Wagga-Tumbarumba Railway
Mr. Rupert G. Kiddle, of Carabost, has received the following letter from the Public Works Department which explains itself:—"In reply to your letter dated 14th instant…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
763 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 39
Run Down By a Motor. Sydney Strike Fatality. Driver Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney
John Woolfe, who was knocked down by motor car on Monday, died this morning without having regainel consciousness. A charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram and Sulky Collision. Driver Severely Injured. Sydney
A collision occurred this morning between a tram and a sulky in Oxford-street. edward Tierney, the driver of the vehicle was hurled on to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Drought and the Railways
From all parts of Riverina come serious complants of the inability of stockowners to obtain trucks for the removal of starving animals to grass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trams—public V. Private
There are now 318 tramways in the United Kingdom, as against 312 in 1905-6, and of these 179, or 56 per cent., belong to local authorities. A comparison between the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A New Motor Wheel. Substitute for Pneumatic Tyres
In a report to the Washington Bureau of Manufactures, Mr. Thomas H. Norton, the United States Consul at Chemnitz, gives particulars of a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Startling Railway Collision Parliamentary Special, Train. Crashes Into Van and Trucks. Damage Slight. Sydney
A sensational railway collision occurred at an early hour this morning. A Parliamentary special train left the central station for Hurstville at 12.18…
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A collision occurred near Sydenham railway station between a special parliamentary train and some trucks, the latter having been inadvertently left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Wrecking. Culprits Sentenced. Low Price for Murder. London, April 11
The ringleader of the attempt to blow up by means of dynamite the special train by which the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. Sir Andrew Leith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Burglary. at Cooma Railway Station. Safe Blown Open. Cooma
At the Cooma railway station early this morning the safe, containing £149 in cash, was blown open, and the money taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by a Tram. a Bathurst Hotelkeeper. Sydney
A verdict of accidental death was returned ut the inquest on the body of Sutton Roue, a Bathurst hotelkeeper, who was run over by a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burglars at Cooma. Railway Safe Blown Open. £149 in Cash Stolen
A daring burglary was committed at the Cooma railway station early on Sunday morning, the safe being blown open, and £149 in cash,…
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The Minister for Home Affairs has placed at the disposal of the Governments of South Australia and Western Australia funds for the commencement of the survey of the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Neglected Road
At the annual meeting of the Golf Club on Tuesday night reference was made to the neglected state of the road in front of the pavilion. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Parliamentary Train
The Parliamentary special train which left Sydney at 12.46 on Saturday morning last for the Illawarra ran into a few goods trucks which had been inadvertently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the Bairns. the Dreamland Train
When I would go to fairyland, Upstairs the station lies, Just after dark the good train leaves; An early start is wise…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Truck Exploitation
IT is freely asserted in the drought stricken Riverina, from which squatters are anxious to despatch their sheep to the fertile districts north of the western plains,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway Mismanagement
Dear Worker,— I wish to draw attention to some disabilities which the people in the west of New South Wales suffer at the hands of the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Essendon Tramways. "Getting At" the Workers
When the concession from the Essendon and the Flemington and Kensington, V., councils was obtained to run electric tramways through the streets one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Year in a Train
From Salzburg comes a story of an extraordinary bet made by a commercial traveller residing in that city, which he…
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