Discontent in Railway Service
Though in the past the railway servants have been treated with every consideration by our Government, the clamour for more money and shorter hours now goes…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Creeping Railway Lines
It is not generally known that railway rails creep. They do, however, and an American authority tells us that "on lines running north nod south, the western rail…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Unemployed. South Maitland Tramway
Mr. D. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation has written to Mr. Edden, Minister for Mines drawing his attention to the fact that the men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Record. Vancouver
At Jacksonville, Florida, Louis Desbrow, driving a Pope Hartford, won a 300 mules automobile contest in 3 hours 53min 33sec—a world's record…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. All Roads to London.—when Sydney's Gutters "Ran with Blood" ! ! !—After Thought Architecture.—holding Up the Producer.—clean Work for the Custom-house.—a Curious Kind of Business. Sydney
Whatever the forthcoming census of Australia it will not represent the population of the Commonwealth by quite a few thousands. These thousands will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Railways. Accident in Paris. Paris
Owing to the brakes failing to act, a train at the Gare du Nord, in Paris, crashed into the buffers, and two carriages were derailed. Seventeen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Dust Explosions. an Expert's Advice. Keep the Roads Clean
Sir Henry Hall, who is an expert in regard to the causes of colliery explosions, recently read a paper, before a Lancashire society, on the subject of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Tubular Railway
Congestion is a serious problem in the densely populate city. There are only two ways of overcoming it, as regards transit, by overhead systems and by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sedition in Bengal. Wreck of a Train. Calcutta
The Calcutta police yesterday raided the residence of Babu Lal Mohan Roy, a wealthy landowner, and seized at quantity of picrie acid, dynamite, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland-dungog Railway. Proposed Official Opening
A conference of representatives from the various centres in the Maitland-Dungog Railway district was held at the town hall, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Boy Decoyed. Locked in a Railway Car. Philadelphia
Every railroad in the United States has been asked to locate a railway car believed to contain a twelve-year-old boy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cairns Floods. Damage to Railways. Brisbane
The Railway Department has received a telegram from the district engineer at Cairns, relative to the enormous damage on the lines in that district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minlature Railways
The remarkable development of the cult of the model railway is discussed in an interesting article in the March "Windsor Magazine," with many…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Cycling
On the Rugby Union Football Ground this afternoon at 2.15, the members of the Great Northorn Motor Cycle Club and the Newcastle Bicycle Club are to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Killed on the Railway. Companion's Narrow Escape
Edgar Leslie Armstrong, a captor employed on the railway duplication works at Wyoe, was struck by a train and fatally injured on Saturday night, about a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Proposed State Ferries.—only a Bridge Will Solve the Question.—the "Pioneers" Portrait Gallery.—good Friday and the Easter Show. — General Baden-powel for Australia.—the Honour of the Profession. Sydney
Quite a sensation has been caused by the proposals of the Government to start two State ferries across the water way that divides the two shores of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Fatality. Accidental Death
At the Newcastle Courthouse, yesterday, Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquest concerning the death of Edgar Leslie Armstrong, who was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australian Railway. Perth
Mr. A. Fisher, the Prime Minister, Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, and Mr. Batchelor, the Minister for Home Affairs, were welcomed at Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How Wags the World. London, March 7. Hospital Trams
Duseldorf has originated the idea of utilising municipal tram cars for the transport of injured or sick people. At present only a trailer is being used for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Summons Division. The Wrong Train
John Sabastian Duffell was summoned on an information that he, without the permission of an authorised railway official, travelled by a train to West…
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