On the Land. Farm and Station. Private Railways. the Producer's Standpoint
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 5
In advocating the construction of light railways in different parts of the State to open up agricultural areas the Immigration League of Australia will receive cordial support in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Child Run Over by a Tram
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 8
Yesterday afternoon Cecil William Lloyd, a little boy of 2½ years, living in Albion-street, Waverley, was crossing the Randwick extension tramway in Albion-street yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Strike of Navvies. on Bankstown Railway Extension. Contractor Refuses Increased Pay
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 6
About 150 labourers and 70 draymen employed by a contractor on the extension of the railway from Belmore to Bankstown struck work yesterday for increased pay…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Booth-street Tram
The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 7
Mr. W. H. Mahony, M.L.A., has been apprised by the Minister for Public Works that the section of the new Booth-street tramline from Forest Lodge to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Novel Trip Across Africa in a Motor-car Dynamiting a Path Through the Mountains Thrilling Adventures
The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 5
Lieutenant Paul Graetz, of the German Army, telegraphs to the London newspapers a vivid narrative of his progress in a 45-h.p. motor-car across Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-cabs for London
The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 1
The chairman of the Argyll Motors, Limited, presiding at the annual meeting in Glasgow last month, announced that his company had received an order for motor cabs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two-minute Chats with Busy People on Matters of Passing Interest Dusting Tram Seats
The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 1
Another tram passenger complained to a "Star" reporter this morning that too little trouble was taken by the tramway authorities to preserve the cleanliness of the seats…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shocking Tram Accident Child Terribly Injured
The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 6
A little boy named Cecil William Lloyd, 2½ years of age, who resided with his parents in Albion-street, Waverley, was terribly injured in a tram accident on the Randwick…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Professional Tramp One Touch of Nature
The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 6
Years of wandering as an amateur tramp have given me a knowledge of the professional tramp which is, like Mr. Weller's, extensive and peculiar (says an English writer). He is not nearly so black as he is painted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jumped From a Tram Little Boy Killed
The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 4
James Henry Shadbolt, a boy of seven years of age, lately residing with his parents in Coward-street, North Botany, died last night from injuries received in alighting from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Railways. Reduced Fares and Freights
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Railway Commissioners' revision of the goods rates was to-day the subject of considerable criticism. The new classification, it is pointed out, presents…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burglary at a Railway Station. Safe Opened with Dynamite. Amusing Incident
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 7
ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Bowden railway station was broken into by burglars early on Thursday morning. The iron safe was blown open by dynamite, the door being shattered to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Laborers and Draymens' Strike. on a Railway Extension
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 7
A strike has occurred at Belmore, where the railway is being extended to Bankstown. On this contract there are about 150 laborers and 70 draymen engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man's Back Broken. Found on the Tramline
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 7
When the 12.20 tram from Balmain was crossing from Rozelle this morning, the driver suddenly discerned the form of a man lying on the track. This was near Booth-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →How Motors Wear the Roads
Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 16
Some idea of the way in which motors destroy the main roads is given in the report of the Kent County Surveyor. Mr. H. P. Maybury. "In many of the home counties," he says, "costs have…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Aeronautics. Airship and Aeroplane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 16
Following the disaster to the British airship Nulli Secundus, the loss of the French vessel La Patrie emphasises the unlikelihood of success being attained with the steerable balloon. It is true that better…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Train in Darkness
The World's News · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 12
The amazing spectacle of a celebrated Noncomformist divine lifting up his voice in prayer in a "Tube" railway carriage was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Train's Escape. an Accused Committed
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 14
Walter Mackley, who was charged with maliciously placing five pieces of heavy timber across the railway line near Horsham, on December 14, was to-day committed for trial…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Unknown Man Killed. Fall in Parramatta Road
Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 9
While a man named D. Etienne, residing in Percival-street, Leichhardt, was driving along Parramatta road, near the. University, this afternoon, he saw what he took to be the body of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Wanted to See What It Would Do." Train-wrecker's Confession
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 9
MELBOURNE, Friday.--Walter Macleay, who is charged with having attempted to wreck the Adelaide express early on the morning of December 14. appeared before the honorary…
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