Railway Commissioners. Tamworth
A deputation, headed by the Mayor, waited opon the Railway Commissioners this morning. The deputation asked that an overhead bridge might be erected at the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
6,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250
Competition with the Railways. Mount Victoria
A traction engine drawing two waggons, with a carrying capacity of about l8 tons, passed through here by road this morning from Bathurst for back loading…
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George-street, near the Town Hall, was the scene of a rather startling collision yesterday afternoon between a tram and a van. The van, which was owned by Richard Matthews…
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Mr. A. C. Warton, general secretary of the Tramway Union, writes':-- The remarks of Mr. Isaacs, S.M., reflecting upon, the personnel of the tramway…
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INVERELL, Thursday.--Yesterday afternoon two of the Railway Commissioners, with their staff, paid their usual visit of inspection to Inverell railway station. They were interviewed…
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The opening meeting of the 35th session of the Engineering Association of New South Wales was held at the Royal Exchange, Bridge-street, last evening. The president, Mr. J. Scoular,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Round the World in a Motor-car. an American Millionaire in Australia
GUNDAGAI, Thursday.--Mr. Charles J. Glidden, the American millionaire, who is touring the world in a motor-car, reached Gundagai yesterday, and left for Goulburn early this…
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LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The long duration of the battle near Mukden was foreseen. It is expected to continue for several days longer…
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BARRABA, Thursday.—"All our settlers are financial, all our towuspeople arc financial, and Barraba stands in the estimation or our Sydney office as one of the strongest financial towns…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--While the driver of a two-horse military waggon was adjusting the tail board of his vehicle in Spencer-street railway yard this morning something startled the…
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WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--A shocking accident occurred at East Maitland railway station this afternoon to Percy Sullivan, who while engaged in the signal-box in the goods shed…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Ethel Donaldson, aged 14, met with a dreadful accident in Elizabeth-street, near St. Francis' Church, to-day. She was crossing the street, when she was…
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The long road, ma bouchal, is the road that I must take, Long I've walked the homepaths and heard the noisy crake…
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“A railway experience extending over a quarter of a century and acquired in different parts of the country convinces me that the average…
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Quoth the motor: "Cocoa-cocoa! Shoe-shoe-shoe-shoe! Cocoh-cocoa!…
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James Ryan, a respectably dressed young man, appeared before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., at tire Central Police Court yesterday, charged with, assaulting Tram-conductor Thomas Davies, and further…
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1. If an asphalter's labourer takes a pen-north of tram, the conductor must keep, the seat clean. 2. And if a pugilist brings a bulldog on the…
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In these days, when we hear so much of the marvellous speeds attained by electric trains in Germany, It is interesting to note that the…
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The Great Western Railway (Eng.) are running a rail motor-car service once daily on the main line from Chippenham to Bath and back. On Wednesdays two trips are made, and…
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Mr. Frank Croker, son of Mr. Richard Croker, the former Tammany chief, and his chauffeur, Alexander Raoul, have been killed (says a New York telegram of January 22) as the result of a…
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