Care of Roads
Alderman Jackson has a theory that a combination of motor and horse traffic is had for roads. His idea is that horse traffic requires a pad of dust or pulverised…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
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Heavy Clouds. Railway Trouble in South Africa. Strike Spreading. Police Guarding Stations. Capetown
The railway service of the Transvaal and the Free State is badly disorganised. To day traffic was suspended as far…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster. Rumoured Lucky Escape. Sydney
It has just leaked out that a serious railway disaster was only narrowly averted on the 2nd of January. A goods train which arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railwaymen's Conference. the Supply of Tools. Sydney
The annual conferenc of the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Association was continued yesterday. It was decided to put form, stre[?] efforts to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Control. a Denial. Mr. Johnson's Retirement. Sydney
The Minister for Railways (Mr. Cann) has sent forward a minute to the Cabinet, which will meet early next week, recommending that Mr. John Harper, Assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Evens River Road
The deplorable state of the Evans River road, as evidenced by the frequent hold ups of motor traffic, on the sand patches, and the difficulty with which even coach…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Train Service. Johannesburg
Mr. [?]oy anticipates that a normal train service will be available to-morrow. A few of the railway men have already resumed work end a number of others wish to do…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glen Innes-inverell Railway
We underKlund the agitation for the early construction of the railway from Glen Innes to Inverell is shortly to be renewed on very vigorous lines. The local league…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Fire Engine. Tuition of Local Men. Discussion at the Council
At a meeting of the Lismore Municipal Council last night his Worship the Mayor presented the following minute: Gentlemen, I wish to draw your attention to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Accident. Disaster to a Family. Melbourne
While Harry Ferry, a railway gangor, and his wife and two children were returning home on a railway tricycle at Merton, Victoria, they were overtaken by a light…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. Boulder on the Line. Sydney
While the northern express was rounding a curve near Fassifern at about 40 miles an hour yesterday afternoon the passengers were alarmed at receiving a sharp bump…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Bus Overturned. London
A motor in omnibus overturned at Landroke Grove while conveying spectators to a football match, and twenty-one of the passengers had to be sent to the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found Dead on the Road
Our Tweed Heads correspondent writes:--On Monday evening a dead body was found on the Cobaki Ferry Road, supposed to be that of a man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempt to Blow Up Bridge. Kimberley
A desperate attempt has been made to dynamite the great railway bridge at Fourteen Streams, fifty miles north of her. The rails were torn up by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accident. 26 Persons Injured. Melbourne
Through the back and front wheels of a motor car collapsing near Beaumaris last night, five people were injured. The occupants of the car,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Commissionership. Mr. Harper Appointed Acting Chief Sydney
At a meeting of the Executive Council to-day leave of absence was granted Mr. Johnson, Chief Railway Commissioner, from now until March 27th, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Smash. Death of the Two Children. Melbourne
The two children named Ferry, who, with their mother, were run down by an engine near Murtoa on Saturday night, succumbed to their injuries yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Strike in S. Africa. LONDON
The Capetown railway service to the Free State was badly disorganised on Saturday, and traffic is suspended as far shouth as Klerksdorp. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accident. Party's Narrow Escape. Wellington
While a motoring party of six was descending a sharp slope at Otira Gorge, New Zealand, an accident disconnected the engine control and the car bounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Railways. Acting Chief Commissioner. Sydney
The Governoe in Council to-day approved of leave of absence being granted to Mr. Johnson from now until the termination, on March 27th, of his appointment of…
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