Heavy Receipts. Traffic on Trains and Trams. Sydney
During the Christmas week over five million people were carried on the Sydney trams, £181,292 was paid into the bank by the Railway Department…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1919
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Killed by Motor Car. Sydney
A verdict of a accidental death was recorded by the Governor in the case of Robert Ernest Windscuttel, aged [?], at Leichhardt, who died from injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conquest of the Pole. Aeroplane to Be Used. London
The Northern Exploration Company is sending an aerial expedition to the North Pole, via Spizbergen, leaving in April. A giant aeroplane has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bordeaux to Bagdad. Gigantic Railway Scheme. Paris
It is announced that the Acropolis express, which will connect Paris with Athens soon, is the first step towards the project of extending the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goods Train Delayed. Engine Driver Inueed. Sydney
While a goods train of six trucks containing coal and a brake van was being shunted at Valley Heights early this morning, the train ran back and…
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Particulars of the registration of motor vehicles, drivers and riders within the Wagga police patrol for the year ending December 31 last, have just been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall From Train. Baby's Fortunate Escape. Sydney
An 18-months-old child who was in the care of its mother, Mrs. Watkins, of Walgett, fell out of the window of the Sydney mail train between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last Night's Latest News Child Falls from Train. Miraculously Caught by Signal Wires SYDNEY
An 18-months-old child, who was in the care of its mother, Mrs. Watkins, of Walgett, fell out of the window of a Sydney mail train between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Station Matters. (To the Editor.)
Dear Sir,—I read in the "Crumbs" column your reference to Mr. Laver's remarks re the new railway station. He has divulged his true wish, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram and Train Collide. Sensation at Rockhampton Many People Injured. Brisbane
A sensational collision between a tram and train occurred at Rockhampton late last night, as the result of which 14 persons were more or less…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train and Cab Collide. Three Men Narrowly Escape Death. Level Crossing Accident at Wodonga
At about 8 p.m. on Tuesday a cab, driven by Mr. Stanley Young, and in which were seated his father, Mr. W. Young, and a man named James…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. No. 396. Pastoral. Sheep Blow Fly Destruction. No Royal Road
Commenting on the last year's work at the Sheep Blow Fly Experiment Station at Rouragama, nearr Morce, the Minister for Agriculture remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Concessions to Railway Men
The Railway Commissioners have just decided to make [?] the [?] of the award respecting allowances…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strikes in Britain. Railway and Ironworkers Out. Vancouver
Railway strikes for a 47-hour week are extending over the London, Brighton and South Coast railway. The line is disorganised. The Teesidde shipyards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash. Accident at Hurstville. Sydney
A number of railway carriages crashed into the buffers of a dead end at Hurstville this morning. The impact was so severe that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga Railway Returns
The returns of the Wagga railway station for the month ended December 31, show that the number of tickets issued were 5456. The [?] from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Railway Fatality. a Cootamundra Man Cut Up. William Sam. Swan
It is our sad duty to chronicle the end of another railway employee, well known about Cootamundra as Sain," but among the railway comrades as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rabbits From New South Wales. Bridge Gate Suggested. Melbourne
Consequent upon the protest made by the Victorian rabbit inspector for the district against the way in which rabbits from New south Wales were swarm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Accident
While Mr. Slade, senior inspector of silos, was passing through Wagga on Saturday in a motor car, on his way from Coolamoundra to Uranquinty and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New British Industries. Progress in Motor Work. London
Mr. F. G. Kellaway, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Munitions, in an interview published in "The Observer," said that the war…
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