Railways for the West
The members of the Western Lands Commission are reported to be strongly in favor of light lines of railway, running like nerves through the human…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
794 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 40
Railway Robberies Huge Police Find. Two Tons of Goods. Sydney
A seizure of a large quantity of property which is supposed to bo the proceeds of recent robberies was made by the police to-day in premises at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry. Victim Identified
Mr. Oslear, P.M. at Albury, held on inquiry on Saturday in the case of the young man who was supposed to have been (fatally) injured by a fall from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Items. Train Wrecked by Cow.—driver Killed
As a train of coal-laden hoppers for Wool-loongabba (Q.) was running from the branch line on to the main track a cow got in the way. The engine struck her with…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Rebate on Fodder
As a result of representations to the Railway Commissioners concerning the unfavorable season in may parts of the State, and particularly in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga-Humula Railway. Meeting of the League
A meeting of the Wagga to Humula Railway League was held on Tuesday night at the Town Hall. The Hen. Jas. Gormly, M.L.C, presided over a…
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THE deputation from the Trades Hall, Melbourne, which waited on the Acting-Minister of Railways showed up gross cases of sweating on the part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tramway Eyesight Tests
A deputation from the executive of N.S.W. Tramway Union waited on the Railway Commissioners in regard to the eyesight regulations for tramway employees…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Workers' Seddon Memorial
At the Newport (V.) railway workshops last week a handsome marble tablet to the memory of Premier Seddon, subscribed for by the employees at the works, was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sweated Labor in Victorian Railway Goods Sheds
Dear Worker,—You were good enough to publish a letter of mine relative to above some few months ago. I crave space for the following:—In the "Age" of 26th April…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Odds and Ends. a Tramp Who Asked for a Bath
THE village grocer (the only one, happy man!) in the sleepy little community, stood at his shop door one morning, when a wonderfully ragged and dirty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Science and Invention Concrete Railway Sleepers
RE-INFORCED concrete is much in evidence at the present moment, and one of its latest applications is to the construction of railway sleepers. The concrete…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor ’Bus Driver. As in London
The motor ’bus driver will give way to nobody. He would not give way to a brewer’s lorry. He would not give way to a traction engine. He would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney Markets. Thursday, May 9. Railway Produce Sales
Again chaff advanced in price at the Sydney Railway Goods Shed. Choice qualities realised 5s 3d, an advance of 4d per cwt on Wednesday's rates. Eleven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Railway Stockinbingal to Forbes. Sydney
The deputation this morning was very favorably received by the Minister for Works )(Mr. Lee), who expressed himself as strongly favourable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga-humula Railway Deputation to the Minister
The President of the Wagga-Humula Railway League (the Hon. James Gornily), returned from Sydney yesterday. He informs us that the object of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collisions with Trams Fatalities in Sydney. Two Tramway Employes Arrested.sydney
Two tramway collisions with fatal results occurred to-day. The first of these took place about 10 o'clock when the driver of a cab…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Threatened Railway Strike Companies Will Not Recognise Unions. London
The "Daily Mail" says the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants threaten to strike on the August Bank Holiday. (August 5), owing to the refusal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Railway Rates Reduced
The Victorian Railway Commissioners have resolved to make a concession in the charges for consignments of fodder sent from Melbourne for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Collisions in Sydney Two People Killed in One Day. Driver and Conductor Arrested
A serious collision between a tram and a cart occurred in Young-street, Sydney, shortly before 1 o'clock on Tuesday, resulting in the death of a…
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