Hold Up of a Train. Two Robbers Killed. San Antonio (Texas)
Two highway held up one of the trains of the Southern Pacific railway at East Town. Sanderson, the express messenger,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
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The State Railways
The summary of the correspondence between the State Government and the Chief Commissioner for Railways shows that both the Wade and the…
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A deputation, consisting of several members of the State Parliament, representatives of the Sydney mercanfile community, and of the residents of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tramways Case. Melbourne
Daring the hearing in the Abritration Court to-day of the claims of the Australian Tramway Employees' Association for better wages and conditions of employment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Tarro Railway Fatality
The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Stanley George Asher, a porter, at Tarro Railway Station on Wednesday morning, was…
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A judge at the little German town of Zwickau has handed down a decision which may he commended to the attention of motorists. On a rainy day, in the…
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The proposal that New South Wales and Queensland should jointly, undertake the construction of a great trunk railway, running in a…
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Sir—In the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of August 10, 1911, there appeared a letter signed "A Dudley Employee," drawing the attention of the tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Railway Workshops
Various statements have recently been made reflecting on the management of the State railway workshops at Eveleigh. The efficient and…
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The important announcement has been made by Mr. Boeby, the State Minister for Lands, that the Government has decided to import two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Confusion
Two main points protrude prominently in connection with the confusion the railway business of the State has drifted into. The first, is that…
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Sir,—It may not be too late to suggest through your columns to the councils interested the advisability of immediately repairing the main roads over which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Robbery. Vancouver
Four men masked, and heavily armed, held up the Mobile and Ohio passenger train, near Corinth, Missouri, and plundered the express safe…
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Sir,—For a long time the Hamilton Council, with commendable energy, Sought to hove the tramway between Hamilton and Broadmeadow lowered to…
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The State Government has adopted the proper course in ordering a certain number of locomotive engines from a British company, to meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office High-street, West Maitland. Maitland Railway Works
The scheme of railway improvements in the Maitland district prepared for the Railway Commissioners has been submitted to the West Maitland Council for in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Sydney Letter. Libelling Parliament.—and Still Prices Go Up.—a New Suburban Railway.—something to Alarm Private Builders.—weedy Lads and the Cadets.—some Desperate Characters About. Sydney
An idea has got about that the Assembly is going to do something to block free speech. It ought to be clear enough that its intention is to protect itself and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident. Fourteen Passengers Injured. Fort William (Ont.)
Four carriages on the transcontinental express became derailed, and overturned, rolling over the embankment on the border of Lake Superior…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In and Around Sydney. Sydney, Monday. Trams, Traffic, and Engineers
The traffic of Sydney is one of the most pressing questions the authorities have to deal with. It is some time since too trams ceased to be equal to the demands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway to Smedmore. Deputation Arranged For
There was a large attendance of residents of Smedmore and Maryville, in the Smedmore Mechanics' Institute, last night at a public meeting convened by…
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