Raworth Road
The residents of Raworth suffered much inconvenience prior to the action of the Tarro Shire Council in taking over the road through that locality, as, under…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
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The State Railways
The report issued by Mr. T. R. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner, concerning the working of the State railways during the last financial year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Brisbane Letter. Brisbane, July 31. the Railway Accident
For the first time in half a century a serious accident has occurred upon the railway in this State, and very keen regret is felt in every corner of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Electrification. Proposal in Victoria. Melbourne
Mr. J. A. Boyd, M.P., who has recently visited Europe and America in connection with the question of the electrification of the Melbourne suburban railways,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aerial Navigation. Airship for the Navy. Aeroplane Experiments. London
Experiments with the Messrs. Wright's aeroplane will be started at Aldershot shortly. Mr. Haldane, the Secretary of State…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Government. Civic Powers and Duties. Road Making
In the absence of legal subjects for discussion at the present juncture, an excursion into the practical field of municipal services may not be uninteresting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Shire Roads and Bridges
Mr. John Ferry, shire engineer, has submitted a lengthy report to the Tarro Shire Council dealing with the state of public works in the Shire. He shows…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broadmeadow-waratah Tramway
Sir,—This line has been promised for a long time, and why a start with it has not been made, I fail to understand. Had it been near to Sydney it would have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Wallsend Tramway Deviation Asked For
Messrs. Hearikson and Knutson the contractors for the construction of the tramway from Wallsend to West Wallsend, are making satisfactory progress with the work…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Sydney Letter. an Ex-solicitor Who Erred.—a Little Boxing Item.—why an Aeroplane for Australia?—mr. Meagher's Return to Power.—the Jumpiness of Shares.—the Poor Man's Markets.—unruly Football. Sydney
Solicitor Parry has been struck off the rolls. Consequently he is now ex-solicitor Parry. The case against him, or, rather, the call upon him to show cause, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Collision. Several Passengers Injured. Sydney
A collision between two trams took place near the Central Railway Station at about eight o'clock this morning. It is stated that a Henderson-road car,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fassifern-toronto Tramway
Sir,—Allow me to make use of your columns for the purpose of once more directing attention to the serious disability that has long been suffered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Robberies
Joseph Dunstan and Charles Short, who had pleaded guilty to stealing 16 caddies and 200lb of tobacco and 20,000 cigarettes, the property of the Chief Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Butchery in America
The twentieth annual report giving statisties of the railways of the United Stares records an appalling list of killed and injured on the various systems for the last…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fuel on the Railways. Influence of Grade
The laboured working of a locomotive when hauling a train up a steep pinch has no doubt been generally observed by railway travellers as well as the freedom…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision in France. Train and Tramcar. Eleven Persons Killed. London
A collision has occurred at Longjurneau, a town twelve miles from Paris, between a tramway car and a goods train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster. Two People Killed. Rails Expand by Sun's Heat. London
An express train has derailed near Stalybridge, a town in Cheshire, seven and a half miles from Manchester. Two persons were killed and ten…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramways to Lake Macquarie
Sir,—I quite with Mr. O'Neill's statement in his letter of the 7th instant, that if Lake Macquarie were in the vicinity of Sydney the inhabitants would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway to Yetman. Investigation Promised. Sydney
Mr. G. R. Jones, M.P., to-day introduced to Mr. Lee, the Minister for Works, a deputation representing the North-western district, the object being to urge the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waratah Tramway. Work to Be Commenced. Sydney
At the request of Messrs. Estell and Grabame, Ms.P., Mr. Lee, the Minister for Works, to-day decided to proceed immediately, with the construction of the…
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