Motoring Made Easy. Policeman's Spare Time Hobby
The most remarkable constable in the Metropolitan Police Force is attached to the Hendon division. His name is Coult, and he not only owns his own motor-car, but…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
99 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 5
Deputation to Wingecarribeo Shire Council. This State of a Road
Councillor Hetherington introduced a deputation to the Wingecarribeee Shire Council on Saturday concerning the state of the Sheepwash Yerronga road in c[?]. The…
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On March 23rd last a cablegram from Atlanta, America, stated that a man dreamt he saw a bridge collapse. He was so impressed that he went to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Roads to the Editor
SIR,—I notice that at the last meeting of the Nattai Shire Council a letter was received from Mr. Wm. McIntosh, of Bowral, requesting that a bridge he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Village Mystery. Unclothed Woman on Road
Villagers in Ringland, Norfolk, were startled by the apparition of a woman wearing no clothes wandering along the road. A constable took charge of her, and a search resulted in her clothes being found two miles…
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Recently the Barremgarry Dairy Company has been sending in all its milk from Kangaroo Valley to Nowra Station, and, despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Problems. (Concluded.)
In the previous article, published on 30th May last, we gave a short description of the laying of an asphalt pavement. From what can now be seen in…
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Mr. H. Maxwell Clark, organising secretary of the Good Roads Association, is in town arousing enthusiasm along the route of the main…
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This is specially interesting in view of the meeting in London of the Third International Road Congress. "For a nation whoso history has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jumped from a Train
A prisoner, named Fiett, was being conveyed from Cobar to Parramatta Asylum, by the mail train, on Monday, when be jumped from the train just as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Snake In Train
Perth, Wednesday—Edward Jos Brown, a bushman from Banbary, was at the police court to-day fined a shil[?]leg and 23 costs, under a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Hello!" Saved a Train
On March 23rd last a cablegram from Atlanta, America, stated that a man dreamt he saw a bridge collapse. He was be impressed that he went to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Train Call." Touring Mummers' Travelling
You come upon them suddenly while you are wandering in the wastes of the huge empty station, looking vainly for the Sunday train you are compelled to take. They are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway on a Glacier. Alaskan Venture
An Alaskan railway, the Copper River and North-western, runs for nearly seven miles over the lower end of the Allen Glacier, partly covered in this part with moraines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Commissioners' Report. How It Affects Moss Vale [To the Editor)
Sir,—I would like to again draw the attention of your readers to the excessive character of railway charges. The Chief Commissioner's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seaweed Tyres for Motors
Motorists may now look forward hopefully to a possible reduction in the cost of new tyres if the latest discovery as to the manufacture of rubber from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Passengers' Grievances
Ladies and Gentlemen,—It was neither my detention nor yours that I should speak to-night when I first survived at this meeting, called to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dash in Front of a Train. Woman and Brave Man Killed
An not of conspicuous bravery illumined a railway tragedy at Saughton Station, near Edinburgh, where a railway man lost his life in a vain effort to save a woman from being cut down by a train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Vanishing Horse. Counteracting Effects of Motors
Some novel proposals for dealing with the shortage of horses in England were canvassed at an important private meeting of officials held at the rooms of the Royal Agricultural Society…
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Nashville (Tennesses), Sept, 1—Four high powered racing motor care were wrecked while taking part in a 25 miles race yesterday…
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