CONSTABLE v. TRAM-DRIVER. New Year's Morning Scene. Charge That Failed
A tram-driver named Sylvester O'Brien was charged at the Newtown Court yesterday with having used indecent language in Australia-street, Newtown…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
8,602 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250
Tramway Strike
Several hundred Newcastle (Eng.) tramway men commenced a strike on Saturday morning against a rule that during the winter they should work one day less per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fatal Accident. on a Railway. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE
John Randall, working at the Railway Pier at Port Melbourne, while pushing a truck, fell across the rails. The wheels of another truck passed over his body. He lies…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed on the Railway. the Coroner's Inquest. [By Telegraph.] SPRINGWOOD
A verdict of accidentally killed was returned at the magisterial inquiry held to-day concerning the death of John Walsh, who was killed by a train yesterday…
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The suggestion which Mr. J. Davis made to the Parliamentary Public Works Committee yesterday that the annual deficit in the early years of the Barren Jack water conservation…
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If the gear-wheels (when in gear) do not exactly mesh with each other the rods for effecting the change must be adjusted, so that each gear -wheel, when it is in position, shall exactly correspond, otherwise an…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday,--An elderly woman named Catherine James, while riding in the tram from Wallsend to Newcastle to-day, was observed to fall forward, as if in a faint, while…
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LONDQN, Thursday, 3 p.m.—Revolutionists dynamited a bridge on the Vistula railway when a passenger train was passing. The engine and four carriages were…
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The wool demand during the past week slack, owing to the majority of buyers being bent on holiday making, but we have made a fair number of clearances at…
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The usual meeting of this lodge was held on Thursday last at Host Garratt's Cambridge Hotel, Market-street. There was a good attendance of members and visitors,…
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Alderman Williams, at last night's meeting of Waterloo Council, drew attention to the flagrant manner in which the Government had broken its promise in regard to the cleansing of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision on the South Coast Line. a Runaway Metal Train. Narrow Escape of a Pointsman. Wollongong
A collision occurred between two ballast trains on the Illawarra line at 3 o'clock this afternoon, at the Kembla Junction, where the main South Coast line junctions with the…
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There will be a big collection of motor cars in Martin-place, Sydney, to-morrow afternoon. when the Automobile Club of Australia will begin the opening run for the year. The cars…
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Automobile Club of Australia, opening run from Martin Place at 2 p.m…
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Several speakers proved optimistic in their addresses to the Minister for Works yesterday, when they advocated an extension of the railway from Moree to Mungindi. Mr…
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At a meeting of the demonstration committee to-day, a motion was carried to ask the member for the Clarence to invite the Premier, Ministers, and members of Parliament…
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In some of the home papers a lot has been written about the advantages of the pedal propelled bicycle as compared with that of the petrol driven machine. To the man who owns, rides, and enjoys a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycling and Motoring. Don Walker's Retirement
The Melbourne papes, in dealing with Don Walker's retirement from the league tracks, unanimously express regret that such a brilliant rider should have thrown in his lot with the unregistered body. While it is…
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Any doubts about the superiority of the British made motor vehicled have been dissipated by the recent announcement of the Humber Motor Company, who have lately undertaken to guarantee their cars…
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In the Executive Council this morning, a bylaw, which increases the rates on the Barrier railway, made by the Railway Commissioner, was approved. The Commissioner…
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