Train's Sensational Experience. Zeehan
The Emd Bay train timed to reach Zeehan about 9.14 last night arrived to-day at 12.45 p.m., 10 hours late. The passengers; although uninjured, had rather a sensational experience,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1906
8,602 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
Girl's Bridge Debts. Pathetic Appeal for Help From Young Society Lady
The painful stories revealed in a recent correspondence in the "Daily Mail" of gambling among the women and young girls who frequent the bridge-playing clubs are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →National Park Station. Railway Passengers Neglected
As the Railway Department, like the Duke of Plaza-Toro, is now revelling in the luxury "unaccustomed pocket-money"—the railway revenue shows an increase of a quarter of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lost Property on the Trams
An interesting collection of articles is annually recorded by the Tramway Department, which have been left by absent-minded travellers during their tram journeys, throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Receipts
According to the revenue returns. for the past month, the railway receipts have increased as compared with the same' month last year to the extent of nearly £40,000. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Comments by Mr. Carruthers. the Railway Receipts and Federal Returns
The State Treasurer, Mr. Carruthers, expresses "his satisfaction at the result" of the financial operations of the State during the past six months. Though, however, the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cycling and Motoring. Cycling. Newcastle Racing
The Newcastle carnival is to be concluded To-night, when the final of the £50 wheel race is to be run. A good field has qualified for the event and Brook looks like winning. A five miles seratch race and a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pioneer Motor-cycle Club
To-day the members of the Pioneer Motor-cycle Club will visit Newcastle to compete in a five miles track race for prizes of £7, £2, and £1, at the cycling carnival in the coaly city. The race will be run in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring. Automobile Club of Australia. Opening Run of the Season
The opening run for the new year of the Automobile Club of Australia is to take place on Saturday next, when a large gathering of cars is anticipated. The meeting place Will be Martin-place, at 2 p.m.. where a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires. Precautions on the Railway Lines. Wagga
Special precautions are being taken to render the railway lines immune from fire. For some time past men have been burning off all grass, and making breaks alongside the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Poland. Railway Traffic Suspended
Owing to strikers at Warsaw hampering the work, traffic on the railway from Warsaw to Vienna has been discontinued. Sappers maintain traffic on the Vistula…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train and Tram Traffic. Satisfactory Returns
The statement issued by the Railway Department regarding yesterday's traffic showed that the total number of passengers carried on the various lines was 106,633, or an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North Shore Bridge
The secretary of the Sydney and North Sydney Junction League (Mr. H. Sparks) has presenile a carefully compiled report of the work dour during the year in the direction of securing the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Loyalist Soldiers. Military Train Wrecked
LONDON, Monday, 2.50 p.m.—Because returning Manchurian troops refused to revolt rebels at Vileisk (?) sent a locomotive at full speed against a military train, wrecking the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Military Train Wrecked. London, Monday, 2.50 p.m
Rebels at Vileisk sent a locomotive, at full speed against a military train, which was wrecked. A number of those aboard the train were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bowler's Strange Death. Danger in Railway Carriage "Hat" Rack
COROWA, Tuesday.—Mr. R. Alston, a wellknown resident of Corowa, has died at Beech-worth. He was one of a party of bowlers who left here by train for Beechworth. During…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By Motor Car to the Pole
M. Henry Arctowski, the Antarctic explorer, gives some further details of his daring plan to reach the mysterious regions of the South. Pole (says a Brussels telegram)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Absent-minded. Tram Passengers. the Masculine Triumph
A glance at the 6421 articles left by absentminded people on Sydney's trams last year shows the greater preoccupation of the feminine mind. Doubtless women will declare…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cycling and Motoring. Arrival of Interstate Riders
Interstate riders are arriving almost daily in Sydney with the object of getting themselves accustomed to the cricket ground track before the carnival, commencing on the 10th instant. It is expected that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cycle Match
The motor cycle race between Austin, on his 4½-h.p. Rex, and Doherty, on his 4½-h.p. Buchet, will take place at the carnival this month, on the Sydney Cricket Ground. Both riders have been trying several…
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