Pen-notes and Pencillings. the Tube Railway
The tube railway is more than ordinary interesting. The illustration shows new one looks in the section, and a small panel seeks to convey an idea of how the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 22
Tramway Collision. a Passenger Killed. Sydney
A collision occurred at the tram terminus at Circular Quay to-day between an incoming Alexandria tram and a cart. One of the passengers an the tram, Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Tramways. Sydney
The proposal to construct a tramway from Harris-street, via Miller-street, Abattoir-road, and Globe Island Bridge, to Balmain was further considered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Railway Servants. Threatened Strike. London
The "Daily Mail" says the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants threatens to strike on the August Bank Holiday (August 5), owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Insufficient Accommodation on Trams
Sir,—Last Monday night, owing to the crowded state of the Globe (one car) tram leaving town at 10 to 10, there were no less than seven ladies travelling in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Tramway Accident. Officials Before the Court. Sydney
Francis Lloyd, 29 years of age, a tram-driver, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with having, at Sydney, on May 14th, 1907, being then a person…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Crowded Trams
The letter of "Observer" in yesterday's issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" referring to the alleged overcrowding of Glebe trams was brought under the notice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall in Railway Stocks
LONDON, Thursday.—A general fall has occurred in British railway stocks owing to a threatened strike among the men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Luck of New South Wales in Minerals.—regarding Copper Prices and Other Matters.—why Not a Suspension Bridge?—the Two Halves of the City.—a Warning to Limited Companies.—the Phonograph Displacing the Hurdy-gurdy.—twenty Shillings for 6d Worth of Coal. Sydney
The opening or starting of a new furnace at the Eskbank Ironworks has been subject for a good deal of writing, most of which has been in praise of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Tramway
Sir,—I desire to point out the injustice to which some of the daily travellers from Wallsend to Newcastle are subjected. As almost everyone is aware, the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Drinking at Railway Stations
Sir,—It is a rule in law that the man who makes a charge or an assertion about a person or a body of loon is bound to produce the evidence to prove what he…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Brooklyn Tram Fatality
The inquiry into this accident, which caused the death of one passenger, and injuries to the others and the motorman, is still proceeding, Export evidence seems…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Irish Railways. Sir Joseph Ward's Evidence. London
Sir Joseph Ward, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, gave evidenced on Friday before the Vice-regal Commission the Irish railways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Tram Accident. Opening of the Inquest. Sydney
Mr. A. N. Barnet, the city coroner, opened an inquest to-day into the circumstances of the death of John Schofield Poster, land agent of Orange, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mono Railway. Mr. Brennan's Invention. London
Alter the leading Indian engineers had reported favourably An Mr. Louis Brennan's new type of mono-railway, the India Council voted him the sum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mono Railway
The reports of the Brennan monorail read peculiarly to those who know the latter's history. As given now, the reader is led to suppose that Mr. Brennan has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Tramway Accident. Remarkable Evidence. Sydney
The circumstances of the death of John Schofield Foster, which occurred as the result of a collision between a tram car and a cart in Young-street, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Tramway
Mr. John Gillies has received the following letter from the Public Works Department:— "In reply to the letter dated 18th instant, presented by you, from the Maitland Tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Brighton Motor Fatality
The lad W. B. Moorhouse, who was charged with manslaughter because, while ridding his motor-cycle, he ran over and killed a child at New Brighton, has, though the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Victoria's Railway Commissioner
LONDON, Saturday.—Mr. Tait, the Victorian Railway Commissioner, will visit Canada about the end of June, and remain a month before returning…
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