Cycling and Motoring. (From the Dunlop Rubber Co.)
There is nothing more remarkable in the history of the development of the auto-vehicle than the change of view which has been forced upon the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
498 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 25
A Splendid Motor
Carrying a load of nine passengers and a big consignment of cordials, Mr. T. J. Slieekey’s new “Star” motor waggon put up a line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. Hart's Aeroplane. Smashed to Pieces. Sydney
A sensational aeroplane smash occurred at Mount Druitt, near Penrith, this morning. As Mr. W. E. Hart and Major Rosenthal were flying from Penrith to Parramatta the machine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Fisher's Motor Car
The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) has gone to Hobert to attend the Federal Labour Conference once as a delegate for Queensland. He is accompanied by his secretary, and has also taken with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Political Railway Control. Should Commissioners Be Removed?
The State Treasurer (Mr. Dacey), replying to a deputation of railway workers, made significant remarks on Friday in regard to the system of railway control in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Train Robbery. Redding (Cal.), Jan. 5
Two unmasked men robbed the Oregon express while bound north, on the Southern Pacific Company's line. The men forced an entrance near Red Bluff into the mail van, and bound and,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Concessions to Railway Men
The Government has finally dealt with various representations made as to the conditions of the lower grades in the railway and tramway service. Mr. Beeby said on Sunday night that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Control. Right to Grade Employees
The intimation forwarded to Mr. Johnson, Chief Railway Commissioner, by the State Government, requesting him to make certain changes in the working conditions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Per. Way Department
For some months past the whole of the machinery of the Per. Why Department has been undergoing a system of reconstruction. Hitherto there has been no orderly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway C0mm[?]ssioner. “Undesirable in Immigrant.” “ That Man Tom Johnson.” Dr. Arthur Outspoken. Minister for Railways Dissatisfied
“DOTTY as I have been said to be about immigration, I admit there is it class of immigrant, that is undesirable And by his conduct [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Frozen to Death. Intense Cold at Chicago.a Night of Suffering. Electric Tram Wires Snapped. Chicago
The coldest weather this season is now being experienced here. The thermometer registered 10 degbelow zero last night, and the excessive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Perth Railway Men Out. Not a Strike !
Perth, Tuesday.—The demands of the engineers and iron workers employed by the Railway Department for a rise in the minimum wage from 11s to 13s per day have resulted in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Object of Railways. Government's Policy to Prevail
"The main object," declared the Acting Premier (Mr. Beeby) on Tuesday, "of State owned railways is not profit-making, but public convenience and cheap transit."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dreadful Railway Accident
Two Canadian-Pacific railway trains crashed into each other head on at Terrebonne, Quebec, while travelling at full speed. The trains were crowded with passengers, who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycling and Motoring Notes
Francis Birtles, the well-known transcontinental cyclist, left Fremantle, West Australia, on January 1st, at 7 45 a.m., with the intention of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Workers. Minimum Wage Increased
The Chief Commissioner for Railways has decided to raise the minimum in the service of 7/ per day to 7/6 per day. This rise, no doubt, is due to the decision of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Railway Revenue. SYDNEY
Last week’s railway revenue of £138,021 was the biggest that has been obtained since the inauguration of the railways of this State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jump From Train
Kiama, Monday.—William Gordon Logan, aged 9 years, lost his life under unusual circumnstances on Thursday morning. It appears that deceased, who resided at North Kiama, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Struck by Lightning
Orange, Tuesday.—Travellers by the passenger train to Dubbo on Monday had a thrilling experience. When three miles out of Orange a blinding flash of lightning burst about the train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disaster. Louisville (Kentucky), Jan. 17
A head-on collision between a passenger train and a train of empty cars occurred at Long Run yesterday, as a result of which four train men were killed, and all the passengers slightly…
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