Speedwell Road Race
Mr. Peter Sullivan, of the Speedwell depot, is promoting a 10 mile and a boys' race, which will be held on Wednesday, May 19th. It is understood that in all…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
585 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 30
Daring Robbery. Railway Station Entered. Night Officer Gagged and Tied. a Desperate Struggle. Startling Development Expected. Sydney
A sensational affair is reported to have occurred at Marrickville railway station this morning. Kerr, te night officer states that at about 2.45…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Humula Railway League
A meeting of the Wagga-Humula-Tumbarumba Railway League was held last evening presided over by Hon. Jas. Gormly M.L.C. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Robbery. Railway Officer Bound and Gagged. Office Rifled. the "Victim" Arrested. Sydney
A sensational discovery was made at the Marrickville Railway Station this morning, when J. R. Kerr, the night officer, was found bound baud and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commonwealth Railways
At the interstate conference of Railway Commissioners, which was opened in Melbourne on Tuesday, the chairman stated that the present meeting commenced the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Employees. Conference Determinations
In the concluding day's business of the annual conference of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees, discussion took place as to the new regulations…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Railway Navvies on Strike. Contractors Concede Men's Demands. Increased Pay Obtained
The first sections of the N.S.W. North Coast railway are now being constructed, and it is pleasing to be able to record that a really good class of men have been…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Railway Workers and General Laborers
The fortnightly meeting of the Railway Workers' and General Laborers' Association was held at Clarence on Sunday. Mr. Hugh Gallagher presided, and there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Hampden Bridge
The Wagga municipality are in receipt of a letter from the Public Works Department, in which that body agrees to hand over the care of the Hampden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News. Wrights Visit America. Pupil's Sensational Fall. Collapse of Aeroplane. London
The Wright Brothers has sailed for America. They will return in the autumn. Lieutenant Calderara, a pupil of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers in the Air. Another New Aeroplane. and Fresh Type of Batloon. London
Captain J. W. Dunn, of the Royal Engineers, has invented an aeroplane, which he mysteriously tested in the Scottish Hills, making one flight of 12…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney Market. Thursday, May 6th. Railway Produce Sales
A generally weaker tone was displayed in the forage section, consequent on heavier supplies, and the demand showed signs of casing down…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Toilet and Motor Requisites. Prices Increased
The manufactures have increased the price of can de Cologne and other scents, drugs containing spirits, and hair-washes, by 10 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cross Country Railway. Forbes to St0ckinbingal Section
We received this morning the following message from the secretary of the combined body in advocacy of this railway:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Amalgamation. Board of Trade Inquiry
Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, is appointing a Committee to investigate the question of the amalgamation of the various…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Cable News. Motors in Afghanistan. London
The Ameer of Afghanistan has imported some motor cars, and also engaged the services of a chaffeur from London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extension of Railway to Hillston
SIR,—I trust you will spare me a small space to correct an oversight in the letter from Mr. Alexander Me Arthur, as read at the meeting of the…
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The Mayor has resolved to call a public meeting to discuss the question of the Cootamundra-Stockinbingal-Forbes-Werris Creek railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petrol Motor Fire-engine
The first petrol motor fire-engine to be put into service in the Metropolis has just reached the London Fire. Brigade headquarters. A second engine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Against Rebates. Railway Company Fined. London
The New York Central Railway Company has paid fines aggregating £272,000 imposed on it is connection with the granting of rebates…
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