Motor Car Accident. Stockbroker Drowned. London
Mr. Englebert, a member of the London Stock Exchange, was motoring to Tonbridge, in Kent, 28 miles from London, when he crashed into a fence…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
715 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 36
A Railway Knight
Sir Robert Turnbull, M.V.O., who received the honour of knighthood on the occasion of their Majesties' visit to Crowe, is superintendent of the line on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Loan. Sydney
Mr. Griffith, the Minister for Works, when asked to-day if any further steps had been taken with regard to the proposed arrangement with Norton,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Contract. Not a Party Matter. Sydney
When asked to-day whether the Government intended to make the endorsement or otherwise of the Norton Griffiths agreement a party measure in the House. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Country Versus City.—leave the Knife on the Ship.—a Juryman Who Is Against Trials.—will the Government Start That Bridge ?—A Tablet to the Architect of Stately Work.—the Eternal Task of City Improvement. Sydney
A ploughing match will be held here next month. It starts July 7th, open to all comers. In other words, the Farmers, with a capital "F," are going to plough…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Rain in Sydney. Phenomenally Heavy Downpour. Drummoyne Tram Service Blocked Sydney
Wet weather still, continues in Sydney-Four four days the rain has been continuous and 555 points have been registered during that period. The dirty weather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. Merewether Beach Tram Service
Sir.—The above to sadly in need of a great improvement. During the wretched weather of to-day, one would have though that a little more consideration than is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Safety Aeroplane
One of the most important questions for constructers of aeroplanes has always been the search for some system of automatic balance to prevent sudden…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Detachable Motor
Says honest John Stofel in "Struck Oil," —"I'm not lazy, but I don't like work." There are a good many of us in the same relation. It was far easier to use a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. Merewether Beach Tram
Sir,—I noticed with much satisfaction a letter in your columns this morning from a dissatisfied patron of the Merewether Beach tram, and I have very much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Disaster. Another Fatality. London
Gordon Bell, while monoplaning at Brooklands with Lieutenant Kennedy, a naval airman, as passenger, reached a speed of eighty miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Accidents in Sydney. a Woman Killed. Sydney
For some time Sydney has been comparatively free from tram accidents. Yesterday the spell was broken, and the chapter of accidents reported must be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Thoughts
I have been thinking a good deal lately about that big steel bridge across Sydney harbour which is classed among the remote contingencies of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motors and the Roads
Five-and-twenty years ago the question of the coat of the roads was nearly entirely a local matter. The invention of the motor-car has made the question very…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Shortages
The need for additional locomotives on the railways of New South Wales has been made so clear from actual facts during the past twelve months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Material. Question of Importation. Sydney
The report that 98 men wore to be dismissed from the railway workshops at Eveleigh, and that material which they could make was to be imported from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Level Crossings. Municipal Conference
The question of the right of pedestrians to use level railway crossings where a public highway exists continues to exercise the minds of several councils…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian State Mine. Coal for Railway Electrification
When the complete scheme for the electrification of the railways in the suburban area around Melbourne is in actual operation it is estimated that each year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Tramway Fatality
A man named James Archer, aged 54 years, was killed an the Maitland tramway, near the courthouse railway crossing, East Maitland, at about six o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aeroplane Race. Across the Atlantic. Montreal
R. Ralston, an aviator, proposes to compete for the "Daily Mall's" prize for a trans-Atlantlc flight. Montague Chambers, of St, John,…
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