Romance of a Train Wreck
Smith B. Bussell, sixty-nine, a retired capitalist, and Miss Gertrude M. Kerr, twenty-three, a music teacher, both of Greensburg, Indiana, eloped to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1913
94 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 1 of 5
On a Smithdown-road Tramcar
" fare, please," said the conductor to the young woman who sat in the tramcar, a picture of woe. "I can't pay you this time," answered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycle and Rabbit
In connection with the recent Blaydey election, a Sydney daily says that Mr. Form, M.L.A., campaigan secretary of the Labour Party, had arranged a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Furious Motor Driving. Problem in Paris
The question of the regulation of traffic in the streets of Paris is always with us (said the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" on October 3)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Elopement by Aeroplane
An elopement by a distinctly-novel method is reported from Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Miss Amy Cours, of that city, fell in love with Mr. Arthur Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maintenance of Main Roads
At the last meeting of the Bowral Municipal Council held on Thursday night last, the following letter was read from the Department of Public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Largest Railway Station
"Engineering" Bays that in America It is only within the lust Un or twenty years that much attention lias been paid to the possession of really fine stations; but of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-cars That Consume Their Own Dust
It is reported that a Manchester engineer has invented an apparatus which, it is claimed. will prevent the clouds of dust raised in dry weather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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 2 →Main Road Grants
At the last meeting of the Picton Municipal Council, the following letter from the Department of Public Works was received:-…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping the Motorist
In the latest motor cars an ingenious device has been, fixed in order that motorists may see their way round dark corners when driving at night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramps Secret Signs
French tramps and footpads communicate with each other by means of a secret code formed of hieroglyphic signs. Wandering beggars are able to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Motor-car Wheel
A new motor-car wheel has been produced which does away with the terrors of tyre changing, which has long been the ordeal most dreaded by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railwaymen's Mannerisms
That most people develop characteristics and peculiarities, muscular and otherwise, which give a fan indication of their calling in life, is a fact which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On a Motor Car
Podrell (looking at the machinery of his car, which after violent spasms has stopped which a jerk) : "I swear to you on my solemn word of honour that I didn't do…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notice
May Brothers, the enterprising owners of the Leichhardt Motor Garage, have just finished extensions to their repair shop and garage which now covers a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maxim Motorite
The air supply of a Whitehead torpedo lasts about a minute, driving the torpedo half a mile, and as this speed is exceeded by some cruisers and other vessels, there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Safety Device
A system worked by electricity for the prevention of accidents due to trains or vehicles being left on running lines and forgotten, by the signalman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Shire's Motor Lorry
The Wingecarrihee shire council's motor Jorry, which cost over £1000, was brought to Moss Vale recently, and stored away in the shire's premises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Railway Strike
We have much pleasure in announcing that the deplorable strike at Darling Harbour Railway Sheds by the goods porters terminated yesterday (Wednesday)…
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