Large Railway Deal
LONDON, Saturday.—The Taff Vale Railway Company have arranged to purchase the Rhymney and Cardiff railways and the Bate Docks, in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
491 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 25
Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Railway Accident. Mr. E. Higginson Greatly Injured
Mr. Ernest Higginson, night officer at West Maitland railway station, sustained serious injuries at about 1.35 a.m. yesterday, while engaged in his ordinary…
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Mr. Ernest Higginson, night officer at West Maitland, who was so seriously injured on Tuesday morning, still lies in a critical condition, and, despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wright's Aeroplane
Messrs. Wright Bros. appear to have quite solved the question of building an aerial machine that will stay in the air even thought heavier. The machine they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Accident
What might have been a very serious accident occurred a few days ago on the North Coast line, in the vicinity of Ziliwere. A gang of line repairers had…
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LONDON, Monday.—A band of robbers attacked the Siberian mail train in Transbalkalla, and secured 250,000 doubles (about £26,430)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Facilities. Newcastle to Maitland
A deputation from East and West Maitland and Morpeth waited upon Mr. II. Fox, district superintendent of railways, at Newcastle yesterday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Sydney
John Harvey, aged 18 years, a night officer in charge of the railway gates on the Sydney-road, Liverpool, was cut to pieces on Tuesday night by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Advertising New South Wales in England.—also Advertising It at Home.—the Newsboys and the Trams.—putting Down the Sweeps.—the Many Laws We Have.—over Weight As Well As Under Weight a Fault. Sydney
The Government of New South Wales is becoming more commercial every day. Some of the people of some years ago. would never have believed that we should,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament. Legislative Council. Bombala Railway Bill. Sydney
Sir FRANCIS SUTTOR, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. The Saint James' Parsonage Lands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall From a Tramcar. Sydney
Before his Honor Judge Backhouse and a jury of four, in the District Court to-day, Mrs. Elizabeth Fairweather proceeded against the Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramcar and Cab Collision. Sydney
In the District Court to-day, before his Honor Judge Backhouse and a jury, on action for £100 damages was brought by Thomas Conlon, a cabman, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dealing in Railway Tickets. Sydney
In the High Court to-day, before the Chief Justice, Sir Samuel Griffith, Mr. Justice Barton, Mr. Justice Isaacs, and Mr. Justice Higgins, Mr. Field Barrott,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Tramguard's Claim. Sydney
Before his Honor Judge Backhouse in the Sydney District Court to-day, an extram conductor named Hugh Pain proceeded against the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Locked Railway Carriage. Powers of Commissioners. Sydney
In the Summons Division of the Central Police Court to-day, before Mr. Barnett, S.M., S. H. Fairland was proceeded against on an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mono-railway
On general principles it may be held to be undesirable that a Government should assist in the testing of patents. But there are obviously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Invasion by Aeroplane. London
The Aero Club of the United Kingdom have formed a league to encourage the Inventors of aeroplanes. Speaking at a dinner of the Aero…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Mailed Fist and the Sweeps.—some More or Less Odious Comparisons.—the Year's Rise in Barriers.—motor Cars and the Speedometer.—beware of Bad Money.—regarding a Certain Liability. Sydney
The new law dealing with sweeps appears to have come down on the institution with mailed list force and conclusive effect. It seems to have been just…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Facilities
A decided improvement has been effected at the West Maitland railway station in relation to the telegraph operating room. The present room, which adjoined…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Zig-zag Railway Accident. Three Men Committed. Lithgow
The inquest into the cause of the death of Guard J. W. Costello, killed in the recent railway accident at Zig-zag, was concluded to-day…
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