Aeroplane Fatality
The condition of Mr. Orville Wright is regarded as satisfactory. Mr. Orville Wright states that the propellor of the aeroplane struck a wire belonging to the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
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The Merriwa Railway Proposal
The Minister of Public Works has promised to bring before Parliament this session, for reinvestigation by the Public Works Committee, a railway proposal of considerable importance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Patality. a Wright Machine Fails. London
During the trials for Government purposes at Fort Myers, Virginia, an accident, with fatal results, occurred to a Wright aeroplane. Orville Wright was…
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Barraba railway was opened for [?] yesterday without any ceremony. The [?]table is a convenient one for the tra[?]ing public, except for the fact that the…
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Mr. Wilbur Wright, at Le Mans, France, Yesterday, in his aeroplane, flew 66 kilometers (41 miles 672 yards) in 1 hour 31 minutes 25 seconds, being a record, both…
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THE Minister of Public Works has promised to bring before Parliament this session, for reinvestigation by the Public Works Committee, a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cheap Railways
Much more important for the development of the country's resources than many other matters to which our legislators give a great deal more attention is that of…
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It has been decided that the North Coast railway line shall junction on the main trunk line just outside the home signal at Church-street railway station, in the vicinity of the station platform…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Proposed Muswellbrook Merriwa Railway
This much-desired railway is once more about to receive official attention, and now is the time for the people in the various centres interested who advocate the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wright Aeroplane
Mr Wilbur Wright, at Le Mans. France, yesterday, in his aeroplane, flew 66 kilometres (41 miles 672 yards) in 1 hour 31 minutes 25 seconds, being a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wright Aeroplane
By his latest flight on his aeroplane at L. Mans. covering 41 miles 672 yards in the 31min. 25sec., Mr. Wilbur Wright won the prize of £200 given by the Aero Club…
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Mr. Edge announces that in deference to public feeling he will withdraw his Napier car from all dangerous competitions, but he will re-enter if he finds that he has…
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The London and North-western Railway Company, the Midland Railway Company and the Great Northern Railway Company have agreed to cease running competitive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway. Pushing on with the Construction
The first section of the North Coast railway—Maitland to Dungog—is being vigorously pushed on with, and it is anticipated will be completed in 18 months…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wilbur Wright's Aeroplane. the Fanatic of Flight
The man who walked out of the rough wooden shed to meet me wore a cloth cap and was in his shirt sleeves—I noticed that his shirt was of a curious deep green…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramway-cars "Held Up" Outrage by Armed Ruffians in Cairo Streets
Between ten and eleven o'clock one night last month, while two of the last tramway-cars were returning, full of passengers, from a popular afternoon resort in the north-west end of Cairo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Tram Collision
Two electric trams in Philadelphia collided in a dense fog. Seven passengers were killed and 72 others maimed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-car Contest
Thirty-six competitors have started in the 25-horsepower four-inch cylinder motor-car contest in the Isle of Man. The distance to be travelled is 338 miles, and the object of the race…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortage of Railway Trucks
The shortage of wool trucks at the local Railway Station, and the great loss of time aud inconvenience teamsters have had to put up with in consequence, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Merriwa Railway Proposal
THE Minister of Public Works has premised to bring before Parliament this session, for reinvestigation by the Public Works Committee, a railway…
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