In a Tramway Car
An amusing instance of precocious repartee was heard a few days ago on one of the city trams. The car was crowded, and sitting next each other were a rather fat man and a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
794 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 40
A Railway Signalman. Dies in His Box. Discovered by Delay
The "Daily Mail," of February 4th, reports:— A signalman has been found dead—apparently after being seized with a fit…
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We have received the following letter :— "Kokkedahl, 30th March, 1907. F. Pinkstone, Esq., Cootamundra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Pole by Motor Car
The Press Association announces that a new British South Polar Expedition will leave the country in October next, under the command of its organiser,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Social at Cross Roads
A pleasant evening's amusement took place at Cross Roads on Easter Monday night, the function taking the form of a social in aid of the Roman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Organised Railway Robbery. Discovery by Police
At Turin, a junction of the Alpine railways running between France and Italy, the police has discovered the existence of a railway men's organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Affairs
A meeting of the state Cabinet was held yesterday. The Premier intimated that the Ministers had discussed railway affairs with the new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Guard Killed
Samuel Spacek, railway guard, was run over and killed near Newtown this morning while engaged in shunting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Closed Roads
At the last meeting of the Ripon Shire Council, the secretary to the Premier forwarded a copy of a report on the administration of unused roads,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News. Railway Revenue
The railway figures for March last at the Wagga railway station show a substantial increase on those of the same month of 1906. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Items. Sydney Railway Guard Killed
Early on Tuesday morning Samuel Spacey, 45 years of age, employed as guard on N.S.W. railways, was killed on the railway near the Newtown station. He was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Towards the Ideal Motor
An Italian inventor, named Dobelli, has thought of a Tory ingenious method of earing a large percentage of power in petrol motors which up to now is lost with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor-car. Some of Its Uses
"Toot, toot, toot!" went the horn of the big motor car as it thumped along the road. But old Fanner Giles, who who was very deaf, walked on quietly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tramway System. Double Decked Cabs a Failure
The double-decked trams in Sydney have been pronounced a failure by almost every responsible official in the department, in addition to which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Railway Accident
A transcontinental train at Chaplean, Ontario, has been precipitated into an embankment. The carriages caught on fire. Nine adults and six children,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railways
Consequent on the appointment of Mr. Richardson as assistant Commissioner, several important changes are to be made in the railway department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Railway Accident Fifteen People Killed. London, April 12
A shocking railway accident, involving the deaths of fifteen people, happened at a town in Ontario, America, to-day. Through a broken rail, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road K[?]andra to Kosciusko
MR. Engineer Bucknell, during the first week in April, inspected the route of a road from Kiandra up the main range of hills to Kosciusko, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Train Wreck. Daring Deeds of Rescue. Dashes Into Fire. Woman's Pathetic End. London
The English victims of the disaster on the Canadian-Pacific transcontinental line, at Chapleau, in Ontario, on Thursday last, when, owing to a broken rail, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News. Lockhart to Clear Hills Railway
The Public Works Committee sat at Tirana on Thursday and examined witnesses in regard to the construction of a railway from Lockhart, via Boree…
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