Not by the Train
Breathless Would-be Passenger: Stationmaster, when does the halfpast 5 train leave? Station-master : ‘ Five-thirty.’…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
6,550 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250
Local and General. Road [?]
THE Under Secretary for Public Works has notified the Hon. J. H. Carruthers, with reference to the Minister receiving a deputation on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Double-decked Bridge at New York
So rapid has been the growth of population in New York that the old Brooklyn bridge, finished in 1884, has become dangerously overcrowded. A new bridge being absolutely…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Emu Gravel and Road Metal Co
The half-yearly meeting of the Emu Gravel and Bond Metal Co. was held at the office, Bligh Chambers, on Wednesday. The report, which was adopted, stilted that the net…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. O'sullivan in Melbourne. Proposed Bridge Over the Murray
To-day Mr. O'Sullivan, Minister for Works in New South Wales, who arrived from Sydney last night, had an interview with the Minister for Railways regarding the proposed extension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Man on the Tram. A Sketch. the Man Who Knows Everything and Usual Nothing. "The Soldier of the Queen's Father."
The man on the tram bids fair to throw into the shade the well-informed man in the street. Neither of them seems to be very bashful about expressing his views, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The King's New Motor Car
In his Majesty the King motoring possesses one of its keenest supporters. Since the days of the English-built Daimler, which was his Majesty's initial experiment in motor ownership, quite a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£7,000,000 for Railways
The Secretary of State for India has sanctioned an expenditure of 1050 lakhs of rupees (nearly £7,000,000 sterling) on railways for this year, and of £670,000 on irrigation works. The former…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →King Edward's New Motor Car. a Luxurious Vehicle. to Hold Six Passengers
In the King motoring possesses one of its keenest supporters. Since the days of the English-built Daimler, which was his Majesty's initial experiment in…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The First Electric Motor
The first electric motor was the pendulum of the electric chimes, made by Otto you Guerick in 1632…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Chillagoe Railway and Mines. Melbourne
The Chillagoe Railway and Mines, Limited, have received a cable from the London office requesting that the list of applications for new shares should not close until February 11, as the circular…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cost of the Siberian Railway
The Odessa correspondent of the London "Times" under date of December 18 has furnished the following information:—Attention has on more than one occasion been drawn to the reticence shown in official…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Bicycles
An English cycle manufacturer says he finds there are many old cyclists who, owing to increasing claims of business, have not the time now to do sufficient riding to keep themselves in form, are looking with a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Government Railways. to the Editor
Sir, -- In the management of the railways on holidays, "first-class" passengers are often nut to a deal of inconvenience, by the officials allowing "second-class" passengers to ride in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A Big Railway in Africa
Another of the iron links of Empire, railroads to wit, has just been completed. On 5th August, 1896, plate-laying began on the steel track of 572 miles that is to connect the Indian Ocean with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Throwing Stones on the Railway
Two lads, named Edward M'Gee and Edgar Mitchell, were convicted, at the Newtown Court, of throwing stones on the railway at Carlton. M'Gee was fined 10s, and 5s 6d costs, or 48 hours' imprisonment; and Mitchell, a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A Prospect Picnic. City Alderman's Junketing. The Quarry and the Tram
On the invitation of Mr. Litton, who is the manager for the Emu Gravel Co., and the contractor for the new tramway and other improvements, the Mayor and several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Train Capsized
An accident occurred to a goods train, consisting of an engine, six loaded trucks, and a guards' van, which left Narrandera for Junoe. A mile beyond Grong Grong the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Starved on the Road
A man named Alexander Kennedy, who was brought to the Albury Hospital in a state of exhaustion, died in that institution. Kennedy was about 47 years of age. He…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dynamite and Underground Railway
By the explosion of a dynamite cartridge on the underground railway, New York, a reserve of half a ton of dynamite in the tunnel exploded…
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