The Increasing Motors
Everyone, remarks a writer in the 'Westminster Gazette." knows the extraordinary increase in the number of motor-cars in this country. But it is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
192 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 10
Motor Disaster. Plunge Over Bridge. Seven Killed and Injured
A motor-car accident in the heart of Turin last night (12th March) caused the death of two young ladies, fatal wounds to a third, and fearful injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Braidwood Railway
As on former occasions, during the agitations for the Braidwood railway now that another effort is being made to get it, several rival routes are being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Law Against Bridge. Consternation in America
Fashionable and diplomatic circles in Washington are bemoaning the fate which threatens not only to deprive them of the liberty occasionally to risk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Railway Smash. Goods and Circus Trains Collide. Brisbane
Information was received this morning that the special train conveying Wirth Brothers' circus had smashed into a goods train at Croydon Junction, two miles on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Law Against Bridge. Consternation in America
Fashionable and diplomatic circles in Washington are bemoaning the fate which threatens not only to deprive them of the liberty occasionally to risk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Speed of Motor Cars
Several motorists were proceeded against at the Parramatta Court on Wednesday by the Bankstown Council for exceeding the limit of speed allowed under the municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Workman's Club. an Easter Visit. Doings in the Old Kent Road
Down the Old Kent road yesterday morning, writes the "Daily Mail"of 13th Aprill, there were no indications of the general celebration of the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Railway Fatality
THE mangled body of a woman was found yesterday on the railway line near the Newtown railway station. On Sunday night when the express…
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AT 4.45 on Monday morning Samuel H. Cumming, a railway porter at Newtown, found the mutilated remains of a woman on the down fast line, about 130 yards from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Needs of Braidwood. a Railway Asked For
HEADED, by Colonel Ryrie, M.L.A., and supported by Messrs. O'Sulivan, Nobbs, Lonsdale, James, Parkes, Fallick, and G.Miller, Ms.L.A., a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor Race. Round the World. Italian Car at San Francisco
Signor Antonio Scarfoglio wrote to the "Daily Mail" from San Francisco on Sunday, 5th April:—It is only after leaving Daggett that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Braidwood Railway
In the year 1882 a railway line from Tarago to Braid wood was included in a tremendous bunch of proposals made by the Parkes-Robertson Government. It was to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What is "Furious Driving"? Motorists Appeal Against a Conviction
Mr. Justice Sly had before him in Chambers on Wednesday morning an appeal on behalf of John Williamson Manson, against his conviction by Mr. Payten, S.M., on May…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Braidwood Railway
In a letter in the S. M. Herald of Thursday a correspondent, Robert. H. Lalor makes the following remarks :—Upon visiting Various districts, or in reply…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lady Harroway. Her New Motor
"How heavenly! Are they for me?" Lady Harroway possessed herself impetuously of the tea-roses I held in my hand and pressed a velvety cheek to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seeing the World by Motor
The motoring feats of Mr. Charles J. Glidden, the American traveller, form the subject of an interesting article in "Pearson's Magazine."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney Tramway Trouble
A deputation from the Tramway Employee Union respecting the special officer system waited on the Railway Commissioners on Tuesday. The resolution passed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tramway Strike. Striker's Weakening. Men Already Returning to Work. Executive Blamed. "No Further Applications for Employment Can Be Received." Labor Party to Move on the Floor of the House. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday, 1.30 p.m
There is evidence this morning that the strikers position is weakening. The Labor Party have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tramway Strike
THE latter stages of the tramway crisis last week moved rapidly towards the inevitable strike. On Thursday the Commissioners had the appeal of…
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