Up a Mountain in a Motorcar
The ascent of Mount Vesuvius in an automobile is a feat which has lately been accomplished for the first time, probably, by Count Carl Schonborn, Secretary of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
525 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 27
Deniliquin and Moama Railway Co. Half-yearly Meeting
The fifty-seventh half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the above Company wis held on Tuesday morning. The Hon. G. Simmie, chairman of directors, presided, and Messrs Holtom (director),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For Home and Household. Useful Jottings to Interest and Instruct. the Road to Victory
W[?] you're set your head to do it, When your judgement says you're right, When your judgement gives it [?]netion, The[?] go on with all your might…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tramp Question Solved
"I think I have solved the tramp problem in a perfectly satisfactory way," said a farmer, named Baker, as the subject was under discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Gruesome Railway Accident
In a book of railway anecdotes, bearing date about twenty years ago there is an account of what is described as a most remarkable railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Expensive Railway Stations
At present Liverpool-street station is the largest of the 14 great London termini. Its 18 platforms are each no less than 2000ft. in length, and there are six and a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Railways. London, February 6
Mr. Chamberlain is establishing one non-political board to control the railways in the Transvaal and Orange River colonies. It will include both official and civilian…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Fatal Railway Accident
A fatal accident occurred at one o’clock last Tuesday morning, on the railway line about a mile from Bundure, when A. Stewart, a fettler…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interstate Railways
The residents of Bairan[?]d. a town distant 60 miles from Swan Hill by road propose to send a deputation to Sydney in support of a proposal to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Revenue. Sydney
The railway revenue for the past fortnight shows a slight improvement. The Commissioners have, further reduced the carriage on seed wheat during the coming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Perils of Bridge Building
Writing on the subject of American bridge-building in the "Century Magazine," Mr. F. W. Skinner gives some interesting details of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Restricted Train Service. Public Meeting in Protest
A public meeting to protest against the curtailment of the train service to Hay, took place at the Academy of Music on Monday night. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speed of Motor Cars
When the relation of speed to horse-power in considered the results are puzzling. For example a 12 horse-power gladiator can, weighting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Guaranteed Train
The Echuca Council has accepted the suggestion of Mr Bent that, in order to secure the running of a Monday train from Echuca to Toolamba…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault in a Train
At the Parramatta Court, Benjamin Anderson (50) was charged with having wilfully broken a railway carriage window, the property of the Railway Commissioners,…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Motor-paced Racing in Sydney
At the continuation of the motor-paoed cycling on the Sydney cricket ground on Saturday night, there was an attendance of about 5000 persons. In the one mile event,…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Railway Accident
The Railway Commissioners have received a report regarding the scalding of the driver and fireman of a stock train in the Brook's Hill tunnel, near…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Notes From Various Sources Railway Hero's Fate
The railway line near Gateshead station was the scene of a hero's death early in January. Thomas Scott, engine-driver on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Sleepers
As a sort of relief to the general gloom come large orders for railway sleepers front South Africa and elsewhere. But even this falls to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Sheds Pilfering
At the Melbourne City Court on Tuesday two defendants were heavily fined for pilfering goods at the railway goods sheds. In the first case…
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