Aeroplane Race. London
The subscriptions and prizes for the proposed aeroplane race from Paris to Berlin, thence to Brussels and across to London, have reached…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1911
741 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 38
Newcastle Tramways. Electrification Promised. Sydney
A deputation from Newcastle and district, and consisting of Alderman Sheddon, Mayor of Newcastle; Alderman Gibson, of Newcastle; Alderman Toll, Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Motor Cabs. Threatened Withdrawal. London
Owing to the delay of the authorities in dealing with the demands of the motor cab proprietors, for a modification of the petrol tax, or a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. Melbourne
Several persons were injured at Flinders-street railway station this afternoon by being knocked down by the door of a carriage of an incoming train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →3100 Miles by Special Train
Mr. Charles G. Gates, the millionaire, financier, recently reached New York, having travelled by special train from Yurna. Arizona, 3100 miles, in 74 hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Mishap. Adelaide
An unpleasant motoring experience happened three lady members of the "Gay Gordons." Theatrical Company at North Adelaide on Thursday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Railways. the Octopus Grip
In quiet talks on the New York Stock Exchange, with quick, businesslike handling of cheques and stock certificates, a momentous war for the domination of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Prussian Railways
This year's estimates of the Prussian Government Railways provided for 224,110 tons of rails at a total coat of £1 337,700; 101,980 tons of fishplates at…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The World's Railways
From the statement, which is published annually in the "Archiy fur Eisenbahnwesen," It appears that on December 31. 1908, there sere 611,358 miles of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle Trams
Mr. Carmichael, the Acting State Treasurer, has made it clear that the work of electrifying the Newcastle tram system is to the pushed on. At…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Robbery. Chihuahua
Bandits, not insurrectors, robbed a train of £20,000 belonging to the Chihuahau Mining Company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster. a Child Killed. London
A Great Western express train at Chester, Crowded with holiday-markers, dashed into three children who were playing on the line…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Boat on the Dead Sea
The legendary site of Sodom and Gomorra is about the last place on earth and would expect to find a motor boat, but "World' Work" has found a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Aeroplane Record. Aviator Crushed to Death. Paris
Mr. Le Blanc aeroplaned 71 2-3 miles at Pau in 63 minutes. This constitutes a world's record. A Reuter message states that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Old Railway. Sold for a Trifle. London
The old potteries railway from Shrewsbury to Llanminach, which cost, £2,000,000, and has been derelict for thirty years, was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Railway Strike. Government Intervene. Paris
In the Chamber of Deputies yesterday a vote of confidence in the Government's declaration that they would adopt measures to influence the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Smash in Sydney. Three Passengers Injured. Sydney
A tram collision occurred shortly after eight o'clock last night, resulting in three passengers being injured and two cars considerably damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder in a Train. Jewellers' Travellers Killed Moscow
Two brothers named Dalmain, representing Parisian jewellers, have been murdered in a sleeping car of a train between Baku and Moscow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marvels in Railways. an Engineer's Impressions
"The present century belongs to the engineers." This was the keynote of a paper embodying impressions of a recent tour abroad that Colonel Monash read at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Border Railways
Mr. Billson, the Victorian Minister for Railways, and Mr. Carmichael, the Acting Treasurer of New South Wales, have been discussing the question of…
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