Cycling and Motoring
The League of Victorian Wheelmen has granted its patronage to the Dunlop road race to be held from Warrnambool to Melbourne on Saturday, September 22nd. One…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
627 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 32
Motor Cultivators
At a recent meeting of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, held at Edinburgn, Mr. William Ireland described a motor cultivator which he had designed. By its use, he…
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The Glen Innes "Examiner," in a leading article, makes the following further plea for the Grafton to Maitland line…
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The special correspondent of the "S.M. Herald" says there is a loss of revenue on this line through lack of facilities for loading. He writes:—When we talk of a railway developing…
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WE have been requested to publish the following letter which appeared in the Daily Telegraph of June 7. We do he with pleasure because the object is one of much importance…
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By the Special Reporter of "S.M. Herald." The business people who know the Orara country pin their faith to its development into a great farming district, if it gets,…
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Quite without justification, Armidale is raising its voice in protest against the proposed North Coast railway. Opposition to this scheme from New England is quite…
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The premier automobile event of Australia, the Dunlop Reliability Contest, which is annually promoted by the Dunlop Rubber Co., is to be held this year on Victoria[?]…
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The police were informed this morning that some persons were in an empty house at Randwick, evidently with felonious intent. On the police…
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In the newspapers reference has been made occasionally to the Bridge craze in England, and particularly to the manner in which it has laid hold of many society…
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So far as administration is concerned it would appear that railway matters are not on the mend. The rank and file indeed work well, but some of the heads of…
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On the ground that motorists who persist in travelling at a high rate of speed are lunatics, an American accident insurance company has raised a…
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Mr. Robert Tinniswood, of Rosebank, Dalston, England, recently exhibited a motor plough at work on a held near Carlisle. This was the first…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Briner, M.P., today introduced a deputation consisting of Messrs. M'Farlane, Glissan, Hockey, Lobban, and Varley to the Minister for Works,…
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The "Tingha Miner" writes: "To be sure, the agitation, which has been induced by Armidale, savours largely of jealousy and covetousness, the main ulterior motive…
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Mr. Editor.—Some little time back I submitted a proposal identical with that embodied in the accompanying petition, for the consideration of the Grafton North…
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A tram collision occurred at Circular Quay last night. Many passengers were injured, more or less seriously, and taken to the hospital. Both the…
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Mr. Editor.—If the resolution passed at the recently held meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council for the classification of various roads as national works be adopted in part…
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Mr. Walter Wellman, who will make his third attempt to reach the North Pole this summer, arrived in London from America on April 30. Major Henry B. Hersey,…
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LONDON, Sunday.—While an electric tramcar full of passengers was proceeding down Highgate Hill, the driver lost control, of it. The car, proceeding at a rate…
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