Railway Freight Charges. New Year Alterations in New South Wales
ALTERATIONS have been made, to take effect from January 1, 1909, in the rates and charges for the carriage of merchandise and live stock on the New…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
585 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 30
Fatal Railway Accident
A shocking fatal railway accident happened on the railway line, near [?] Cootamundra, on Tuesday last, whe[?] when Mr. George Sewell, of Grahams[?]…
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Owing to the progress made in surveying a railway line from Humula to Tumbarumba the railway survey camp, which has been for some time stationed six miles from Humula,…
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When the Supply debate was in progress at the close of the Session, Mr. F. Peters, the member for Deniliquin, urged that consent…
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Tenders were opened to-day for the third section of the North Coast railway from Gloucester to Taree. The lowest tenders were submitted by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Developments. Railway Line Blown Up. Hooting and Stone Throwing. Mine Entirely Closed Down. Broken Hill, Monday Night
A section of the railway leading from Railway-town to the mines, was blown up during the night, by whom it is not known. The damage is not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Big Railway Contract. Fob the North Coast Line. Sydney
Among the tenders opened to-day by the Department of Public Works were those submitted for the work of constructing the third section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Through Fire. a Forest Ablaze. a Sensational Journey. Town Narrowly Saved
A sensational motor drive too place yesterday through burning forests between Jervis Bay and Nowra. Four coaches laden with…
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Portion of the railway line leading to the Proprietary Mine was blown up during last night. The outrage, there is no doubt, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Trouble. Situation Critical in Broken Hill. Railway Blown Up
The industrial trouble which has been simmering for some time past in Broken Hill, was brought to a head on Friday last, when the employees…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Walla Farms. Provision for Roads and Reserves
When it became known that the Government had not only cut up the whole of the Walla Walla resumed estate, but had included practically all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires. Desolation Around Yass. Barren Jack Train Turned Back. Children Rescued in Wet Blankets. Family Plunges Into River. Yass
The main fire is supposed to have started in the vicinity of Barren Jack. After burning a couple of days, fanned by the strong wind of Saturday and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Barrier Crisis. Isolating the Proprietary Mine. the Railway Line Cut. Monday's Outrage. Men Seriously Injured. Supporting the Unions. Broken Hill
The situation arising out of the dispute between the combined unions and the Proprietary company shows no change. Some excitement prevailed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Railway Injuries All Lines Now Damaged. the City Very Quiet. Broken Hill
The railway lines leading to the Proprietary Mine were further interfered with last night at two or three places. The lines connecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holiday Tram Traffic Sydney
Eight million passengers were carried on the tramways during the Christmas holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Congress. France’s Welcome to Delegates
The great amphitheatre at the Sorbonne presented an imposing spectacle this morning (wrote the Paris correspondent of the “Daily Mail” on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Evils of Bridge. From the Shopkeeper’s Point of View
A tradesman, in the fancy line (His name I won’t repeat), Whose shop stands, filled with gewgaws find…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Restrictions. Drastic and Amusing
Mr Beasley, the general manager of the Taft Vale Railway, has been unearthing some of the provisions of Acts of Parliament relating to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Inexplicable Explosion. Passenger Train Nearly Blown Off. Melbourne
While the Korong Vale train was running between M'Ivor Road bridge and Hume, the driver was startled by three or four loud explosions, and the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →B d Results of Tram Accident, The Case of Airs. Mackic
Noting but good can result in saving to the public some hint as to has various incidents is ia which Mrs. Kad[?] Mackic, of No.2 sydney-street,…
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