Railway League
A MEETING of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening last. Present: Messrs. Jno. Taylor (chair), R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1910
276 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 14
The Descent of the Rhone a Road That Marches
French waterways—those chemins qui marchent, as Michclet calls them —are of infinite charm and diversity. The rapids of the Tarn, with their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →America's First Railway Engine
Stourbridge, in Worcestershire, can claim the honour of having supplied America with its first, railway locomotive. Early in 1828 the Delaware and Hudson canal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kaiser's Motor Car. Woman Run Over in a Crowded Street
As the Kaiser was returning last night (says a Berlin message of October 23) to the palace from the railway station, where he had taken farewell of his son…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amazing Jewel Theft Robbers' Escape by Motor Car
An astounding jewel robbery, outrivalling in daringness of conception and execution any of the feats of the noted Jesse James gang, was perpetrated last evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways and Mines
Mr. G. A Blekemore, writing to the " S. M. Herald' on Friday last in advocacy of linking up mining centres with the main lines, supplies a very…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Machinery
At the last meeting of the Boreo Shire Council Mr Grace, Shire Engineer, presented a report relative to road-making mechinery, and from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Extension From Canowindra. Meeting of Goolagong Railway League. (From a Correspondent)
A well-attended meeting of the above was beld at Hayden's hotel on Saturday last. In the [?]able absence of the President (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A London Scene. Three Shops Undermined. Tram Service Stopped
The "Daily News" of 8th February reports:- Had a small earthquake happened, the three houses that have partially…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A London Scene. Three Shops Undermined. Tram Service Stopped
The "Daily News" of 8th February reports:— Had a small earthquake happened, the three houses that have partially collapsed in the High road at Wood Green…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →John Bridge at Homebush
Graziers, farmers and selectors all over the State will be interested to learn that the great wool-broking firm of John Bridge and Company, Ltd., of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local and General John Bridge at Homebush
Graziers, famers and selectors all over the State will be interested to Je[?]rn that the great wool-broking firm of John Bridge and Co. Ltd. of Circular…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Extension. the Broken Hill Line
At the last meeting of the Lachlan Shire Council Or Tasker moved that the Minister for Works be written requesting the immediate survey of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wealthy Tramp. Starvation with Li,200. Left to Relieving Officer
Nobody ever thought that Mrs Charlotte Spiers, an old-woman of 74, who for years had wandered about Hampshire, was any better off than the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Aeroplane-bicycle—count De Guiseux's Invention
Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wealthy Tramp. Starvation with L.1,200. Left to Relieving Officer
Nobody ever thought that Mrs Charlotte Spiers, an old woman of 74, who for years had wandered about Hampshire, was any better off than the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway League
The Railway League committee met on Monday night, Mr. John Taylor presiding. Also presenf Messrs. Richardson, Josephson, Frazer, Bembrick, Cousins…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fuce Both Ways !— a Remarkable Double-boilered Engine Built in Lancashire for the Burma Railways
The odd-looking. double-boilered engine shown in the photograph was built by the vulcan Fourdry, Newtonle-welows, Lancs, Lancs., for including heavy-train loads over mountain gradients on the Burma railways, which cross the celebrated Zibingyi Ghat, where the running gradient is 1 in 25, and the curver of only 300 [?] The boilers are independent of each other, there also being two Beipaire pattern fireboxes. The engines have steam meet anrsm, both steam and [?] brakes, and a patent counter-pressure brake for regulating the speed when descending steep inclines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycles. Words of Advice
Mr J. Pollock Castors, writing, in Fry's Magazine," makes out a very good case for the motor-cycle, which, after a boom at its advent, has dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Told by Up-to-date Writies. Kaiser's Motor Car. Woman Run Over in a Crowded Street
As the Kaiser was returning last night (says a Berlin message of October 23) to the palace from the railway station, where be had taken farewell of his son…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →