The Cloncurry Railway
The Commissioner for Railways has received a telegram from the Chief Engineer for Railways, who was instructed to proceed to Cloncurry on Friday, last stating that he…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
10,327 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250
New Style of Tramcar to Seat 80 Persons Instead of 70 Cross-seats Throughout
A new type of tramcar has recently bee designed by the Tramway Department, which embodies many features of interest. The density of traffic and small number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway to Hillston Deputation to Minister for Works
Mr. Scoble, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works yesterday a deputation who asked the Minister to authorise a railway from Barellan to Gunbar and Hiliston…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anniversary Day Railway Arrangements for the Holiday
As Anniversary Day holiday is being held on Monday next, an opportunity an afforded metropolitan residents to spend a few days in the country, and country residents to take…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor Casualty
MOSS VALE, Thursday.-- Sergeant Nowlan, one of the victims in Tuesday's motor accident, near Bong Bong bridge. is still unconscious, and in a critical condition, being unconscious…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Revenue
The railway revenue received from July 1, 1907, to January. 14, 1908, was £2,141,854, as against £2,101,703 for the corresponding period of the previous year, being an increase of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway for Hillston. Sought by a Deputation
Another appeal was made to Mr. Lee yesterday by a deputation asking that a railway should be constructed from Barellan to Hiliston, through Gunbar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-boat Race
GRAFTON, Thursday.-- In the motor-boat race, run on Saturday, a protest was entered by Mr. Blaxland, the owner of Phyllis, owing to the drifting of one of the buoys lengthening…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Car Destroyed by Fire
MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- While Mr. J. L. Discacia[?]i was riding in his motor car at Warracknabcal, to-day. it caught fire, and in a few minutes was a mass of flames. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anniversary Day. Railway Arrangements
As Anniversary Day holiday is being held on Monday next, an opportunity is afforded metropolitan residents to spend a few days in the country, and country residents to take a trip to the metropolis…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City Land Tax. Council Rejects Pyrmont Bridge
The City Council resumed discussion on Friday night upon the minute of the Land Mayor, dealing with the proposal that the Government should, hand over the land tax within the city…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Land Tax and Council. Lord Mayor's Minute. Pyrmont Bridge Rejected
The adjourned meeting of the City Council for the purpose of considering the proposals of the Government in connection with handling over the land tax to the council, was held…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Motor Gear. Worked by Hydraulic Transmission
Mr. J. G. Newman, of 100 Great Buckingham-street, Redfern, has invented and patented a new hydraulic transmission gear for motor cars, which is exciting considerable interest among…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway Juniors' Examination
Recently the Railway Institution, at the suggestion of Mr. Superintendent Milne, of the Western Division, promoted a competition among juniors in the Traffic Branch, as to their…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Railway Accident. at Stanwell Park. One Woman Killed. Several Persons Injured
A serious railway accident occurred this afternoon at Stanwell Park Station, on the Illawarra line. from the scanty information to hand, it…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Balmain Tram Fatality. Inquest on Edward Smith
An inquest was initiated this morning by the Acting City Coroner into the death of Edward Smith, 45, a foreman chipper, lately residing at 608 Darling-street, Rozelle, who died at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycling
The Pioneer Motor Cycle Club has decided to abandon the proposed Anniversary Day run from Goulburn to Sydney on account of the bad state of the roads. A social club run will…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Across Africa by Motor. Driver's Narrative. Dynamiting a Path over Mountains
LIEUTENANT PAUL GRAETZ, of the German Army, telegraphs to the "Daily Mail," London, a vivid narrative of his progress in a 45-h.p. motor-car across Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →World's Oldest Railway Director. Lived in Australia. Mr. Lundie's Adventurous Career
IN "The World's News" of January 11 we inserted a small paragraph, drawing attention to Mr. Cornelius Lundie, of Cardiff, as the oldest railway magnate in the world…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →England's Fast Railway Trains. a Comparison with America
The British railway companies are fully maintaining the reputation they earned many years ago of running trains at a higher average speed than is obtained in any other country in the…
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