Motor Driven Vehicles
Arrangements are being made to replace the horse-drawn waggons of the Australian Army Service Corps by motor-driven vehicles. Senator Pearce, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1911
741 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 38
Veteran Tramps 3000 Miles
From Mobile, Alabama, comes the story of a man of 98, who has tramped nearly 3000 miles on a vain errand. Frank Schrom, the hero of this feat, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →London News. London, 30th December. Christmastide.—the Fading Year.—floating Palaces.—the Police.—railway Reform.—amusements
The Christmas season has been one of violent contrasts. "Peace and goodwill" have been preached in our churches and shown in our homes. The gay shops,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Reform
Short of this, there are several things that can be done to help to prevent calamities like the railway disaster as Hawes' Junction. It is amazing to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Trouble. Strike Collapses. Men Resume Work. London
Three thousand railway men of the North-eastern Company went on strike on Friday night in connection with the trouble at Hull, despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Laman-street Bridge. in a Bad State
At a meeting of the Newcastle Council last night the city engineer, Mr. L. B. Blackwell, reported that at the interaction of Laman-street with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Association. Opening Session. Melbourne
The Federal Council of the Australian Tramway Employees' Association held the initial session at the Trades Hall, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Phantom" Motor Car
A Swiss chauffeur named Saillet hired a motor car worth £320 from the garage of M. Trolliet, in Geneva, at the end of last November and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Robbers. Kill Two Persons. Warsaw
While police were attempting to arrest some suspected railway robbers at Chelm, in Poland, the latter shot and killed a policeman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murray Wheat Lands. Proposed Railways. Sydney
Mr. R. T. Ball, M.P., to-day introduced to Mr. A. Griffith, the Minister for Public Works, a deputation which asked for the extension of the railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →300-Mile an Hour Aeroplane
Aeroplane speeds started at 35 miles an hour, and have increased to 66 miles. At the present time a steam locomotive can outrun an aeroplane. However, air-speeds…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Traffic of London. Hundred Miles of New Roads. London
The Board of Trade report on the traffic of London suggests the construction of a hundred miles of new roads…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. Railways and Wheat
The illustration constitutes a map of the main railway system of the United States in conjunction with that of Canada. Just not when these two countries are so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Kaiser's Motor Horn
Three years ago an enterprising orchestral Instrument manufacturer at Mark-noukirchon, in Saxony, invented a motor car signal horn which sounded four…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Uniform Gauge Railways
The Victorian Government expresses its willingness to support the proposal of Mr. Fisher, the Pime Minister, that a uniform gauge shall be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. Where a Great Bridge Should Be.—the Slum Area of "The Rocks."—a Condition of Political Turmoil.—something Like Prawn Catching!—the Railless Tram.—an Extraordinary Land Sale. Sydney
Madame Sarah Berahardt in her memoirs gives a very interesting account of the Brooklyn Bridge, New York. A vast undertaking, an awe-inspiring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. Adelaide
In connection with the construction of the Angaston railway, on accident occurred on Saturday morning, when an empty ballast train left the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Retired Railway Servants. Question of Allowances. Sydney
A deputation of retired railway servants waited on Mr. M'Gowen, the State Premier, to-day, in order to bring before him certain grievances in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marine Oil-motor
The feature of the years returns in connection with marine engineering is the largo number of motors which have been built for small pleasure and fishing craft…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways in War. Sitting of the Council. Melbourne
The council appointed by the Minister for Defence to consider the best means of utilising the State railways in time of war, met to-day…
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