Progress in the West. the Need for Settlement. Railways and Wheat-growing. (By Our Special Reporter.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 10
The rapid progress and prosperity of the State is nowhere better verified than in the western district. The area embraced by it is tremendous; and this development applies…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Manly Moves. History of the Spit to Manly Tram
The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 16
The opening of the Spit to Manly tram on Monday will be a red-letter day for the Village, and, indeed, the residents of the whole district. There is bound to be an…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Boarding a Tram. Young Man Fatally Injured. Newcastle
The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 10
David Gilmore, 23, a butcher's carter, lately living in Lindsay street, Hamilton, attempted this morning to board a tram while it was in motion. He slipped and fell, and sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Railway Superannuation Fund. to the Editor
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 11
Sir,--As an officer of the department of nearly a quarter of century service I must express my appreciation of your leader in your paper of to-day on the above subject. I feel sure that fully 90 per cent, of the Chief…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 21
ADELAIDE, Friday.--A car driven by a motorman named Clark collided this afternoon near John-street, Parkside, with J. Southwell, of Victor-street, Unley. Southwell, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Motoring & Motor Gossip
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 22
The Automobile Club of Australia is starting the new year well, and members will have more competitions and outings arranged for them in the future than has. been the case in the past. The first event for 1911 will be…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Excitement at Central Station. Tram Traffic Blocked. Live Wire in Play
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 15
Considerable excitement, and not a little groundless alarm were manifested at the Central Railway Station between 9 and 10 o'clock yesterday morning, when an accident, which held…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Tullamore Railway. Considered by Public Works Committee
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 17
The Public Works Committee this afternoon considered the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Tullamore to Tottenham. Mr. W. J. Hanna, Under-Secretary,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Civil Servants' Minimum Wage. Railway Commissioner Endorses the Scheme
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 13
Mr. Carmichael, the Assistant Treasurer, was asked by a "Daily Telegraph" representative yesterday if anything further had been done in the matter of paying a minimum wage for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Spit to Manly Tram
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 14
In connection with the official opening of the Spit to Manly tramway on Monday next, the invited guests will leave Circular Quay by launch at 1.30 p.m…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 11
It was in the gloaming, and Weary Welker laid down his bundle by the roadside, and sighed n sigh of relief, for there, not one hundred yards in front of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Killed by Train
Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 14
A fatal railway accident occurred on Wednesday morning on the railway near Woy Woy, when the 8.15. a.m. train from Sydney dashed into two telegraph' linesmen, killing one and seriously…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 14
The carelessness of a passenger, who was carrying some benzine, caused an outbreak of fire m a train at Grodno, Russia. Many of the occupants of the train were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Train Falls Over Embankment
Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 14
A train of holiday-makers at Catheart, 45 miles north-north-west of king William's Town, Cape Colony, toppled over an embankment. Eight people were killed and 50 others seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Freight Train Wrecked. Vancouver, Saturday Morning
Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 7
A freight train was wrecked at New Madison, in Ohio, and several trainmen were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train and Steamer Robbed. a Suspect Arrested. New York
Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 7
Intelligences from Portland states that in connection with the robbery of the mail car of the North Pacific express, while on its way from St. Paul to Seattle. James…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Buttel Bludgeoned. For Muckering Cop Morgan. Antics in the Abattoir-road. Youthful Novice Among the Boozy Yokels
Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 11
A young constable named William Morgan mew his or-r-r-gan to some effect at the Balmam Police Court on Wednesday, when a young man of comparatively smaller…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Parcels Post Office for Sydney. to Be Commenced Forthwith—site Near Central Railway Station. Melbourne, Saturday Night
Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 12
The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. King O'Malley) has given directions for the calling of tenders, immediately, for a new parcels post building near Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tram Accidents
Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 11
About 8.30 last night Ellen Waudrope of 45 Cook-street, Rozelle, fell from a moving tram in George-street, near Bathurst-street, receiving [?] scalp wounds. The Civil Ambulance, after…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Huge Railway Map
Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 19
Although Germany and England lead the world in the art of map-making, we doubt (says the "Scientific American") it they have ever produced a single map which…
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