Deaf and Dumb Children Motors
The Motor Club treated the children of : the Deaf and Dumb Institute to an outing on Saturday. Thirty-five cars of an aggregate value of [?]20.000 were used for the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
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Motor Cycling. World's 24 Hours' Record. New York
Locker and Shields, motor cyclists of Syracuse, iron the 24 hours' team race.' The winners covered 1374 miles and 2 laps, putting up a world's record…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor Peril Max-catcher Invented. London
A German invention of great interest to the average city dweller was given a trial at the Brooklands motor race track last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage to Mountain Roads
Mr. J. S. Hutchinson, of Tallangatta, on Sunday and Monday carefully inspected the roads in the direction of and beyond Mitta Mitta, in the direction of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Straw As Road-making Material
It is claimed that straw is proving remarkably practical as a road-making material on the extremely sandy roads in Missouri. Its practicability…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Interesting Display at the Motor Show
The most interesting and instructive display at the forthcoming Motor Show in Sydney, will be Bennett and Wood's (of Pitt and Bathurst streets) exhibit of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Extension. League Formed
A public meeting of those interested in railway extension from the Victorian border to Balranald was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday even…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor Peril 10 Fatalities in a Day. London
There is an ever growing increase in the number of fatalities in Great Britain caused through motor propelled vehicles, and it is demanded that greater restric-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jumped From a Train
A young seaman named Cruickshank made a daring dash for liberty on Wednesday by jumping from a train in which he was being taken from Greta (N. S. W.) to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Warfare. Inventions Which Affect Cavalry. Scouting by Aeroplane
The next European war (writes "Vinlex" in the "Cavalry Journal") will, find cavaly, as well as other arms, confronted with vastly altered conditions owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Troop Train Derailed. Mexico City, September 19
A mob of donkeys caused a serious train accident on the Mexican Central Railway. The animals could not be driven off the track before a train dashed into them, and…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Our Railway and Tramway Record
The return of railway and tramway accidents for the year ended June 30, 1912, has been laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly. The feature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Upper Murray Railway
On Tuesday last, September 17—like "a bolt from the blue"—without any word or notice of any kind, two officers (Messrs. Edwards, of the construction branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fatal Motor Accident
The little girl, Lilian da Bunn, aged eleven, daughter of Superintendent Bunn, of the South Melbourne fire station, who was knocked down by Mr. Sol Green's…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Railway Disasters. Cause of Ditton Accident. London, September 20
In giving evidence at the inquest upon one of the victims of the Ditton Junction railway disaster, when 15 persons were killed and 40 injured, the superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Railway Progress. Oaklands
Dear, Uncle Jeff,—There has been a lot of rain here this year. The crops and grass are nice and green but the crops are very short for this time of the year…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Moama-Moulamein Railway League
A well attended meeting of the Committee of the store League was held at North Wakool on the 14th inst., and considerable disappointment was expressed at the delay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Smashes. Marconi Injured. Rome
A sensational accident befell Signor Marconi, the "wireless" inventor. He was motoring near the town of Borghetto in Italy, when his car collided with another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire at Wodonga. Railway Hotel Gutted. Splendid Work by the Fire Brigade
At a few minutes before 5 o'clock yesterday morning the townspeople of Wodonga were roused from their slumbers by the violent ringing of the firebell, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Berrigan Motor Accident
The verdicts gained by the people who wore implicated in the motor accident against the Public Works Department will add a considerable…
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