in importance to the Colonial Conference is the Conference on Navigation, which opens in London at the end of this month. The questions to be…
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In weighing the pros and cons of the Channel tunnel, the advantage of being able to step into a train at London and to get out at Constantinople, has been…
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At the time of writing, there are 300 idle motor cabs in London. The cause is that the Home Office have delayed their official order permitting the taximeter…
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Two narrow escapes from serious accidents have occurred during the last few days. The first one was on the Lyttelton Wharf, when the engine, instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Our Brisbane Letter. Brisbane, April 10. Railway Fatalities
During the week railway lines in the northern and the eastern suburbs were the scenes of fatal accidents. The first of these occurred on the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. the Triumph of the Motor Car
The automobile forms a most absorbing topic for observation and study, as its progress has been so rapid. Twelve years ago there were few automobile factories…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Double-deck Tram Condemned.—how Things Bear on the Location of the Central Railway Station.—the "Tube" for the Future.—the Good Times of To-day.—moving Pictures to Talk Up "New South Wales" in England.—the Morality of the Stage. Sydney
The writer correctly foretold the failure of the doubledeck tram. All the same, he is sorry he was right. The failure of the double-deck tram has not…
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Mr. T. R. Johnson, the new Chief Railway Commissioner, will commence his first inspection of the lines of the State to-day, beginning with the…
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That an electric train accident may be infinitely more disastrous than one of the usual character is evidenced by what happened only the other day in New York…
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The announcement that a new timetable is to be brought into operation on the railway line from Sydney to Brisbane will be received with…
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Sir,—Some time ago I wrote to the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales drawing attention to the sale of liquor at the Newcastle…
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Broadmeadow, in the vicinity of the Premier Hotel, has a very busy appearance at the present time. At .the. Junction of the Adamstown tramline, points…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A man entered a railway station at St. Paul, Minnesota, in the United States, compelled a clerk to open the safe, took 25,000…
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Sir,—If Mr. Fisher thinks that the temperance party are in favour of ilquor being sold at railway stations on Sunday, he is much mistaken. They are not in…
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Sir,—The letter of Mr. D. Wallwork on this question makes me more sure that the temperance party are waging war against the publican—not the liquor trade, or why…
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There is no room in Sydney for the trade brought by the railways from the north and north-west. This is not a declaration made from any…
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Mr. T. R. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner of Railways, to-day issued his quarterly report on the working of the railways and tramways…
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Sir,—Mr. Fisher repents the untrue statement that the temperance party have a down upon the licensed victuallers, while they leave "others alone" who are…
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A deputation from Adamstown Council was introduced by Mr. Fegan, in the unavoidable absence of Mr. A. Edden, M.P. The Mayor, Alderman T. Rutherford,…
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