Train and Mailboat Robberies. Charges Against a Saloon-keeper. New York
At Portland, Maine, James Whalen, a saloon keeper, has been arrested for compile city in the recent, theft of £3000 from the mail steamer Humboldt…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
12,561 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250
Cape Train Wrecked. Eight People Killed. Capetown, Jan. 5, 12.5 p.m
A train of holiday-makers at Cathcart, 45 miles north-north-west of King William's Town, toppled over an embankment. Eight people were killed, and 50 others…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Smash at the Cape. Cars Fall Over an Embankment. 15 Killed--50 Injured. Capetown
Great loss of life was involved in a railway smash near Cathcart, 65 miles from East London. An excursion train went over an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bondi and Waverley Trams. a Further Extension
The Bondi District Progress Association recently communicated with the Waverley Council on the question of overloading on the Bondi Crams, and also requesting a minimum…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Traffic Blocked Overhead Wire Breaks, Electric Display at Sydney Station. Roof of a Car on Fire
An accident occurred at the Central Railway Station this morning, and as a result the tramway traffic was held up on the Pitt and Castiernagh street lines, while a crowd of tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ceylon to Calais. Proposed Railway
PERTH, W.A., Friday.—A telegraph from Allahabad to the "Times of Ceylon." dated December 23. says with regard to the Ceylon rail connection, the question of the design of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways and Land
A Wyalong correspondent relates that applicants for land from the other States are much impressed with the quality of the land toward Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Border Railway. Departmentally Opposed. Diverting New South Wales Trade
The Public Works Committee yesterday considered the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Finley to Tocumwal. Mr. W. J. Hanna, Under-Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Works
The Premier has been in consultation with the Minister for Railways and the Commissioner on matters relating to the commencement of the railway proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor-tyre Testing
The local agents for Palmer tjyes supply the following extract:- "In order to demonstrate the amount of power which may be lost between the wheel and road…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Boating
The entries for the events promoted by the Motor Boat Club of N.S.W., for the Lane Cove Regatta, close on Monday night next. The exents to be run are for boats 8 m.p.h. and under, and for boats over…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cycling and Motoring. League Notes
The Australian Bicycle Club met at M'Grath's Hotel on Wednesday night, when the followlifg officers were elected to hold office for the ensuing year:—President, Mr. J.Divis; vice-presidents, Messrs. J. Glass, H…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Fatality. Second Man Dies. Newcastle
William Cook, who yesterday received severe injuries by being struck by a train near Woy Woy, died at the Newcastle Hospital late last night. Cook and another man, named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country Flour Mills. Railway Rebates Sought
Messrs. H. Crago (Bathurst), Rossell (Millthorpe), Back (representing Dalton Bros., of Orange), and Tremain (of Tremain Bros., Bathurst) waited yesterday as a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forest Lodge Tram Disturbance. Accused Before the Court
At the Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Barnett, S.M., Edward Connors, aged 23, was charged with having assaulted Ernest Parkinson, a tram guard, at Forest Lodge, on December 29. Hugh Joy, aged 22,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Navvies. Plenty of Work at Morrissett
Some weeks ago a statement was published that when in full swing the work of widening the approaches to Sydney Railway Station would keep about 800 men in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parochialism in Railways
The fact, revealed in evidence before the Public Works Committee yesterday, that the proposed line from Finley to Tocumwal has always been departmentally opposed will not escape the notice of those who are agitating for the Federalising of the railways. Finley is 454 miles from Sydney, and about 170 miles from Melbourne,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trams Hung Up
Owing to the detaching of an overhead wire at the Pitt and Castlereagh-street tram crossing, about 10 o'clock this morning, there was a pyrotechnic display of considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Peopling the Land. Victoria's Big Effort. Irrigation Areas Visited. 200 Miles by Motor
On Wednesday the Victorian Government made its first practical effort towards settling the irrigation areas with the men brought to that State as a result at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fall From a Tram
William Doolan (10), living in Harris-street, Ultimo, fell from a moving tram in Harris- street, early last night. He was taken to Sydney Hospital, suffering from severe concussion…
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