Railways in Argentine. British Enterprise
Undoubtedly the greatest title British industry and capital has to the recognition of the Argentine, is the development of the country by railway construction, said Mr. Herbert…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
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Ownership of Railways
There is much controversy on the subject of State v privately-owned railways. Comparisons between Australia and Great Britain are entirety misleading owing to utterly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Tramway Extension
To-morrow morning Mr. S. W. Conyers, an officer of the Department of Public Works, will be in town for the purpose of reporting on the proposed tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Travellers' Grievances
Recently the Maryborough (Q.) Chamber of Commerce wrote to the Toowoomba Chamber soliciting influence and support with a view to having the present regulation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Extension. Visit of Departmental Engineer. Claims of Rutherford, Homeville and Telarah Urged
For some time past the member for Maitland, Lieut.—Colonel Nicholson, has been urging upon the Minister of Works the necessity of the extensions of the tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Launch Ablaze. a Timely Rescue
A sensational affair occurred yesterday in Looking Glass Bay, opposite Abboisford. Ignited by a spark, a private motor launch was set ablaze, and two young men who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Fatality. Auckland (N.z.)
A motor car capsized, killing Samuel M'Frederick, sawmill worker. Joseph Benson and Frank Porter were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. District Roads
Sir,—Allow me through your columns to refer again to the condition of the road in this and many other districts. More especially I wish to draw attention to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter to the Editor. Metal on Belmore Road
Sir,—The Bolwarra Shire Council should be proud of their action in leaving the lately-metalled portion of Belmore road in the state it is. This metal has now been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Auction Sales. Sydney
Buyers of forage were more inclined to operate at auction and privately at the Sydney goods yards this morning. Chaff particularly sold better the improvement being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Railways
Describing "Our Russian Visit." in the January issue of the "Miligate Monthly," M. Adeline Cooke says: "At the Russian railway stations there is a shrine where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Strike. Drive Leaves the Footplate
The trouble with regard to the handling of "black" chaff assumed a grave aspect on Wednesday morning, when the loco. staff, employed on the new railway from Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bulga Plateau and Railway Facilities
The people of the Bulga plateau, an area of splendid agricultural country, containing immense quantities of valuable timber, and within easy distance of Taree and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Knocked Down by a Motor Car. Melbourne
At the intersection of Punt and Toorak roads last evening Conrad Cozelman alighted from a tramcar and was immediately knocked down by a motor-car which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Prosecutions
At Newcastle Police Court yesterday, James Kingsley and C. A. Laybutt were each fined £1, with 6s costs, in lien on seven days' imprisonment, for having travelled by trains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fall From Moving Tram
A man named Felahdean (40), a farmer from Hanging Rock, Carwongla, fell from a moving tram in Elizabeth-street last night, and fractured his skull. He was taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Railway Accident Express and Goods Engine. (By Cable.) London
The London to Aberdeen express, while travelling at 60 miles an hour, ran into the engine of a goods train near Kircaldy (Scotland)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Defects. Minister Making Inquiries
The frequent breaking of axles on railway engines is causing Mr. Hoyle, the Assistant Treasurer and Minister of Railways, much concern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Strike. Victory for Union
The strike on the Tumberumba railway ended on Thursday, the Government having cancelled the privilege of farmers to despatch produce on the completed portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Disaster. Evidence at Inquest. London, Thursday evening
In the inquiry into the disaster caused by the collision at Buruterland, near Kirealdy, between the London-Aberdeen express and a goods train, the fireman of the goods train…
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