Siberian Railways. Official Frauds Disclosed. St. Petersburg
The investigations concerning the charges of fraud and misappropriation on the Siberian railway have ended. In all 90,000 complaints were examined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1911
1,227 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 62
Railway Station Burned. Santiago
The central railway station was partially burned and sleeping and restaurant cars destroyed. The damage amounts to £150,000 sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Construction. Checking the Cost. Brisbane
It is understood that several railway lines recently passed by the Queensland Parliament will be built by day labour not only with the view of making financial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Territory Railways
Under the terms of the Northern Territory Transfer Act, the Commonwealth purchased from this State the railway from Port Augusta to Oodnadatta. The South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram and Sulky Collide. Brisbane
As the result of a collision at Brisbane yesterday between a trum and a sulky six of the occupants of the latter were badly injured and the sulky smashed to pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway. Sydney
Seven tenders were received for the erection of the engine shed at Dungog, on the North Coast line, that of R. D. Quigan being the lowest at £1155…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident. Express Strikes Goods Train. a Narrow Escape. Sydney
The goods train from Junee was stationary at the Bethungra railway station when the Sydney express to Melbourne dashed past, striking the stationary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train "Hold-ups" in America. an Express Robbed
"R.N." writes to the "Daily Telegraph": —The Vancouver cable message in yesterday's "Daily Telegraph" announced that there had been another "hold-up" of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parochialism in Railways. a Selfish and Foolish Policy
IN a leading article on the above subject, the "Sun" makes the following sapient observations, and inter alia adversely comments on the attitude…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cheating the Motorist
The owner of a farm near Paris has been accused of a novel form of fraud. He is alleged to have fed his fowls to the sound of a motor horn. Consequently, whenever…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Tramway Accident
An engine in front of which two men were riding on a bush tramline at Mongapehi, N.Z., collided with a truck, Peter Joyce was killed, Mid Fred. Morton had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hawes Railway Disaster. Passenger Loses His Memory, London
Mr. Ward, a passenger in the Hawes express, which collided with two light engines, the train being wrecked and afterwards burned, and in which about a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Run Into by Train. Motor Car Accident. Auckland
A motor car driven by Doctor Fullerton was crashed into by a train at a level crossing at Wallace town, N.Z. The car was thrown by the engine into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rifle Shooting. Lismore Railway Rifle Club
The usual competition (handicap) for monthly prizes concluded on Saturday, January 11. The shooting, which was not of a high standard, was due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Motor Trip
AT about two o'clock on Christmas Day Mr. Percy Utz—who was accompanied by Mr., Mrs. and Miss Alma Dodd, Mr. Wally Utz, and Mr. Jack Smith—left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Returns
FOR the past year, coaching revenue at Grafton railway station amounted to £493, 1s 11d, received from 749 passengers. For 1909 the totals were £362 12, 51 and 797,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways in France. Paris
The recent disorganisation of the Western State Railway owing to the suspension of navigation on the River Seine, caused by floods, has proved a serious detriment to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bagdad Railway. the Bagdad Railway. Germany and Great Britain. London, Tuesday Afternoon
The Paris correspondent of the "Times" states that the main interests of France with regard to the Middle Eastern question were that Russia should not become…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegraphic News. a New Motor. Casino
Mr, L. O'Keefe's third motor, arrived today, and it is a very up-to-date car…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Novel Bridge
The city of Toulouse, which already contains so many interesting monuments, has recently been enriched with a new and very remarkable…
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