Prison Labor on Roads
The possession of a small amount of money gained by their own labor would help many a man to get away from his previous criminal and degrading…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
8,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250
Postal Improvements. Motor Cars and Train Sortage. Melbourne, Saturday Night
Mr. Chapman, Postmaster-General, to-day intimated that be still has under consideration the question of utilising motor-cars for various duties relating to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railways and Trams. Revenue Returns—increase of Goods Traffic—shortage of Trucks—sunday Running Be Necessary
The revenue returns of the railways and tramways continue to show a satisfactory increase. For the week ended January 5 the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reckless American Railway Management
The Inter-State Commerce Commission of the United States, in the course of its inquiry of New York into railway matters, elicited that the unlimited powers of Mr. E. H. Harriman, chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Reduced Railway Rates Large Increase in Season Tickets
The reduced rates for railway season tickets, which came into force on January, 1st, have had the effect of materially increasing the demand for those tickets on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Chiefs. Why Appointments Have Been Delayed
A "Sunday Times" representative yesterday had a conversation with a high political, authority regarding the new Railway Chiefs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rand Railway Rates. Portugal Complains of Preference London, Friday Afternoon
Portugal complains that the preferential railway rates conceded to Cape Colony and Natal by the Transvaal are unfair to the Delagoa Bay Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reduced Tram Fares and the Ticket System
Now that the Railway Commissioners have recognised the wisdom of reducing the railway rates, it is only to be expected that the enormous numbers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatality
About 6.30 last evening Mrs. Evans, aged 59, living at Guildford, was walking across the level crossing, near her residence, when she dropped an article on the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Preferential Railway Rates London, Friday, 3.20 p.m
The Portuguese Government complains that the preferential railway rates conceded to Cape Colony and Natal by the Transvaal are unfair to the Delagoa Bay railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jump From a Bridge
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Yesterday afternoon, Alice Ballantyne, 40 years of ago, attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the Yarra near Princes Bridge. Constable Ivey, who was on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Disaster. Many Passengers Killed. Train Falls Over Embankment
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—A train fell over an embankment at Briansk, Russia. Many passengers were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plucky Signalman Saved Express Train at Risk of His Own Life
The necessity for having a third man on high-speed trains to look out for signals has been strongly urged since the Sal[?]sbury, and Grantham disasters. A little while ago, on one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Train Wrecked Falls Over an Embankment London, Sunday, 2 p.m
A train at Briansk, Western Prussia, fell over an embankment with the result that many passengers were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Long Bay Tram
"Victim" writes:—Is it Impossible to introduce business methods into the tram service? We are continually told that on certain occasions so many cars went to this place and so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Guildford Railway Fatality. Inquest on Esther Evans
An inquest was held at Parramatta this afternoon by the Coroner concerning the death of Esther Evans, who succumbed to injuries received at the railway level crossing at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sorting Mails on Railways
"I am looking into the question of sorting mails while in transit on the railways," remarked the Postmaster-General yesterday. "Already mails are sorted on route between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Tram Accident
The little girl, Eileen O'Connor, who was knocked down by a tram in Crown-street on Friday afternoon, died at the Sydney Hospital on Saturday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Milson's Point Railway Timetable. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—A petition has recently been presented to the Railway Commissioners praying for alterations in the times of departure of the evening trains from Milson's Point to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South African Railway Rates. Portugal Threatens Retaliation. London, Jan. 11
Portugal complains that the preferential railway rates conceded Cape Colony and Natal by the Transvaal are unfair to the Delagoa Bay railway…
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