General News. Bridge on Fire
A railway bridge near Woodlawn caught on fire yesterday, but the blaze was extinguished before any great damage was doze. The morning train from the Tweed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1919
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Railway Rates and Fares
It would seem that there is a possibility of the recent increases in railway and tramsway rates and fares being removed in the near future (states the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Traffic. Heavy Increases at Murwillumbah. Better Accommodation Wanted
The figures for the two months, November and October, compared with those of the same two months of 1917, show a big increase in the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Railway Needs
Before the war, and after the war (says the Lismore correspondent of the "Sunday Times") the cry of the people of Northern New South Wales has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Traffic
SYDNEY,Tuesday.—During Xmas week over 5,000,000 people were carried on the Sydney trams…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Railway Receipts
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A total of £181,292 was paid into the bank by the Railway Department yesterday,being the receipts,during the XmaS holidays from Wednesday till…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Accident
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A motor car fell over an embankment at Katoomba a distance of 15 feet, one of the occupants being injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The North Coast Railway
Eight years ago, when the North Coast Railway Act was passed by Mr. Paget, then Minister for Railways, it was expected that Cairns would be linked with Brisbane by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Father of the Aeroplane. Talk with Orville Wright
A few days ago (writes Mr. Frank Dilnot to the London "Daily Chronicle"). I stood in a big meadow at Dayton, Ohio, near a modern battle-plane which was just…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General Telegrams. Railway and Tramway Traffic
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Yesterday's traffic on the railways and trams showed a big increase on last year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australia's Centre. Railway Projects
Now that peace, is in sight, the Minister for Home and Territories (Mr. Glynn) considers that the necessity for postponing such works as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Procession to Railway. a Solid Understanding. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Wednesday.—Large crowds thronged the route from Buckingham Palace to Victoria Station, loudly cheering when the procession passed. His Majesty and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mail Train Incident
A somewhat startling incident occurred on Tuesday at Warwick just prior to the second bell for the Sydney mail train. A returned Anzac complained to the police that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train for Your Work
Nowhere, writes Margaretta Tuttle in the "Ladies' Home Journal," is the spirit of amateurishness so rampant as in the household…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Father of the Aeroplane. Talk With Orville Wright
A few days ago (writes Mr. Frank Dillon to the London "Daily Chronicle") I stood in a big meadow at Dayton, Ohio, near a modern battle-plane…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Sad Fatality. Man Falls Under a Train. MELBOURNE
Stephen Young, a lorry driver, while seeing a crippled brother off to Melbourne from the Seymour railway station, where the crippled one was to underge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempted Train Hold-up. Larsen Still in Hospital. BATHURST
Wilfred Larsen, who is under remand for holding-up the Forbes mail train, is still in hospital, and probably will not be able to appear at court next Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cross-country Railway Terminus. Movement Favoring Alteration. SYDNEY
A movement is on foot at Quirindi to have the terminus of the cross-country railway altered to there instead of at Werris Creek, owing to the frequent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Revenue
Mr. G. Mitchell, stationmaster, kindly furnishes us with the following return of revenue for the month of December, 1918: 745 passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mail Train Incident
A somewhat startling incident occurred on Tuesday at Warwick just prior to the second bell for the Sydney mail train. A returned Anzac complained to the…
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