AIRSHIP v. Aeroplane. a German Admission. Berlin, Aug. [?]
The "Taeglische Rundschan" [?] clares that the best of Germany's [?] airships would be ineffective in war [?] the attacks of aeroplanes owing to the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
1,744 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 88
Doctor and Aeroplane. Flight to Sick Room
By means of an aeroplane a doctor belonging to Hammondsport, In the state of New York, was able to fly to the bedside of a young patient ten miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Market. John Bridge and Co.'s Report
Wool is beginning to arrive very freely from the earlier shearing districts, and this will mean good offerings in our local market for the next sales, set…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Statistics
From the annual report of the Chief Commissioner for Railways for the year ended 30th June last we learn that the traffic at the local railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Effect on Railway Stocks. New York, Aug. 23
Financial circles are discussing the serious effect that the Panama Canal legislation will probably have on railroad stocks. The Pacific companies have already undergone…
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Lord Pirrie, interviewed at Copenhagen by the, London "Telegraph," said:—"I was on board the Danish motor vessel Fiona during her recent trips in the Kieljford, and can only…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Tram Car Fatality. Extraordinary Street Scene New York
An extraordinary scene took place [?] an Italian was killed by a street car. T[?] hundred Italian workmen knelt around decapitated body in the middle of the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Mishap. Four Ladies Injured
A somewhat serious motor-car accident, in[?]ing injuries to most of the occupants, occ[?] Byron-street, Inverell. The oar, which is owned by Mr. N. C. Bu[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Campbell's Hill Trucking Yards. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners. Sydney
A deputation, comprising the Mayors of East and West Maitland, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, auctioneers, and cattle-dealers, waited on the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Train Derailed. Brussels
A train at Chatelineau became derailed, and fell over an embankment. Several persons were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letter to the Editor. Country Roads
Sir,—Your leader in the "Mercury" of Friday, August 9—"Self-help in Local Government"—strikes me as most sensible. Our roads have certainly got into a most…
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Early on Sunday morning Henry Evans, 20, wharf labourer, living with his mother in Experiment-street, Pyrmont, jumped from the Pyrmont Bridge into the water of Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Robbers [?] But Unprofitable Raid Cleveland (Ohio), Aug. 25
[?] masked men stationed themselves [?]dding, and there awaited the arrival [?]assenger train, with the intention of [?] the express van…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempted Train Wrecking
Winnipeg, Sunday—A dastardly attempt has been made to wreck the Canadian Pacific mail. In the Komarno district the rails were removed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Join Bridge and Co.'s Report
Sheep Skins.—We submitted 13,300 skins, our catalogue being the largest which has been offered by any individual broker for some considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City Trams
The determination of the tram m[?] not to permit riding on the footbounds is producing some curious seems in sydney. Efforts are periodically made by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hydor-aeroplane Race. Paris, Aug. 27
In the hydro-aeroplane race from Saint Male to Jersey (some 15 miles from the west coast of [?] and back four of the competitors finished Several of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hexham-waratah-road
The road between Maitland and Newcastle has long held the reputation of being one of the worst main roads of the State, and the rapid growth of motor traffic during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pyrmont Bridge Fatality. Coroner's Remarks. Sydney
At the inquest concerning the death of the young man, Henry Evens, who jumped over the Pyrmont Bridge for a bet and lost his life, the coroner, in returning a verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in England. Train's Held Up. London, Aug. 27
floods have severed Norwich from railway communication. The express is held [?] King's Lynn, and other trains are at [?] the heavy rains extinguishing…
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