Home of Motor Car Thieves
Chicago would seem to be maintaining its undesirable record of being the biggest home of motor car thieves, for, according to a report lately issued by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,199 stories in Murray's papers · page 49 of 60
Train Collides with Motor-van, a Motorman Killed
A fatal accident occurred at 3 a.m. on Friday at the [?]eader street crossing on the south railway line at Goodwood, S.A. One of the motor mail vans belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. a Motoring Record. London
M. Casague, driving a twelve-eylinder Sunbeam car on the Brooklands track yesterday, covered 107 mile 1679 yards in two hours, which is a world's record…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Tram Delayed
The tram traffic was held up in Castlereagh street yesterday, through the breaking of an overhead wire. A similar accident occurred in Elizabeth street this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Border Railways, Bill Passed by N.s.w. Assembly
The Legislative Assembly in Sydney on Thursday went into a committee of the whole to consider the expediency of bringing in a bill to ratify the agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Whip Behind," Boys Holing on to Tram Cars
On October 2, a school boy, named Harold Alfred Jeffrey, 9 years, who resides with his father at Union street, Brunswick, ran after a tram car along Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hume Shire Roads
Cr. Reid moved at yesterday's meeting of the Hume Shire Council, "That this council procure a loan of £500 for the purpose of keeping roads in A and B ridings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney to Melbourne Motor Car Record. N.s.w. Legislation Checks. Attempts to Lower
Mr. Allan Doone, the Irish comedian, who visited Albury on Sunday week, in his motor car, for the purpose of having a look at the road, preparatory to making…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Killed on the Railway
A little boy named Walter Kingsford, six years old, was run down and killed on the Glebe railway line this afternoon. The body was frightfully mutilated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Presentation to Railway Officer
A pleasant gathering took place on Saturday evening in the waiting room of the Albury railway station, when about 50 railway employes of all branches of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women Trampled to Death, Tragic Panic in a Synagogue. Mad Flight to Escape. Vienna
A shocking tragedy occurred at the small town of Sholojou, in Galicia, on Saturday. The local synagogue was crowded for the Day of Atonement service, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycling Madness. One Man Killed. Another Rider Injured
The Victorian Motor Cycle Club held its annual race meeting on the Amateur sports ground in Melbourne on Saturday. The spectators, of whom there were about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Henty Billabong Railway
The Henty Billabong Railway Bill, which went through the Legislative Assembly, is reported to have been negatived when it reached the Upper House,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina Railways. Opposition in Sydney. Mr. Holman's Reply
In reference to the attack made in Sydney by a section of the press on the Riverina border railway policy, the Premier (Mr. Holman) said on Friday:--…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.S.W. Parliament. Close of the Session. Slaughter of the Railway, Rejected. Sydney
Immediately the Legislative Assembly met this afternoon, Mr. McGowen, on behalf of the Premier, announced that there was no business before the House…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Border Railways. Agreement Ratified
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly went into committee last week to consider the expediency of bringing in a bill to ratify the agreement entered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North Shore Bridge
Questions were asked in Parliament concerning the proposal made by Norton, Griffiths and Co. to construct the North Shore bridge. Mr. Holman informed the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →A Bridge at Carrathool. Conference of Murrumbidgee and Carrathool Shire Councils. They Offer to Contribute £3,000 Each
As a result of the recent action taken by the Shire Councils of Carrathool and Murrumbidgee in the matter of providing a more up-to-date means of crossing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Border Railways
The Legislative Assembly went, into committee of the whole to consider the expediency of bringing in a bill to ratify the agreement entered into, between the…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Princess As Motorist. Gipsy Girl Killed. Paris, October 9
A chauffeur, charged with manslaughter arising out of the death of a Gipsy girl, aged 12 years, who was knocked down and run over by a motor-car near Melun…
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