Motor Reliability Test. a Severe Test. Sydney
[?] competitors finished in the motor [?] [?]lity trial from Melbourne to Sydney [?] Jenkins (Vic.) 3½ h.p., J. Tyler (Vic.), 3½ h.p., and P. J. Murphy…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Train Robbing in America
RECENTLY, came an account of a train robbery. The robbers, we were told, had been sitting together in the seat near the end door of the train, and had…
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THIS is an age of invention, in which motors and flying machines play a big and most prominent part. In order to keep pace with the times, and more efficiently carry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holiday Railway Routes of New South Wales. Part Ii
The Southern Highlands have, from their cool, bracing climate, their springs of medicinal waters, and the beauty of their scenery, established a reputation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Service to Tenterfield
The fact that a fast and reliable motorcar service has been established between Tenterliela and the Richmond is a natural corollary of the rapid strides this district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Star. Published Daily. Tuesday, January 3, 1911. Railway Dangers
The people of these districts have to think an efficient and hard-working local staff, and not the headquarter's management of the railways, that yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Holiday. Favourable Weather. Record Railway Traffic
The weather for the first holiday of the, year on which the New Year's Day celebrations were kept up was everything that could be desired. The morning broke fine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. Two Men Killed. Sydney
Two railway employees, named Patrick Horan and Richard Flood, were riding on a railway tricycle near Goulburn, when it collided with a goods train…
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None of the entrants for the aeroplane competition have yet submitted their inventions to practical tests by the Defence Department. Senator Pearce said on…
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John McAuliffe and Wm. Snell, residents of Temuka, were driving in a cart, and on crossing the railway were run into by a train and killed, the bodies being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Railways. Johannesburg
The Earnings of the South African railways for the seven months since the Union was established amount to £1,000,000 more than the corresponding period in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramcar and Omnibus Colli[?]on. London
A collision took place last night between a tramcar and an omnibus in Goswellroad. The omnibus was wrecked, and 20 passengers injured, several severely…
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The railway station at Clifton was broken into on Saturday night and an unsuccessful attempt made to force open the iron safe…
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Last night a larae motor car belonging to J. Wulff was discovered to be on fire and was considerably damaged before the flames were subdued. An inquiry is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accidents. Blizzards and Cold. Vancouver
Six persons were killed in a train wreck at the Miller Creek Railroad, Kentucky. A collision occurred between a passenger train and some coal cars, the cause being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fawcett Bridge
The Mayor (Alderman Spinks) was called upon yesterday by an officer of the Public Works Department, who informed him that the material for the erection of handrails…
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Complaints of the congestion of the railway wharf having been made to the Mayor (Alderman Spinks), that gentleman telegraphed to the Chief Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News. Railway Superannuation Fund. Sydney
The deadlock in the proceedings of the Railway Superannuation Board continues. The labour supporters are dissatisfied with the attitude of the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Tragedy. Sydney
A railway ganger named Patrick Fianagan was run down by a train, and killed near Woy Woy. A companion of his named Cook, was also badly injured and is in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train on Fire. Warsaw
The carelessness of a passenger carrying a quantity of benzine set fire to a train at Grodno, and many persons were burned. Several charred bodies have been…
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