Heard in the Train
A FEW weeks ago two over-dressed ladies entered a second-class carriage on a suburban railway, and entertained the other occupants of the compartment with…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
473 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 24
On a Tramway Car
"Hear that tapping under the car?" asked the conductor the other day. I had heard it ( writes Captain Cuttle)—a low,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peculiar Mishap on the Railways. Result of the Heat Wave
ON the 20th inst. the mail train from Wodonga to Melbourne was delayed for some hours, and had a narrow escape from a very serious mishap. Three and a half miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Revenue. Large Falling Off
WITHIN a week [?] ten days the half-yearly report of the [?] Commissioners will be published, and it is anticipated that a review of the six months operations will prove far…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liquid fuel for Warships and Railways
ADVICES by the last English mail state that 100 more of Holden's liquid fuel burning apparatus have been supplied to the British Admiralty, mostly for experimental purposes,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Reductions
The Railway Commissioners intend making considerable reduction in carriage of grain to farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Expensive Railway Stations
AT present Liverpool Street Station is the largest of the fourteen great London termini. Its eighteen plat orms are each no less than 2,000ft. in length, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Why the Railway Stopped
An amusing story is told in the North China Herald' of an attempt of a French engineer to combine scientific investigations and railroad building in Cores. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cablegrams. Shocking Railway Accident. London
While proceeding at a speed of 65 miles an hour yesterday the Baltimore and Ohio express came into collision with a local passenger train near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mudgee Railway Extension
Mr. E. Richards, M.P., writes from Sydney last week to the Mudgee papers as follows:—"To-day I and Mr. Loneragan, on behalf of Mudgee League, interviewed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ford's Bridge. (From Our Own Correspondent.)
Stock passings on the 22nd inst.—75 rams Woodstock to Ningawalla, H. Colless owner. 24th instant.—12,000 sheep, Tinenburra to Toorale, McCanghey &Cc. owners,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North Bourke Bridge. Repairs Completed
Work of some magnitude, and which occupied over six months was that undertaken by the Works Department at North Bourke, where the large bridge spans the Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Non-competitive Matches. Railway Employees v. DELROT
Railway Employees, first innings... 45 Delroy, first innings......... 65 Railway Employees, second innings... 46 Delroy, second innings, one wicket for 80…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed by a Train
A selector at Gundagai, named Charles Mackenzie, fell unconscious on the railway line, and a train ran over and killed him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident in West Australia
Damage to the extent of between seven and eight thousand pounds was done by a railway accident at Lion Mill, West Australia, on Tuesday, when six trucks went over an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Up a Mountain in a Motorcar
The ascent of Mount Vesuvius in an automobile is a feat which has lately been accomplished for the firs time, probably, by Count Carl Schonborn, Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coonamble Railway
We believe the inspection of the Coonamble railway, prior to its being handed over by the Construction Department to the Railway Commissioners, is definitely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Maintenance Men. Sydney
The Minister for Works has decided in accordance with the notice issued some time ago to dispense with the services of road maintenance men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo Railway Station
Some time ago the Dabbo R. and P. Association agitated for several improvements at the local railway station—extension and covering of the platform,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mudcee Railway Extension
MRB. E. RICHARDS, M.L.A., writes to the Mudgee GUARDIAN:—"I and Mr. Loneragan, on behalf of Mudgee League, interviewed Sir John See in reference to…
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