On the Tramp. a Pressman’s Experience
Mr. Bart Kennedy, in the London “Daily Mail”:— I was at Peel Green, six miles from Manchester. Warrington was twelve…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
210 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 11
Extraordinary Profit. Why China [?] Railways
It is understood in the City that [?] half-yearly profits of the Im[?] Chinese Railways for the six mon[?] ending 1st March, 1905, amount to [?]…
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Further evidence of what can be accomplished by the aid of the automobile is afforded by the motor trip from Melbourne to Sydney, accomplished by…
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MOTORING under severe winter conditions is at no time a pleasant experience, and judging from the difficulties and bad roads encoutered by the Melbourne motorists, Messrs. T. K…
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THE GAZETTE contains the following description of a road which it is proposed to open:—Deviation of road from Michelago down left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway-car’s Leap. Over a 70 Feet Cliff. Passengers’ Marvellous Escapes
An accident occurred on the Isle of Thanet Tramways, on August 5th, making the third of a serious nature on the line since it was opened…
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As the result of the recent motor trip made by Messrs. Rand, Bagot, Proctor and James from Melbourne to Sydney over the Dunlop Motor Reliability…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Report
WE began our weekly series of sales on Wednesday with a catalogue of 3,351 bales which though containing none of the top-price superior wools, was representative of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High-speed Railways
Berlin and Hamburg are about 155 miles apart in a straight line, with level country between presenting as good a field tor a high-speed railway as any to be found in…
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AT the suggestion of the Dunlop Tyre Co. the Automobile Club of Australia (Sydney) has altered the date and venue of its Motor Gymkhana, the alterations being made so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Annihilating the Alps. the Greatest Feat of Railway Engineering
The Simplon Tunnel through the Alps is undoubtedly the greatest feat of railway engineering. A little more than 100 years ago…
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A very fine performance was recently established in Paris by the South American cyclist, Petit-Breton, who made a successful attempt on the One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spring Motor. a New Device For Driving Household Sewing Machines
A new manufacturing concern recently organised at Montreal with a capital of 500,000, undertakes to manufacture a spring motor, as well as…
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THE crack American racing cyclists, Ivor Lawson and Floyd McFarland, returned to Sydney by the "Sierra" from America last Friday. Both riders look well, although…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Earnings
The railway earnings for the first quarter of the financial year show an improvement amounting to £120,000 over the corresponding quarter last year…
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The crack American racing cyclists Ivor Lawson and Floyd McFarland, returned to Sydney by the “Sierra” from American last Friday. Both riders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Stations of London
London has no fewer than ton main systems of railway radiating from it. This number is exclusive of the eight local lines of the Metropolis. A recent return showed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Type of Motor Boat
A novel type of motor-boat has been designed in France for the International Cup, to be run for Ar[?]. The hull has an absolutely flat bottom, 8ft. wide in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Danger of Fire From Railway Trains
WITH the approach of the summer months there is always the danger of sparks from locomotives setting fire to the dry grass within railway…
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Cyclists will be interested to learn of a novel speedometer, which is now being marketed in England, and which will no doubt be obtainable in these…
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