Motor Boat Fatalities
Berlin, Tuesday.—A motor boat with 37 persons aboard, on the Havel River, Potsdam, came into collision with a steamer, and sank. Two persons were…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
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Motor Car Race Accident. On Man Killed. (By Cable). Paris
During a race for the Grand Prix of the Automobile Club, the car of M. Colinet turned over. M. Colinet was seriously injured, and his mechanic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Free Railway Passes
The Victorian Ministry has not yet taken into consideration the Commonwealth Government's proposal that free railway passes for life upon all the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tillett Scolds Railway Men. London, Thursday evening
Mr. Ben Tillett, speaking at Stratford, said that if the railway men had not "blacklegged" the dock-workers would have won long ago. The railway men, he said, had…
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The West Ham railway men—who had decided to strike at midnight last night, unless the employers met the transport strikers—postponed their strike owing to the executive…
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Operations along the various sections still continue briskly. The plates are laid along the second section to Stratford 8 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Traffic
According to the "Railway News" the fifty-two railways in the United Kingdom which make weekly, returns recorded a total decrease of £725,200 for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. Train Derailed by Cow. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Last night, while a passenger train was descending a steep grade on the South Coast line, near the Scarborough station, the engine struck a cow which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Reform. [?]Mense Importance
Like livers and railways ans the ocean [?] the roads of a country are highways of commerce (says the "Adelaide Register"). They ben[?] the whole community, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Aeroplane Used in Prisoner's Escape. Sensational Feat by Criminal
An astonishing story of a prisoner's escape by aeroplane has been told to the Paris police who arrested Maurice Devos, brother of Marius Devos, the "flying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COMMERCIAL. John Bridge and Co.'s, Ltd, Report
The market has been fairly quiet during the past week, transactions being confined to dealing with lots passed in our last catalogue, and the clearance of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Traffic
According to the "Railway News" the fifty-two railways in the United Kingdom which make weekly, returns recorded a total decrease of £725,200 for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Speed of Motor Cars
Complaints are frequently made [?] motor cars are from time to time driven [?] rapidly through the town, to the danger [?] persons otherwise using the highways [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Premier on Tour. Motor Car Bogged
The Premier (Mr. McGowen) and his party arrived at Narrabri on Thursday night. They left Boggabri on Thursday at 3 p.m., and took nearly four hours to cover 33 miles,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Congestion. Final Sitting
Mr. W. Blacket, the Royal Commissioner, appointed in inquire, into the congestion of traffic on the railways, took concluding evidence at his chambers, Sydney, on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Railwaymen. London, June 26
Mr. J. H. Thomas, M. P., assistant general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, stated that in view of the decision of the meeting of railwamen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Men's Sympathy. London, June 25
At a meeting of railway men at Westham [?] resolution was agreed to in favour of striking at midnight on Wednesday unless the em[?]yers agreed to meet the transport workers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Maitland Railway Platform
Our West Maitland railway platform at the time when country trains like the down North-western mail are being worked through is a disgrace to the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Duplication. Shortage of Material
It was reported a few days that the Chief Commissioner for Railways was unable to proceed with the railway duplication work on account of the great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Roads. the Country's Greatest Assert
When passing through Adelaide not [?] ago Mr. Frederick Eastmead, a distinguished English motorist, and a special representat[?] of a large motor-car manufacturing company [?]…
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