A Prince as a Railway Guard
Prince Callow, the Russian Minister for Railways, commenced his career by making a lour of the world, in order to take note of all the latest inventions,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
115 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 6
In Parliament. (From “Hansard,” 9Th December.) Robertson Railway and Other Matters
Mr. ALEX CAMPBELL said that a little while ago he was in the happy position of the [?] member for The Barwon who said be had nothing in complain…
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The rolling stock of die South Coas railway has been improved by the addition of first and second-class carriages hitherto in use on the Western line,…
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The rolling stock of the South Coas railway has been improved by the addition of first and second-class carriages hitherto in use on the Western line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tradition of London Bridge
There is a very curious tradition connected with the London Bridge. It is to the effect that a wealthy and miserly old ferryman Darned Audrey, or Overy, had a…
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A railway train blown off the line is not a frequent occurrence by any means. The Rimutaka incline, near Wellington, in New Zealand afforded an instance of the kind…
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MR. D. DAVIS, M.L.A., has received tho Department:— Department of Public Works, Sydney. 12th January, 1899…
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THE last special train on Thursday night is supposed to have ran over a man named Ned Moore, ft half-caste, residing at Coolangatta, thereby causing a ghastly fatality. About…
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The dead body of a man said to have been an employee of the Coolangatta Estate, was yesterday found on the railway between Nowra and Berry…
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Respecting the railway traffic on Thursday last (Anniversary Day) we learn from the “Mercury” that the number of passengers booked at Wollongong on that…
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THE scheme for uniting the Mediterranean, with the Persian Gulf by a railway from Tripoli to Koweyt has been for some time under the…
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Respecting the railway traffic on Thursday last (Anniversary Day) we learn from the “Mercury” that the number of passengers booked at Wollongong on that…
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Scene 1.—Train stopping big junction. Ticket Collector (examing passenger’s ticket) : This won’t do, sir. You’ll…
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The following (says the Mercury), having reference to the intimation appearing in a recent issue of the Mercury, stating that Mr Alexander Campbell, M.P. for Kiama, had induced the…
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The tender of Messrs W. C and G. E. Keft, of Cambewarra, was on Saturday lust accepted by the Government for the formation of a road fron Kingaroo Mount…
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The tender of Messrs W. C. and G. E Keft, of Cambewarra, was on Saturday last accepted by the Government for the formation of a [?] from Kangaroo Mount…
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Two tender have been- received by public Works Department for the erection of a timber beam bridge over Bangalee Creek at Emery’s road Nowra…
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Two tender have been received by the Public Works Department for the erection of a timber bean bridge over Bangales Creek at Emery’s round Nowra…
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Mr. W.Shewell, assitant to Mr.Road Superintendent Mullen, is coming to reside to Nowra,Mr.Mullen having decided to make this town his headquarters…
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WHEN the British forces were marching to Pekin in 1860, after the capture of the Taku Forts, one of the rivers be came so woollen with the heavy rains…
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