Bird Beheaded by Aeroplane
On Motor Show Sunday at Hendon no fewer than eight aeroplanes were in the air at one time. When the Handley-Page machine returned from a flight a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,259 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 63
The Motor in War
In all manner of ingenious ways the motor is being adopted for military purposes, and in future warfare these vehicles will play an important part. The…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →A Mile Long Bridge in Twelve Days
Some feats of extraordinary rapid construction have been performed, at times, in the history of American railroading; but we do not know of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Do Motors Wear Out Roads
Francis Bucon one day found a conference of [?] discussing why if ans that a tumbler brimful of water did not overflow when a half was placed inside 11. An he made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aeroplane at Jerusalem. Population Bewildered, Jerusalem
The airman Bonnier, arrived here from Paris. This was the first aeroplane seen at Jerusalem, and the entire population turned out to witness the arrival, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good Roads for Tourists. an Organiser at Work
Mr. H. Manwell Clark, organiser for the Good Roads Association of Victoria, who has been in Albury since Wednesday, will leave again for Melbourne this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alighting From a Moving Train. Accident Narrowly Averted at Wodonga
A serious accident was narrowly averted at the Wodenga Railway Station yesterday afternoon by the presence of mind of Conductor Selveria. Previous to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seven Men in a Motor. a Thrilling Joy Ride
Joy riders who had a reckless run through Melbourne and suburban thoroughfares in an 18 hp, touring car carly on New Year's morning met with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycle Contest. Sydney to Melbourne
Leaving Wangaratta at 7.15 a.m. on Thursday, the surviving competitors in the inter-State reliability motor cycling contest from Sydney to Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Coach
Mr J. Robinson, the well known mail contractor, is to be complimented on his enterprise in being the first to introduce to Deniliquin an up-to-date modern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wealth Found in Gutters. Strange Experiences of a Town Tramp
Our everyday carelessness, and the manner in which it provides a living for vagrants, is strikingly illustrated by Mr. W. H. Davies, the literary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycling. Interstate Reliability Trial
The result of the non-stop run of 15 miles [?] Craigleburn, is as follows [?] of Hydney (9½ Triumph), wan in the [?] 500 en class, H. Jonkins,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Reliable Motor Cycle
One of the outstanding fontures of the percent inter-state reliability run was the wounderful performance of the twin cylinder Douglas [?] No power than three of th[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A German Troop Train Wrecked. Seven Soldiers Killed. Berlin
A shocking railway s [?] occurred on Saturday hour Mels, a [?] lown in A [?] A [?] train came [?] violent collision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Control of N.S.W. Railways. Four Commissioners Proposed State to Be Divided Into Three Sections. Sydney
It is stated that the proposed amendment of the Railway Act will provide for the appointment of four Commissioners. The State will be divided into three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trans-antarctic Expedition Reindeers Preferable to Motors. Curistiania
Mr. C. E. Borchgrevink, who led an expedition to the Antarctic (1808-1000) has been interviewed here in regard to the imperial T [?] Expedition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Border Railways. Proposals Ten Years Ago
The following extracts from wires sent to "The Argus," of September 3, 1902, and March 31,1903, respectively are of interest in the light of recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South African Railway Crisis. Men Advised to Strike. Pretoria
M. H. Burton, the Union Minister for Railways, doolares a wrong impression provails respecting the offects of the retronchment policy of the Government in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wahgunyah-springhurst Train
The following time table is now in force on the above railway line:--Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aeroplane in Egypt. Flighte to Khartoum. Cairo
The as fator Pourpe has reached Wady Halfa on a flight from Cairo to Kharoum The appearance of the aerial visitor ereated a profound impression…
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