Motoring
AT length a step—or, rather, a flight—decisively in advance of its predecessors has been taken by an aeroplane, worked by a motor-engine directed by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
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Pen Notes and Pencillings. Our Railway Station
RECENT articles in metropolitan journals on various phases of North Coast development and deliberate retardation by prejudiced persons demonstrate the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coraki-Casino-Kyogle Railway
THE Hon. 0. A. Lee forwards us particulars of the forthcoming visit of the Public Works Committee to inquire into the above railway proposal. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →China and the Manchurian Railway
Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has intimated that Britain recognises the validity of China's clear undertaking not to construct a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Conductors' Strike. Melbourne
About 118 tram conductors on the Ballarat electric service have gone on strike for higher wages. Half the trams are still running…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tenterfield Road
SIR,--I notice in the press reports of last Tomki Shire Council meeting Cr. Bulmer made reference to some work on the Tenterfield road, stating that it was very rough…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ploughing with Oil Motor Power
Some trials were run recently with a 30 b.h.p. agricultural oil motor in England, which show that it is possible to plough a stubble field of a depth of six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Matters at Booyong. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—Kindly allow me space to draw attention to two matters that the Railway Department allow to exist at Booyong. First.—Ther is no urinal at the station,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Tragedy. Brisbane
A mutilated body was found half a mile an the city side of Sunny Bank to-night. On arrival of the last train at Sunny Bank a quantity of blood was noticed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Destruction
Shire councillors seem to have some justification for their frequent complaints against teamsters for the way in which they misuse the shire roads. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Shore Bridge. Sydney
The Government has resolved to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the expediency of constructing the North Shore bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by correspondents.--ED.] the Casino Council, and That Road to Reynolds'
SIR,--Kindly afford me space through the columns of your journal to quote a few remarks in reference to the attitude of the Casino Council re that…
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REFERRING to the visit of the Public Works Committee the Kyogle EXAMINER says:--During the past few weeks the Executive Committee of the local…
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IT is stated that the survey of the second section of the railway from Maitland to the Manning is now completed, and that there is a possibility…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New York to Paris Motor Race. London
The snow and had roads impede the New York—Paris, motorists, who have passed Chicago for San Francisco, where they will embark for Alaska…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl's Desperate Deed. Melbourne Railway Station Horror. Head Crushed to Pulp. Melbourne
A most senstional scene, involving the self-destructing of a girl, was witnessed at the North Fitzroy railway station. The girl, who was well dressed and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Parliament. the Senate Vote of Condolence to Lady Lin[?]thgow. Transconttnental Railway Survey Authorised. Agricultural Bureau Bill to Be Introduced. Melbourne
In the Senate Mr. Best moved that the Senate expresses the deepest sympathy with Lady Lin[?]thgrow and family in their bercavement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Fred. Fisher 's Macadamised Road?
DEAR SIR,—I noticed an effusion in your last issue from Mr. Fred, Fisher, Jun. I say effusion advisedly, for it appears to gush out in a flowery, poetic stream. I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Miser Tramp
A SEMI-DEMENTED tramp named Patrick Halloran, of "nowhere," aged about 70, was taken into custody at Midleton, county Cork, for vagrancy. Prisoner…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Tableland Railways
Thus a correspondent named Ryan, in the Sydney "Daily Telegraph":—I think it reasonable to assume now that the Public Works Committee…
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