Railway Revenue Returns
A return issued by the Railway Department Shows that the net revenue for tho six months ended December 31 was £204,510 greater than for the corresponding half of the previous…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
6,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250
Burglars on the Railway
During Sunday night thieves broke into the booking offices of several railway stations on the Brighton line, and during Wednesday night they visited stations along the Clifton…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Earnings. Satisfactory Half-Year
The result of the railway working for the first halt of the present financial year is regarded in railway circles as most satisfactory. It is anticipated that the second half…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meadowbank Railway Station. Representations to the Commissioners
A deputation representing the municipal councils of Ryde and Hunter's-hill and residents of the district was Introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Mr. T. R. Moxham,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Strathmert0n-tocumwal Railway. First Section Nearing Completion
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The extension of the railway from Strathmerton to the River Murray, opposite Tocumwal, commenced on December 1 last, and will in a few days' time…
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A deputation which was introduced by Mr. Moxham, M.L.A., waited, upon Mr. Lee, Minister for Works, on Thursday morning, in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Knocked Down by a Train
Samuel Craig (48), of Ultimo, was walking across the line at the Newtown railway station yesterday afternoon, when he was struck by the buffer of a passing engine and severely injured…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Driver of a Royal Train
In the course of a long chat with a keen and highly intelligent engine-driver, "Lloyd's Weekly" was enabled to obtain some insight into the anxieties of his responsible position…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Most Wonderful Bridge in the World
From the professional or technical point of view the Victoria Bridge over the Zambesi River is not, of course, anything very remarkable. It cannot, for instance, be compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Killed by a Train. a Pathetic Incident
A special train nearing Bet Bet Station, Victoria, yesterday afternoon, crashed into a covered waggonette in which there were two youths, Rebar Body and Harold Hornsby, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cabman Critic. Music Expert Drives Sir Frederick Bridge
Sir Frederick Bridge has discovered a musical critic in a cabman who frequently drives him to rehearsals and other musical engagements. Sir Frederick, who tells the story in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Train Collides with a Sleigh. Seven Women Killed
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- A Pittsburg (U.S.A.) train collided with a sleigh at Hornellsville, killing seven women and fatally injuring four others…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tea Table Problems. 121—Does He Catch the Train?
A train starts 11 minutes late, and runs at 10 miles an hour to next station, 1½ mile away, where it stops 14½ minutes. A City merchant, delayed by a tram block, arrives at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Pit" in Padded Rooms. the New Game May Prove a Rival to "Bridge."
The passion for "Pit." the new card game, has not abated with the end of the Christmas holidays, says a London paper. It is now being extensively played in clubs,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Train Smashes a Waggon. Boy Killed and Another Injured. Remarkable and Pathetic Mistake
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A special train this afternoon, nearing Bet Bet station, at which it was not intended to stop, crashed into a covered in waggonette. One of the occupants. R[?]bar…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Motor for Small Boats
Of the many devices for converting a rowing boat into a motor boat at short notice, the latest is that which goes by the name of "Motogodille." It is composed of a cradle of steel…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Marvellous Machine for Developing Motor Power
A machine that seems destined to cut a notable figure in the production of motor power in arid districts was shown at work at the recent World's Fair in St. Louis. It is far ahead…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alphonso and His Motor Car. the King of Spain and the Senate
The Spanish Senate was asked on December 17 to adopt some measure which would restrain Alphonso. the young King, from driving furiously about the city in his automobile…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Elopement by Motor. Medical Student Runs Off with a Girl of Sixteen
A daring elopement by motor-car was successfully carried out in Paris yesterday (says the Paris correspondent of a London paper on December 28), when a medical student named…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Railway Disaster. London, Feb. 2
A Pittsburg train came into collision with a sleigh at Hornellsville, New York. Soven women were killed and four others received injuries of a fatal nature…
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