District News. (From our own Correspondents.) NARROMINE. Day Train Wanted
There having been such a large exodus of people from here to see the Sydney Show, matters are very dull and dusty. The "trippers" will be…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Railway Commissioner Johnson. Sharp Replies
THUS the Temora "Independent" Chief Railway Commissioner is nothing, if not direct and practical. The following are one or two of the questions asked, and the answers given…
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THE question as to the route of the cross, country railway to connect the west and north forms the subject of many letters to the press. A writer in the Mudgee "Guardian" advocates…
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The Works Committee has decided to recommend the construction of the Parses to Peak Hill railway, with a deviation to the west of Alectown…
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Mr. R. W. Hughes, a member of a well-known drapery firm, endeavored to board a moving tram in King-street last night, when he missed his footing and fell. He received…
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The Public Works Committee his recommended the construction of t railway from Forbes to Stockingal, Parkes to Peak Hill, Tullamore to Totteuham…
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The Public Works Committee have decided that it is expedient that the Peak Hill-Parkes and Forbes-Stockin-bingal railways shall be constructed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Macquarie Bridge Collision Action for Damages
An interesting case was dealt with in the small debts court on Friday by Mr. Oslear, P.M., the action arising out of a collision which occurred on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Train Loads
BIG trains on the Western line are now a feature of the traffic. Loads of 940 tons are brought from Bathurst to Wallerawang, where the load is reduced to 600 tons till Katoomba is…
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Details from Capetown of the railway accident show that a truck became derailed 50 yards from the Blaauwkrantz bridge, and plunged into an abyss 250 feet deep, dragging the…
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The great wool, stock, and produce broking house of John Bridge and Co., Ltd., the outward and visible sign of whose greatness is seen in its towering…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian-built Motors
There is no need to look far afield, or to foreign makers, for the most desirable in motors, when Australians have in the Caldwell-Vale Motor and…
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NOTWITHSTANDING the great height at which the men worked in replacing the Niagara Suspension Bridge above a maelstrom from which escape would have been…
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The great wool, stock, and produce broking house of John Bridge and Co., Ltd., the outward and visible sign of WATCHING THE JUMPS…
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WHILE the third division of the Western mail was coining through Westmead on Sunday night, the passengers were started by two shots being fired through one of the windows. The…
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There is no need to look far asked, or to foreign makers, for the most desirable in motors, when Australians have in the Caldwell-Vale Motor and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Good Motor Trip
The country traveller of the Perdrian Rubber Company has just completed a trip, which is probably one of the severest tests a car could be put to. The…
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WHAT could easily have resulted in a serious accident occurred on the train line near Delroy one day early this week. A trolly had been taken off the line, the wheels removed and…
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A SENSATIONAL railway accident, resulting in the death of the enginedriver, Sibraa, a footballer, better known as "Snowy Ryan," occurred on the line to Goondah, near Yass, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Railway Accident. Driver's Terrible Experience
Sibraa, the engine driver, better known as "Snowy Ryan," was killed as a result of a railway accident about 12 miles from Barren Jack. The engine…
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