Railways of the Future
Great evils it has been shown are certain to follow, so far as the State is concerned, if control and administration of our railways is allowed to pass into the hands of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Tram Off the Line
A tram motor ran off the line at the points in High-streets, opposite Sexty's chemist shop between 7 and 8 o'clock on Saturday night, and traffic was blocked for the rest of the night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Railways. Big Construction Works. Ottawa, March 11
In the House of Commons, Mr. G. P. Graham, Minister for Railways announced that there are at present 4580 miles of railways being constructed throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Baghdad Railway Enterprise. Berlin
The "North German Gazette" expresses satisfaction at Sir Edwin Grey's recent statement as showing a road to agreement on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kiled by a Motor Car
Edwin Perry, a commercial traveller, was charged at the Criminal Court with the alleged manslaughter of Frances Stevenson, who was knocked down by a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vagaries of a Motor Car
Occasionally a locomotive engine has been known to jump the dead, end of a railway line on a pier, and lake a [?]ve into the sea, and this has happened a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bridge and Co.REPORT
Sheepskins.—We submitted a very fine catalogue of Dearly 9000 skins, and had the satisfaction of being able to sell out under exceedingly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Christchurch Tramway Debentures
The tramway board of Christ church, N.Z.,., is issuing debentures at 108 to the amount of £61,400 at 41 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Aeroplane in War
The British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Bristol is supplying the War Office with four Bristol military bi-planes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Beneath a Moving Train
A junior railway porter at Flemington station had a wonderful escape from serious injury or death on Monday, while another was saved from harm by his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Collision. Remarkable Accident at Ryde
A head-on collision occurred early on Wednesday night between two tram cars at Ryde, with the result that five passengers were injured,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extraordinary Accident. Railway Passenger Injured
An accident of peculiar nature occurred at the Millthorpe railway station. It appears that on the arrival there of the midday train from the west the driver for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Railways. German Steel Works. Berlin
German steel firms are vigorously competing for the supply of railway material to Japan In connection with the widening of the Tokio-Shumonoski railway, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Death-roll on American Railways
An article in the "Atlantic Monthly" entitled "Confessions of a Railway Signalman" helps to explain the long death-roll on American railways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maxims for Motorists. Pedestrians Who Know Nothing
"I should like to see horses and even pedestrians carrying head and tall lights when using the roads at night time." said Mr Henry Sturmey, the veteran…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bishop's Bridge Progress
The annual meeting of members of the Bishop's Bridge and Sawyer's Gully Progress Committee will be held at Mr. Moore's Went worth Hotel on Monday evening, April 3…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sanitary Road Paving
An advance in road paving for which a British engineering firm has been awarded a bronze medal by the Royal Sanitary Institute should be of more than ordinary importance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Collision
Two trams collided at Weever's Loop, near the Holy Cross College, Ryde, on Wednesday. The Impact was severe, all the windows in the front of the cars…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Baghdad Railway. the Latest Arrangement. Constantinople, March 18
The Porte has allowed the Baghdad Railway Company to extend the line to Baghdad. The company renounces its Hen on the 4 per cent. increase in the Customs duties…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter to the Editor, Morpeth-east Maitland Road
Sir,—In your columns of a few weeks ago, saw a letter from the pen of the Bishop of Newastle re the above road. Being a constant traveller on this road, both during dry…
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