The Motor 'Bus in London
The rapidity of the development of motor omnibuses during the past five years was fully established by Mr. L. A. Legros, of Watford, In a paper read recently before…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Manchurian Railway. the New Loan. London
The £6,000,000 4½ per cent. South Manchurian railway loan will be issued next week in London at a minimum of £98…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Railway Strike. Death Sentence Commuted. Paris
The agitation which has taken place in France against the carrying out of the death sentence which was passed on Durand, a prominent railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Railways
The railway statistics just published by the United States Interstate Commissions tell a disagreeable story. Train accidents are not detailed, but there is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. Six Persons Killed. Vancouver
An accident has occurred on the Mille Creek railroad in Kentucky. A passenger train came into collision with some coal waggons which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Two Men Killed
Two men, Patrick Flanagan and William Cook, were run down yesterday by the train which leaves Sydney for Newcastle at 8.15 a.m., at a point between Woy Woy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Board. Deputation to the Premier. Sydney
A large deputation, representing the Now South Railway and Tramway Service Association, waited on Mr. M'Gowen the State Premier, to-night, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. a New Year's Gift.—population We Have Missed.—the Manlyspit Tram.—a State Trustee Department.—an Absence of Offences.—discipline, Responsibility, and Duty. Sydney
The new years was ushered in with a marked lack of the old boisterousness. Much as a certain display some years ago was to be regretted it still bore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Train. Many Passengers Killed. Warsaw
The carelessness of passenger who was carrying bonzine set fire to a train near Grodno, Russia. Many of the passengers were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Spring Motor Tyre
Dr. J. A. Calantarients, a resident of Scarborough (Eng.), has invented a new spring tyre for motor vehicles. The device consists of 69 curved and shaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Fatality. Inquest on Flanagan. Gosford
In connection with the railway fatality [?]ear Wondabyne, half-way between Hawkesbury River and Woy Woy, on Wednesday morning, when two telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident. Vancouver
In the wreck of a train by a collision between Spokane and Seadon, five persons were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster. in South Africa. Eight Persons Killed. Capetown
A fearful railway accident, involving serious loss of life, occurred this morning at Cathcart, 45 miles north-west of King William's Town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mail Train Accident. No One Injured. Brisbane
The Sydney mail train arrived to-night, over an hour and a-half late, as the result of rather a sensational experience at Murphy's Creek, this side of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imperial Tramps
More and more as I have studied the colonial question have I come to the conclusion that this question of closer communication is at the root of the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Minimum Wage. Adopted on Railways. Sydney
Mr. Carmichael, the Assistant Treasurer, was asked by a "Newcastle Herald" representative this afternoon if any further steps had been taken in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Run Over by a Tram. Young Man Seriously Injured
A young man, David Gilmore, living in Lindsay-street, Hamilton, met with a serious accident shortly before eight o'clock last night, as a result of a fal[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Alderman's Motor Car
The circumstances under which Mr. L. B. Blackwell, the city engineer, made an inspection of the streets of Newcastle, in a motor car owned by Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram and Sulky Collision. Brisbane
A sensational collission, between a tramcar and a sulky, occurred on the Milton-road this afternoon. It appears that a man named Fred Moles employed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accidents. in the United States. Vancouver
A locomotive exploded on the Burlington railroad, in Wyoming. All on board were killed. A freight train was wrecked at New…
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