Tramp's Good Story. a Romance of the Road
the gloomiest tramp I have ever come across was a man I met just outside Bishop's storlord. I was mending a puncture by side of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1914
119 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 6
A Motor Razor
A safety razor, connected to a motor by means of a flexible shaft, is the latest invention to simplify shaving (says the "Electrical World") The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Profit-sharing Scheme. Detroit Motor Co.'s Distribution. Two Millions for Employees
A remarkable instance of the success of the profit-sharing scheme has just occurred at Detroit, Michigan, in the United States. The Ford Motor Co., which carries on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring Elopements
One often bears nowadays of fair ladies eloping with their motormen, writes Lord Montagu of Beaulieu in the "Car," and the commonest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Smash at Exeter. Fourteen Passengers Killed Many Injured
A shocking [?] occurred as Exeter on Friday night last. It was one of the most terrible [?] ever recorded in the [?] of New [?] Wales railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash. (Continued from page 6). Heartrending Scenes
"First stop, Goulburn!" was the cry of the porters at the Moss Vale railway station on Friday night as they hastened along the carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash. Friday Night's Horror. Two Trains in Collision. 14 People Killed and many injured
The railway disaster at Exeter proves to be the most terrible accident ever recorded in the annals of the New South Wales railways…
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At the resumption of the inquest Alexander Llanorif Callan, night officer at Exeter, said he signed on duty at 8 35 on the night of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Should Australian Girls Road Novels?
Next to America, the Australian public as a whole—workers, middleclass, and well-to-do—consumes a greater quantity of reading matter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exeter Railway Disaster a Hearse Overturned
The inquest on the 14 victims of the Exeter disaster was resumed at Bowral on Monday. E. E. Lucy, of Sydney, chief mechanical engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ford's Ten Millions. Big Profit-sharing. Motor-maker and Workmen
The Socialist seem a little bewildered by Mr. Ford's dazzling distribution of 10,000,000 dol. among his employees. In Milwaukee the Socialist organ regards it as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School Children and the Railways
In the State Legislative Assembly on Monday evening Mr. Henley asked whether it was correct, as stated in the press, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident
Hobart, Saturday.—A frightful accident happened on the main line near North Bridgewater railway station about 7.40 on Friday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Recent Rain Storm. Extensive Damage on the I Wombeyan Caves Road
Mr. H. Rainbow, assistant engineer to the Nattai Shire Council, writes as follows:— "I have just received a letter from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Getting a Move On. Jerusalem's Trams
"Quite an outcry has been raised concerning the concessions said to have been granted to a French financier for what is called the 'modernising' of Jerusalem," says the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Duplication an Expensive "Undertaking
Work in connection with the duplication of the Great Southern Railway is being pushed forward. Already many detailed sections between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Railway Brothers
"Mr. Thomas Gardner, who is about to retire after 46 years spent in the service of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, is one of a remarkable quartette of brothers, all of whom are in the employ of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cars Galore! Visit to Boy W. Sandford, Ltd., Sydney
One of our representatives recently paid a visit to the two depots of this firm, namely, the city offices and showroom at 181 Elizabeth-street, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accidents in America
During the first quarter of 1913, 158 persons were killed and 3,628 were injured in train accidents. In other than train accidents, including accidents to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Risks
When the Melbourne limited express arrived at Central Station to-day, says last Thursday's "Sun," an hour late, in accordance with…
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