Our First Railway Journey
The traffic appears to be controlled on the train, and not at the station. When the engine driver is ready to start he merely rings a bell on his…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
111 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 6
Repairs to Roads and Bridges
"Roads and bridges are the very life blood of settlement" is a phrase often used by the Mininter for Works, yet only in March last he announced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Siberian Railway
The last rail of the great Trans Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostock has been laid, and with the completion of this great highway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crookwell Railway Traffic
Last month the passenger traffic on the Crook well line was as follows:—I first-class single, 22 second single, 1 first return, 14 second return, specials 54; revenue, £8 9s 11d. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Rates for Feddor
In response to a deputation that waited upon the Railway Commissioners on Friday last to ask that the railway rates on starving stock and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Road and Bridge
Tourists and the residents travelling between Bowral and Macquarie Pass, Kangaloon etc., will greatly appreciate the new road extending from the entrance to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gas Explosion at a Theatre. People Knocked Down and Trampled Upon
Melbourne, Saturday.—The local theatre at Tarnagulla was the scene last night of a gas explosion, which caused a great sensation amongst the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Dog That Saved a Train
It has long been a problem whether the palm should be awarded to the horse or dog as the first friend of man among the brutes, and without any desire to decide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[All Rights Reserved.) Romances of the Road. Swift Nick
The closing period of the seventeenth century was the golden age of highwaymen. They were generally cowardly ruffians, who took care never to attack unless the odds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Run Down by a Train
Riverstone, Wednesday.—A fettler, John Thomas, met with a serious accident near Douglas Siding this morning. He was proceeding along the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowral Short of Water. Only an Eight Days' Supply In the Gladstone-Road Reservoir. A Serious Outlook. The Aldermen on the Tramp. In Search of More Water
The question of the shortage of water is assuming a very serious aspect in Bowral. Owing to the long protracted drought, lasting for a longer period than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ways of Living. Tricks of Railway Thieves
THERE are specialists among thieves as in the legitimate professions, and it was from one of two comrades who for several years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[A[?] Rights Reserved.] Romances of the Road. a Duel on Wimbledon
The name of Th[?]mas James Brudonel, sixth Earl of Cardigan, and the last of his line, will rocall to most readers of history the plains of Balaclava and the charge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Tramway Accident
London, July 6.—A terrible accident occurred on the electric tramway line at Gloversville, New York, on Saturday. An electric car, with 70…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Freight on Newspapers
The inquiry by a select committee of the Legislative Assembly, opened in Sydney last week, was productive of a wordy warfare between the managers of the morning papers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Accidents
A tram accident, which proved fatal, occurred on Saturday evening at the corner of Derwent-street and Parramatta-road, Camperdown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway in the Air
Visitors to the south coast of England during the summer were considerably interested in watching the working of a marvellously constructed ropeway at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gib Hill Road
At the meeting of the Mittagong council on Wednesday night a letter was received from the Public Works Department stating that the Minister…
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