Brigade Motors
Wanganui, Now Zealand, boasts a well equipped fire brigade, and claims the distinction of having been the first Australasian town to adopt self-propelled fire…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 63
Motor Cars
The attention of prospective buyers of motor cars is directed to an illustrated advertisement, in another part of this issue, of the Gaudin Motor Garage,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Decentralisation and Border Railways
The Decentralisation Commission has had its term of inquiry extended till February. The Commissioners, however, have raised the question…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway League
A meeting of the Savernake Railway League took place later in the afternoon, Councillor M’Dougall being in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germanton to Jingellic Railway Minister's Favorable Remarks
Mr. M'Laurin, M.L.A., introduced a deputation of three to Mr. Gr[?]fith (Minister for Works) on Thursday, which asked that the first section of the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga to Tumbarumba Railway
Mr. J. Harper, N.S.W. Assistant Railway Commissioner, submitted a statutory report by the Chief Commissioner , on the proposed Wagga to Tumbarumba railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Smash at Sydney Bolting Locomotives. Driver and Fireman Injured Sydney
A railway smash of a serious character occurred. at the Central Railway Station at an early hour this morning, resulting in several carriages being badly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Steamer Ashore. London
The steamer Lincoln, belonging to the Great Central Railway Company, has gone ashore on Haisborough Sands, which lie about eight miles from the Norfolk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News Johannesburg Tram Service. Johannesburg
Johannesburg on Saturday experienced a brief but complete suspension of its electric tram service through a strike. The conductors and motor men demanded the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Sheds at Railway Stations. to the Editor
Sir,--In his lecture, at Corowa Mr. J. L. Dow is reported as saying: "That what they were asking for in Victoria was already enjoyed in New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. Welsh Train Smash One Train Overtakes Another. Ghastly Rescue Scenes. London
The smash in the Rhonda Valley makes the third grave disaster which has occurred on a British railways within the space of seven weeks. Strangely enough…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strategic Weaknesses of the Railways
Evidence was given by Major-General Head before the Royal Commission on Decentralisation in Sydney on Monday. He confined his evidence to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident Tc a Coal Train
An accident took place at Adamstown railway station., near Newcastle, on Monday. A train of coal trucks from Lambton colliery was coming down the gradient leading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Road by Marie Von Thilo (of the Pseudonym library). [All Rights Reserved.]
HE COLD wintry day was slowly drawing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Children. For Young Australians Who Road "The Banner." "Uncle Jeff" and His Nieces. a Cot for the Hospital
Those of you who have searched the Scriptures will have observed that charity is referred to as the greatest of all the virtues. Now, I have an ambitious scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Upper Murray Railway. Proposed Line to Jingellic. Extending the Germanton Loop
It was asserted by a member of a deputation from Germanton, which waited upon the Minister of Works (Mr. Griffith) last week, that there are at least 1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Tumbarumba Wants its Railway
The Public Works Committee on Thursday considered the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Wagga to Tumbarumba. Mr. W. J. Hanna, under…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Railway Request Refused
A deputation representing the business and residential interests of the Germanton district, waited on the Chief Commissioner for Railways a few days ago, and…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Queensland Railways
Plans are ready for part of the proposed railway extension from Blackall towards Windorah, and for the line from Wallal (near Charleyille) to Tobermorey…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Railway Strike. Traffic Paralysed. Vancouver, January 19
A strike has paralysed traffic over 1,000 miles of the Mexican branch of tho Southern Pacific railway. Tho men demand increased wages, which the company…
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