Reserving Railway Seats
The Railways Commissioners advise the Premier that a system of reserving seats in first and second class carriages has been brought into operation in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
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Railway Services. Altered Time-tables. Resumption of Daily Trains
The altered train services on the Southern line and branches came into operation on November 15. Daily services have been resumed on all the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Land Slip. Mudgee Mail Train Delayed. Sydney
A heavy land slip occurred' on the Mudgee line last night, between Capertee mid Rylstone. The mail train, which was delayed for five hours, just…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East-west Railway. Plate-laying Hung Up. Melbourne
The stoppage of tracks laying on the Trans-Australian railway is due to the failure of the Broken Hill Company's ironworks supply of rails, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baltic Entrance. German Motor Boats Patrolling Copenhagen
A large number of special German motor boats are nightly patrolling from The Sound to the Cattegat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Train Breaks Away at Clyde Station Passengers' Narrow Escape. Sydney
A train of 22 trucks of wheat, which had been detached from an engine broke away at the clyde station. If crashed into the buffer stops, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss. of £700. Careful Bookmaker's Misadventure. Bag of Gold Dropped From Motor Car. Sydney
Mr. Perry Pilcher, bookmaker, brought home £700, mostly gold from the Randwick Races on Saturday afternoon. On the following day Pilcher and his son…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Motor Ship Sunk. London
A message from Malla states that the British motor ship Abcla has been sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Incident a Night Encounter. Men on Wagga Railway Viaduct. Sentry Fires Shot
Three men, William Wilson, Peter Buckley, and Sydney Dower, were fined 20 each, in default seven days' imprisonment, by Mr. C.J.B. Helm, P.M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vienna-constantinople. Railway Communication Re-established. an Austrian Report
A Vienna report states that the bridge the river Save, near Belgrade was opened on Friday and railway communications with Bulgaria…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bridge & Co
John Bridge & Co. Ltd. report under date 11th Dec., 1915. Wool.—There is a remarkable firmness is the demand and prices…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wounded Serbians. Removed by Aeroplane. Athens
During the Serbian retreat a number of wounded men were removed to Scutari by means of six aeroplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by Train. Brother of State Minister. Sydney
Robert Estell, 60, a brother of Mr. Estell, Minister for Labor and Industry, was run down and killed by a train on the Illawarra line last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Services. Altered Time-tables. Resumption of Daily Trains
The altered train services on the Southern line and branches came into operation on November 15. Daily services have been resumed on all the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pilfering at Railway Station
Pilferers on the railways evidently helped themselves largely during the holidays, at least in one instance they did—taking 33 pairs of [?]oots. Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miscellaneous Items. Von Mackensen Occupies Railway Junction
Von Mackensen has occupied the railway junction at Czernovitz…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New British Aeroplane. London
A large British aeroplane, carrying several engines and capable of great horse-power and high speed, is being constructed in several designs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mass Meeting. Tramway Employees. Sydney
A mass meeting of the tramway employees curried a resolution that if any members were dismissed on the uncorroborated, evidence of a officer a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train! for the Front
"Train! Train! Train ! is the advise given by the Lieutenant-Colonel Nosh. V.D., who has returned from the front…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Western Front. Enemy Driven Off. Aerodrome Successfully Bombed. London
Sir Douglas Haig reports: "We drove off with rifle fire the enemy's attack on our advanced posts near Maricourt. A number of our aeroplanes successfully…
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