A Clergyman on Bridge
It people ask me to play bridge for money I refuse, Not that I see anything radically wrong in the spirit that likes a little flutter, but I like to play, bridge for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
557 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 28
Motor Speed Limit
Sir,—Recent police court reports show a number of our citizens are being summoned before the magistrates, and fined excessive amounts for exceeding the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Runaway Motor. Kills a War Veteran. Los Angeles
Travelling at the rate of fifty miles an hour, Dave Lewis one of the competitors in the Vanderbilt Cup race, lost control of his machine, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Lunatic Motorist. Attempts Suicide. London
[?] spread terror for several [?] in Wiltshire. [?] rushed at high speed in various [?] threatening people with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Division. Motor Cyclist Fined
The hearing was concluded of the case in which Ronald M'Niven was charged with driving a motor cycle in Hunter-street at a rate dangerous to the public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday Trading and Tram Cars Deputation to Mr. Cann. Sydney
A deputation form the Public Morals' Association, representative of all the Protestant denominations, waited on Mr. Cann, the Acting Premier, to-day, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Camps
The report of the officer of the State Board of Health who investigated the outbreak of typhoid fever in the railway workers' camp near Yass fully…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Danger
The swinging carriage door has been responsible for another railway tragedy. This time it was not the victim's head that was struck, but her hand, and yet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Launch Wrecked. at the Lake Entrance
A motor launch, the Mavis, 26 feet long, owned by Mr. G. R. Summerhayen architect, of Castlereagh-street, Sydney, was wrecked on the rocks near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Motor Road. London
A syndicate has subscribed the capital for building a straight road from London to Brighton to be devoted to motor traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Roads Lead to London
While Paris is a centre from which ideas radiate, London is the centre to which the ideas of the world converge.—…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Troop Train Blown Up. Fifty-six Men Killed. Vera Cruz
A Government troop train carrying infantry from Mexico City has been [?]recked by dynamite. The whole of the train was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramps in France
"Since November 15th every tramp and vagabond found wandering in France has been taken into the police stations to be measured and photographed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Another Railway Fatality. a Shunter Killed
A fatal accident occurred on the private railway line at Messrs. J. and A. Brown's Workshops at Hexham at 4.40 yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor Boat
Is there a decline in boat sailing? We want to have a memory. Time was when the waterway of a large community was, at holiday time, covered with white wings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Kitchener. Attempted Train Wrecking. Paris
The "Petit Journal" states that an attempt was made to wreck a train conveying Lord Kitchener and his guests to Minich racecourse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Division. Motor Regulations
J. Clayton was charged with driving a motor vehicle at a pace faster than six miles an hour over the intersection of a street. Mr. J. D. Reid (Messrs. Reid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Lifeboats
The Duke of Northumberland as president of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, in a statement issued on lifeboat work, points out that the cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Runaway Motor Car. Alarming Experience. Sydney
Owing to a breakdown in the machinery of his motor car, Mr. Thomas W. Henderson, ironmonger, of Park-street, Sydney, had a terrifying experience early…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Rule of the Road
The Sydney City Council is determined upon its, proposed alternation of the rule of the road for pedestrians, and in a short time the new regime,…
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