Mail Train Burnt. a Heavy Loss
A fire broke out in the carriage shed at the Wallangarra railway station at 3 a.m. on Friday. The Sydney mail train, which was waiting to convey passenger's in Friday's…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,906 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 96
The Electric Motor As a Substitute for the Brain
That the function of the human brain can in certain cases be fulfilled by mechanical devices has long been understood, and has led, among other things,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Linking the Railways. Works Committee at Newcastle
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works sat at Newcastle Courthouse on Monday to take evidence in regard to the Maryyale to Muswellbrook railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Mishaps. Boy's Bravery
A sensational motor car accident occurred at Broken Hill on Friday, night. Mr. Nell, manager of Woodman's. Limited, motor agents, was driving his family home after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Linking Up the Railways
During the present week the members of the Public Works Committee have been engaged in the taking of evidence in connection with the proposed lines of railway to link…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Railway Sheds Destroyed
A fire occurred at the Wallangarra railway sheds this morning. They were completely destroyed, with four carriages, including the State car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclists and Girls. Scorching in Centennial Park
Arthur Smith and Frank Sinclair, two young men, were proceeded against in Sydney for riding motor cycles in Centennial Park on January 18 at a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Which Is the Road to Fortune?
The possession of a gift of song is greatly to be valued. Mme. Patti received £1000 a night in the United States. Joan de Reszke during a recent season in New York nightly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Subsidies in Tasmania. Earthquake Suspected. Launceston
Just before daylight on Saturday morning the new bridge spanning Sacamander River, on the east coast, subsided to the water level for about four chains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Aeroplane. Invisible and Light
Washington. Saturday.—The War Department is experimenting with new material for the construction of aeroplanes. Its effect will be to render the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Sydney Hide Market. John Bridge and Co.'s Report
Hides.-A comparison of our catalogue of the 17th with that of the 24th inst. shows that an average rise of a ¼d. occurred on the latter date. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Concession. Constantinople
The new Turkish Government has granted German group a concession in connee[?] the Stamboul-Pera railway under [?] Golden Horn…
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A further 80 miles of the North Coast railway are to be opened by the Minister of Works, who will be accompanied by the district member. Mr. Price, on February…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Matters
The projected opening of the second and third sections of the North Coast railway on February 4th next is responsible for a change…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Company
Mr. S. V. Cody has formed a company with a capital of £120,000 to exploit his aeroplane inventions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Present of Aeroplane
The Correspondent Schools, through Col. Seely, War Secretary, have presented the British Government with an aeroplane. At a luncheon, held on the occasion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COMMERCIAL. Produce Markets. John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Report
Hides.—A comparison of our catalogue of the 17th with that of the 24th instunt shows that an average rise of ¼d occurred on the latter date. This advance has brought values…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COMMERCIAL. Sydney Wool Market John Bridge and Co. Ltd., Report
Our catalogue of 5,781 bales submilted at our auction on Monday the 20th last, was a particularly good one, being chiefly comprised of New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Dashes Into Sulky. Well-known Man Killed
Mr. Thomas O'Brien, a prominent resident of the Scone district for many years, and recently license of the Durham Hotel, Wingen, was cut to pieces by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Negligent Motoring
Mr. Moorhouse, an airman, was fined £20 for criminal negligence while motoring, which had resulted in the death of a farm labourer…
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