Motor Cycle Smashes Sulky Without Touching It
On Wednesday evening at about six o'clock, Mr. Frank Tyrrell had a narrow escape from serious injury. He was driving in a sulky opposite the "Free…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 20 of 63
Paper Motor Tyres Coming
It is surprising that paper, which is used for waggon wheels, has not yet been adopted for the manufacture of motor-car tyres. An ingenious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cost to Railway Companies. Maternity Allowances for "Unfortunate" Mothers
The North-Western and Great Eastern Railway Companies employ 200,000 men. The proposed sickness insurance, under the provisions of Mr. Lloyd-George's new bill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. Killed on Railway. Melbourne
John Lear, 29 years of age, a baker, who resided at Cecil street, Williamstown, was killed on the local railway line, near the Stony Creek Bridge, early this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Railway Policy Sydney
Mr. Carmichael, Acting Treasurer, states that alterations are proposed to be made at the end of this month in the merchandise and live stock rates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Railway Troubles in England Dismissals Resented. London
Two railway policemen of West pool have been, dismissed for having refused to cease membership of the Amalgamated Railway Men's Society…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Bridge Badly Wasted. Between Wagga and Narrandera
A crossing over the Murrumbidgee about midway between Wagga and Narrandera has been hoped for for a long time by a great number of residents, both in this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Frightful Railway Fatality Fettler's Sad Fate. Sydney
A dreadful railway fatality happened near Flemington this morning. A railway fettler, aged 53 years, named Michael James Nolan, was crossing the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snake in Motor-car
When motoring in the Murrabit district near Kerang last week, Mr W. Dunn and some companions passed a fully grown tiger snake lying on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →COMMERCIAL. (Continued from page 4.) John Bridge and Co
John Bridge and Co. Ltd. report:—Rabbit Skins.—Allowing for the improvement in the quality of the offerings, there was practically no change in the market…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Boulders on Railway. Vancouver, May 7
Boulders have been strewn over the Copper River railway. It is believed that the intention of the perpetrators or the outrage was to prevent the transportation…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Low Railway Freights How They Operate in Riverina
Most business people if they found their rivals in the same trade undercutting them in prices would come to the conclusion that the object of the reductions was to…
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THE run to Mount Kosciusko is an ideal one for the motorist. Good roads lead from everywhere to Cooma, and from here there is a splendid road to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Babies in a Strike. Mothers Place Children on Railway Line. Gendarmes Defied
One of the most remarkable actions ever taken in a strike was witnessed at Mery-sur-Oise, near Pontoise, on Wednesday, the wives of the striking quarrymen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scientific Notes. Petrol Driven Train
The Great Western Railway Company have entered into an arrangement to experiment with, a petrol electric rail motor-car. The car will seal[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Railway Accident Caused by Straying Sand Trucks. Adelaide
Four Creeks laden with sand accidentally became uncoupled this morning from a train about three-quarters of a miles from Adelaide, on the main line to Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robbing a Robber. a Page From a Tramp's Diary
"Good Beds for Working Men and Travellers 4d.," was the legend painted on the fanlight of a house near Custom House Street, Cardiff…
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