Uniform Railway Gauge Trial at Albuby Suggested
The matter of a uniform railway gauge was discussed in Sydney on Monday by the Acting Treasurer (Sir. A. C. Carmichael) and the Victorian Minister for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Border Railways Murray River Extensions
The time has arrived when we should drop a good deal of this provincialism and take a broader view, for unless we do so we will be playing into the hands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr Chanter on Unification and Federal Railway Control
At the conclusion of his address on Wednesday night, Hon. J.M. Chanter said that some people imagined if the referenda proposals were carried there would be…
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Commonwealth Ministers cordially welcome the proposal discussed by the Victorian Minister of Railways and the New South Wales Acting Treasurer, by which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Tragedy. Murdered for Jewels. Moscow, April 17
Murder and robbery were committed in the most daring circumstances during the journey from Baku of an express train last night…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Opening Up Africa. Railway to Nigeria. Lagos, April 14
A railway the connecting Baro, on the Niger River, with Kano, an important town in the heart of Northern Nigeria, has been opened. The line is 400 miles in…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Killing Railway Microbes
It is a favourite device of the man who wants a compartment to himself in a crowded train to let slip, in a sufficiently loud voice, the news that he has just got…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Buying a Motor-car
When buying a motor-car certain points should be borne in mind. For instance, any make that sets the design of the world, and leads the way in quality and…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →London Motor Cabs. Demands by Drivers. London, April 16
The taxicab drivers are taking part in the controversy which has been raised owing to the increase in the duty on petrol. The motor-cab and omnibus proprietors…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Riverina Electric Railway
In connection with the N.S.W. Public Works Committee's consideration of the Wagga-Tumbarumba railway scheme, evidence was given in Sydney on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Other [?] Eliminating the Human Factor From Railway Working
In the pr[?]ce of the chief railway engineers of Australia and New Zealand, a successful demonstration was recently made at Sydney of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The “Duck” Aeroplane
Louis Paullian who is one of the best known of the French airmen has designed-an aeroplane which is called the “Duck,” because, like the duck, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. Gay Time in Cork the East Cork Election. 2000 Free Drinks, 600 Free Railway Tickets. London
The hearing of a petition is now taking place in the Cork Courthouse against the return of Captain A. J. C. Donelan (Nationalist)., who by 3173 votes to 1834…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Concession to Producers Scheme to Extend Area Benefited. Sydney
Mr. Griffith Minister for Works, states that the Government is considering a scheme io equalise the value or the railways to all country producers by a system…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Obstructions on Line. Warragul, Saturday.When the 11 a.m train from [?]
to Melbourne yesterday reached a cutting is near what is known as Duggan's Crossing, about a mile from Warragul, the driver noticed the engine give several jumps, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railwaymen's Regulation
inquiries are being made by railway men as to when the re-classifications under Regulation 51 will be made known. Mr. M'Clelland. one of the Commissioners,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria, Melbourne, Saturday. Verdict Against Railways
The action brought by Frances Tierney to recover £1400 as damages from the Railway Commissioners for injuries sustained in the Richmond Railway Accident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dreadful Railway Disaster. Capetown
A terrible railway disaster occurred at Grahamstown last night. Four carriages and a guards' van toppled over the Blankrantz Bridge, and fell to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threw Himself Before an Engine a Railway Tragedy. Melbourne
As the 7.42 train from Sandringham, in charge of driver Maskell and fireman Dooley, was running into the Brighton railway station this morning a man was seen to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drummer's Bad Day. Sleepy Town, Miserable Hotel, Business Nil, Train Late, Threatened with Jail!
The stranger stood on the cinder platform and scowled upon the world at large. He had spent the day in the town, and it had not only…
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