More Railway Trucks
The State Minister for Railways has at last awakened to the fact that an attempt must be made to cope with the block in the grain traffic. He has authorised the construction of 200…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
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In an Electric Tramway Car
A TRAMLINE in the city is crossed by three consecutive streets which bear, masculine surnames. An .Irishman with a large carpet-bag, and carrying a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broad v. Narrow Railway Gauges
Mr. R. H. Livesey, general manager of the Donegal Railway, has invented a system for facilitating the tranfer of goods between railways of different gauges, and which has been used with…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Parramatta-Baulkham Hills Tramway. The Turning of the First Sod. Parliament's Last Session and Electioneering Speeches. The O'Sullivan and the O'Conor Dan
As was stated in the last issue of THE ARGUS the Hon E. W. O'Sullivan, Minister for Works for the State of New South wales, visited Parramatta on Tuesday afternoon last to turn the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mont Blanc Railway. Up Into the Clouds at Fifty Miles an Hour. Geneva, Feb. 5
The first trial of the new mountain electric railway from Favet-street, Gervais, to Chamonix took place successfully yesterday. This is the only railway of its kind in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Excursion Trains
Holiday excursion tickets in connection with the Easter holidays will be issued from all stations, excepting for distances of 13 miles and under in the metropolitan,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Solar Motor on a Huge Scale. the First Wonder of the New Century. Worthy of Australian Attention
Down on the ostrich farm at South Pasadena they have put the sun to work (writes San Francisco "Chronicle"). The device used is extraordinary, unique, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Disaster. Serious Statement by an Expert
The inquest on the body of Herbert Henry Darnley, who was killed in the railway disaster on February 15, was continued before tie City Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Transcontinental Railway and Russia
A meeting of the Northern Australian League, a body having for its object the construction of the transcontinental railway, was held in Melbourne. A letter was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Tram Crawl. Wooden-Legged Man Beats the Trams for Pace
DURING last week we have been having a of 20th century progress in Sydney in connection with the electric trams in George-street. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bridge Collapses
A dire catastrophe happened to the little village of Buckie, in Banffshire, on July 31, when the noble new bridge which spanned the Valley of the Burn collapsed as completely as if touched…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Wrecked and Looted
LONDON, March 24, 2 p.m.-Four hundred Boers have wrecked and looted a provision train near Vlakslaagte…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Governor-general. Railway Arrangements
The Railway Departments of New South Wales and Victoria have had to make very extensive arrangements for the transfer of his Excellency the Governor-General to Melbourne. At 4 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. the Railway Department. Melbourne
For some time past the Railway Department has been employing a very large number of casual clerical and non-clerical hands. The continuous increase in the railway traffic which [?]ecessitated this has now…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cycling. Motor Cars for the Sydney Post Office
If any credence is to be placed in the " Motor Vehicle Review " of Ohio, America, and dated February 7 this year, the Sydney postal authorises are to shortly launch out with a motor mail service…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Commonwealth. Federal Railway Passes. Melbourne
The Commissioners of Railways of the Federated States have agreed upon a railway pass which is to be issued to members of the Federal Legislature to frank them over all the Commonwealth railways…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inquests. the Tram Fireman's Death
The deputy city coroner, Dr. Todd, hold an Inquest at St. Vincent's Hospital, touching the death of Charles Walsh, a tramway fireman, who died in the Institution on Friday. The medical…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Motor Mail Service for Sydney
The "Motor Vehicle Review" (Ohio, February 7, 1901) prints the following paragraph:--"To the Winton Motor Vehicle Company, of Cleveland, belongs the credit of being the first concern in the world…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Management of the Railways
Mr. Trenwith, the new State Minister for Railways, has discovered that this particular department of the State is practically infallible. Speaking at a railway picnic at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Western Suburbs Railway Service
As a result of a public meeting held at Summer-hill a few nights ago to urge upon the Railway Commissioners the necessity of improving the train service as far as that suburb is…
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