Motor Car Destroyed
A motor car, valued at £900, while being backed out of the Taree Motor Garage at Taree this morning, was burned through the-petrol exploding. Two men who were…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
1,250 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 63
Birtles' Motor Trip
A telegram was received in Sydney today from Francis Birtles, who is attempting to establish a motor car record from Fremantle to Sydney. Birfles wired from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.s.w. Railway Chief. Inspection at Albury. a Deputationless Visit
On his annual tour of inspection, Mr T. R Johnson, chief commissioner of N-S.W. railways, arrived by special train in Albury yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Railway Loan
A State railway loan of £12.000.000 has been subscribed thirty-two-fold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chief Railway Commissioner in Corowa
The Chief Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Johnson), who accompanied by the assistant Commissioners and various heads of Railway Departments, is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Howlong and Border Railway League
A meeting of the Howlong and Border Railway League was held at Howlong. Cr. Ashford occupied the chair. The secretary, Cr. D. Reid, placed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed on Railway
A shocking accident occurred on the rail-way line between Penrith and Kingswood last night. George Webster, aged 12 years, was crossing the line at a crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rockslide Blocks Rail-way. Three Lives Lost. San Francisco
A fatal smash has occurred on the sys-tem of the Great Northern Railroad in Idaho. It appears that a huge quantity of rock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Confusion
Two main points protrude prominently in connection with the confusion the railway business of the State has drifted into. The first, As that the States has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Trains
The two McK[?]en motor trains purchased in the United states by the Victorian Government arrived in Sydney last week. The cars are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missed the Train. and Threatened with Arrest
"Get out of there I will give you five minutes to get off the premises, or I will have you all arrested" Thus spoke a railway official just as the goods train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gerogery. Important Railway Matters
A deputation from the Farmers and Settlers Association, Gerogery Branch waited upon Mr. Johnson, Commissioner for Railway, on Monday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Paris Apaches. No Trace of Motor Fiends. Paris
No trace of the motor assassins has been obtained. There is a formidable force of detectives armed with carbines and revolvers following clues and watching every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cross Roads of Love. Chapter XXXIV.—(Continued)
To you, Marion," it began, "and also you, Andro, if God in His wisdom should grant my prayer that you read these lines in time to come, I have this to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Scrap Book. the Road to Happiness
Let others sing of blighted hopes And joys forever past, And aching hearts and gloomy shades Across our pathway cast…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Extension to Open Up Wheat Country
Miners gave the Wyalong district a start, and have helped to make it what it is to-day. It is hard to imagine what there would have been any settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Fiends in Motor-car. Murder and Robbery. Paris, March 26
A great sensation has been caused by a renewal of the outrages of a few weeks ago, in which desperadoes were assisted in their crimes by the use of motor-cars. The…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Tube-railway Flooded. Chance Prevents Big Disaster. Berlin
Had a mishap which occurred in the tube railway system of Berlin on Tuesday, nigt happened in the day time a great disaster -must have been involved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners at Hay. Local Wants
Yesterday the Chief Railway Commissioner paid a visit of inspection to the South Western line, reaching Hay at 5 p.m. Mr Johnston was accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Engines for Our Railways. A Nice Question to Decide. To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier)
Sir,—As a protectionist I would like to see all our requirements manufactured in our own State, so long as they were equally as good as that which might be…
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