Russia's Advance on China. Her Railways
DR. PISTOR, a delegate for the Austrian Minister of Commerce, who is visiting the East as well as Australasian Colonies, and was recently in Sydney, says:—"I found in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
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Explosion of a Naphtha Train. Num[?]ers Killed and Injured
A P[?], U.S.A., message dated May 12 statesp:—the new Sheridan Yard Panhandle railroad was the s[?] this evening of the most disastrous explosion of fire…
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WE have been asked to call the attention of the authorities to the stupid practice now followed in parts of this district of metalling our public roads and leaving them…
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MR. Affleck asked the Minister for Works if it was a fact that instructions were issued from his office that only 50 per cent, of the money voted to be expended on the…
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MOST people imagine that the five days' run of the famous Western express from New York to San Francisco is the longest railway journey in the world. Up to last year, no doubt,…
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THE GRIP says the line for a railway between Coraki and Casino is tn be surveyed, and that the construction of this line belongs to the near future—or something to that effect. Is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Pyrmont Bridge. the Electric Equipment
THE operating machinery at the new Pyrmont Bridge, both for turning the span and for lifting the ends, as well as for operating the gates on side spans, consists…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] a Gretna Green Marriage
Features in the old-time life of the roads were the runaway couples, who travelled as fast as post horses could take thorn to Gretna Green, to marry in haste, and often enough…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] the Real Dick Turpin
Probably there never was a man more unlike the Dick Turpin of romance, the dashing highwayman in his fine laced coat and long boots, than the real malefactor of that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] Swift Nick
The closing period of the seventeenth century was the golden age of highwaymen They were generally cowardly ruffians, who took care never to attack unless the odds…
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Great interest was manifested in the start of the Danlop roail race from Goulburn on Saturday, and notwithstanding the early hour several hundreds assembled in front of the Post Office…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Management. Speech by the Chief Commissioner
SPEAKING at the annual meeting of the Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps, Mr. Charles Oliver, Chief Commissioner for Railways, referred to the question of railway management…
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THE anticipations of English engineers have been realised in the failure of the experiments upon the Berlin-Zossen high-speed electric railway which have come to an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Trespass Case
IN the Supreme Court—in Banco, on Wednesday, August 13, before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Owen, and Mr. Justice Pring. ECKFORD V. WALKER…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victorian Railway Trouble. Amicable Settlement
AT the interview on Saturday between the Minitster for Railways (Mr. Beut) and the members of the Railway Classification Board, the latter submitted the following resolutions:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Works Committee. Tentenfield-casino Railway
ON Thursday the Public Works Committee inquired further into the exped[?]ency of constructing a line of railway from Tenterfield to Casino, and rival proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The North Coast Railway. Maitland to the Clarence
IN compliance with the Act dealing with the construction of railways, the Railway Commissioners have been asked to report to the Minister for Works on the proposed line from Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cost of Running a Motor Cycle
THE writer of Cycling Notes says:— There is but little doubt that the motor cycle will prove the most useful form of automobile for travelling on Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Railway Case. Plaintiff Committed for Trial on a Charge of Perjury
AT Brisbane on Friday the Supreme Court was densely packed by the public, who attended to hear the comments of the Chief Justice in the action Campbell v…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Immense Bridge
THE Duchy of Luxemburg has recently [?] immense bridge of stone over the [?] Valley, the central of three arches [?] not far short of 300ft. The…
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