Teams v. Railway
Says Orange Leader:—At present we are informed there are no less than eight teams on the road between Orange and Sydney conveying loading in opposition to the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
144 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 8
Railway Commissioners on Tour
Bowral was on Monday visited by the Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Oliver and Fehon. who with their chief departmental officers (Messrs. Hooper, Chief Traffic Manager; Richardson, Superintendent…
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The above subject came up for discussion at the meeting of the Moss Vale council on Monday night. Ald. Carter referred to the fact that…
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On Tuesday morning two serious accidents happened on the railway line near the Eveleigh station, one of which terminated fatally. In each case the…
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A shocking accident, which has been attended with fatal results, happened at Mittagong on Wednesday evening to a young woman names…
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Local residents ware terrified on Wednesday, night to learn that a young woman named Florence Okey had been run over by a goods train at Mittagong station at 7.45 p.m., and was so severely injured…
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A young woman, Florence Oakley, employed as a domestic at Mrs. Triggs, visited Mrs. McClure’s on Wednesday evening, prior to going…
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The Railway Department announce in this issue particulars of special cheap excurion train to Sydney on Friday, June 24, affording country residents an opportunity of visiting the annual stud sheep show…
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There is a movement on foot to have a bicycle road race, about a month previous to the big road race from Goulburn to Sydney, from Gonlburn to Mittagcng…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gordon-Bennett Motor Race
The motor race for the Gordon-Bennett Cup took place last Saturday over the Saalburg-Taunus Circuit, Hamburg, Germany. The circuit is 87½ miles, and it…
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It is in the huge forests of Canada where the biggest motors in the world are seen. They have been specially designed by a Chicago inventor for hauling legs over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Type of Railway Engine
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, in order more satisfactorily to cope with their heavy suburban trains, have just introduced the first of an entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Railway Guard
Early on Saturday morning Guard Blackett, who was in charge of a mixed train proceeding to Tarago, sustained a severe accident. He was…
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Evening at De Aar. An awed nusn has fallen upon a place of great unquiet, for there is stern, grim work afoot, and the breathiessness of Impending tragedy…
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When the Manilla train arrived at Klorf platform on the Manilla branch railway line on Friday, the guard found the dead body of a man seated upright…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Moor End Mystery, Published by Special Arrangement. Copyright. Chapter Xv.—on the Bridge. (Dr. Tring's Narrative.)
I had no difficulty in gaining admittance to the cells. The sergeant in charge knew me, and was an obliging fellow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramps and Vagabonds
In 1606 the Scots Parliament, we are told, endowed coalmasters and saltmasters with the power of apprehending and enslaving tramps without sanction of a magistrate,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Game of Bridge. the Feminine Fascination
As most people are aware, the great card game which has taken society by storm is Bridge. Why this game should have attained the extraordinary vogue…
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Mr. W. Cavanagh, might officer at the Bowral railway station, has received promotion to Moss Vale, and will be succeeded at Bowral by Mr. Stacey, from…
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those interested in the agitation for the construction of a bridge over Sandy Creek met Mr. M'Court during has visit to Mittagong last week. Mr…
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