Building a Railway
A few years ago a contractor undertook to widen a railway in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and while the men were all at work one day a serious landslip…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1911
244 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 13
Health Hunters. the Motor-car Body
Millions of letters pass through the post-office every day inquiring after somebody's health. The one topic of conversation which makes the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Development
M. Ellehammer, a Danish inventor, has constructed a monoplane, which, it is claimed, can be used in a strong wind. The monoplane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wolf Hunting by Motor Car
In an article in the "Graphic" the writer suggests that, instead of going to British East Africa and other far-off regions in search of big game, our…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Illustrated Nots a Three Wheeled Motor-car
Our readers are probably aware that in parts of Costa Rica the roads are so full of ruts that it is practically impossible to steer a four wheeled car,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Spring Motor Tire
Dr. J. A. Calantarients, a well-known resident of Scarborough, has invented a new spring tire for motor vehicles. The device consists of 69…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mile a Minute Motor-boat
Nearing completion at Dixon Bros. and Hutchinson's yard at Southampton is an 800 h.p. hydroplane which is being built to the order of a London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Machine Shop
A self-propelled machine shop has been constructed for use on an American railway. It contains a 12 h.p. oil engine, which can be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Tramp's Mistake
It was in the gloaming, and Weary Walker laid down his bundle by the roadside, and sighed a sigh of relief, for there, not one hundred yards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Double-wheel System for Railways
The long list of accidents, due to spreading rails and breaking wheel flanges, on both electric and steam railways, constitutes the reason for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycle Club
The Federal Capital Motor Cycle Club held a meeting last night, when there was a good attendance of members. The President (Dr. Welch) occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tramp's Mistake
It was in the gloaming, and Weary Walker laid down his bundle, by the roadside, and sighed a sigh of relief, for there, not one hundred yards in front of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle Club
THE Federal Capital Cycle Club held a-meeting last week, when there was a good attendance of members. The President (Dr. Welch) occupied the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flight in Australia. Racing a Railway Train
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Two well-known Melbourne business men (Mr. J. Baillien and Mr. W. J. Knox) accompanied Mr. J. J. Hammond in his biplane on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Coffey's New Motor Car
THE fine 16 passenger motor car introduced by Mr Coffey, of the Royal Hotel, arrived in Braidwood on Tuesday of last week and is now placed at the service of the travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paper Motor Tyres
An ingenious inventor has now undertaken to replace the strips of rubber used in motor tryes by compound strips of paper attached to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Aeroplane in War
In "La France Automobile at Arienne" appears a brief interview with Lieutenant Sido, a French army officer, on the subject of the efficiency of the aeroplane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cheap Railway Fares
At the last meeting of the Cumberland Council of Progress at the Town Hall, Parramatta, the Secretary, office of the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Purchase of a Motor Car
There is an absurd idea amongst country people that those motor cars which gain so much favour in the city are quite unsuitable for use in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Purchase of a Motor Ca[?]
There is an absurd idea amongst country people that those motor cars which gain so much favour in the city are quite unsuitable for use in the…
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