Broken Hill Trouble. Railway Line Damaged. Broken Hill
A section of the railway leading from Railway Town to the mines was blown up during the night. The damage is not great, and can easily be repaired…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 25
Sensational Motor Drive. Nowra
A report of a sensational motor drive through burning forests between Jervis Bay and Nowra has been received. The thermometer stood at 112deg, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Itland District. [?]castle Herald" Branch Office. High-street, West Maitland. Railway Matters
[?] H. Fox, the District Super[?] Railways, has written [?] of Maitland, Major Cra[?] to the requests for [?]…
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A further exhibition of lawlessness took place at Broken Hill to-day. Some excitement occurred among the pickets on Block 10 side of the Proprietary…
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At the Burwood Police Court to-day, three young men—Edward Whittle, 26, clerk; Jeremiah Jackson, 28 bookmaker; and Beaumont Myles, 29, traveller—were…
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The heavy coal traffic from the South Maitland coalfield and the increased goods traffic have been responsible for some time for a certain amount of congestion…
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LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Cody, of the balloon staff of the Royal Engineers, aboard the British Army aeroplane, at Farnborough, flew 100 yards…
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LONDON, Monday.—A bag containing fifteen parcels of securities, valued at £40,000, has been stolen from a railway carriage in Paris…
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The business people of Greta are complaining strongly because of the trouble and inconvenience they are being put to through the lack of storage…
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Mr. M. Charlton, M.P., interviewed Mr. Lee, the Minister for Works, to-day, in reference to the proposed resumption by the Government of the Toronto…
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The speeches delivered at Cowra by Mr. Waddell, the Minister for Railways, and Mr. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner, dealt with the same subject…
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Charles Gilbert Abel, of Newtown appeared at the Newtown Police Court to-day on a charge of furiously driving a motor car in Rocky Point-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. All About Broken Hill.—how Silverton Fell From Grace.—the Water Famine of 1888 and Mr. F. Abigail.—early Mines and "Landmarks" in Subsequent History.—the Wonderful Silverton Tramway.—what Is the Life of the Barrier?—the Future of the Hill? Sydney
Broken Hill is very much in the public eye just now. The history of the great sliver town would be found fascinating reading if it could be given with all its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waratah. Railway Works
A party of surveyors have commenced work on the railway at Waratah with the object it is reported, of laying out a course which will provide for four lines…
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A goods train collided with a passenger train near Denver, Colorado, in the United States. The drawing-room car was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The North Coast Railway. Sydney
The tender of Messrs Rhys-Jones, Carter, and Company, Limited, was accepted to-day for the construction of the third section of the North Coast railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Tramway Extensions. Sydney
The advancement of the metropolitan subarban areas has been remarkable during the last few years, and the development is continuing in all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Examinations. Sydney
The Railway Institute, in Sydney has a number of very successful classes in operation. These deal with all railway subjected and they have been found to…
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Mr. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways, has issued his report for the quarter ended 31st December, 1908…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Railway Employees. Melbourne
A scheme for the reclassification of the railway service consequent on certain increases granted by Parliament to dailypaid railway employees, has been…
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