A Fast Motor Carriage
Mr. Daimler, of Caunstadt, has built a motor carriage which can do 47 miles per hour, and mount gradients of 11 in 100 at 19 miles per hour. It is of 16-horse power…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
5,107 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250
The Inverell District. Ii. the Railways
Several very serious blunders have been made in carrying out railway construction in New South Wales. Some have been what might be termed intentional mistakes; that is to say, Parliament,…
Continued on Trove, page 838 →Illustrated London Letter. The New Great Central Railway. A labour College at Oxford. LONDON,March 4
Within the next few days this giant undertaking will be ready for passenger traffic, and all concerned are to be complimented on the success that has attended one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle. Railway Extension to Walgett
A great deal of indignation has been aroused in the business community of Newcastle by a proposal which has been placed before the Public Works Committee for consideration -- that is, to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Extension for Illawarra Suburbs
It is the intention of Alderman Clayton to move in the Rockdale Council that, in view of the fact that the extension of the St. Peters tram as far as Cook's River dam has been authorised, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Public Works Committee. Cobar to Wilcannia Railway. Proposed Public Offices
The committee met yesterday, Mr. J. Perry, M.P., in the chair. The question of the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Cobar to Wicannia was further considered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Institute Concert
Under the patronage of the commissioners, the Railway and Tramway Musical Society's 23rd concert was given at the Railway Institute, Redfern, on Thursday night. There was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Saywell’s Tramway
THIS poor old thing stopped running for a time, on Thursday last. Sometime ago one of the engines was sent away for an overhaul, and the vagaries…
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THE man who involuntarily travelled from London to Grantham under, a railway carriage is interviewed in the February Temple Magazine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways for Africa
LONDON, April 6, 3.50 p.m.—The British Government is studying the question of constructing a railway from Khartoum to Kassala, and thence to the port of Suakim,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Railway Patriarch
The patriarch of railway life has probably been discovered in the person of Mr. Samuel Watts, who has just…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →On the Wallaby. Bush Roads and Back Tracks—Gumbo's Scheme of Wooing—I am Cured of One Malady—And Develop Another—Symptoms of Hydrophobia Cause Me to be Locked Up and Starved. Attempt to Escape—In an Awful Fix
"Mine tell you how you get that one Mary," repeated Cumbo, with a grin that might have belonged to the Eocene period, it was so ancient and simple…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Round the World in 33 Days. by Means of Russian Railways. London. April 15. 11.5 a.m
The Russian Minister of Railways has announced that when the Trans-Siberian line, now being constructed, is completed, it will be possible to travel round the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The African Railways. Germany to Guarantee—funds From Mining Companies
The Emperor William of Germany intends to ask the Reichstag to guarantee the construction of the section of the Cape to Cairo railway which it is proposed to carry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Fatality a Ganger Killed. Melbourne, Saturday Night
Alexander Exon, a ganger on the railway, was killed this morning at Pascoevale. He was on duty, walking along the line, and did not hear an approaching train, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Point Piper Road Congregational
On Sunday special services were held at the point piper-road (woollnbra) congragetional church, to celebrate tje anarsity of the church as well as the touth anniversary of the pastroate of the Itov. John…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Races at Goulburn
GOULBURN, Saturday.--A bicycle road race of five miles was held yesterday on the Braidwood-road. It was won by J. Kingsland, with A. M'Fadyen second. Another contest this afternoon was won by John Pryee,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fight on the Lotopa-road. March 30
Early this morning about 200 Malieton men from Savail marched through the street. All wore the vivid red turban or cap that murks the friendly. They marched in loose army, singmg a Samoan war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Tasmanian Railway
LONDON, April 15.—The Great Western Railway Company of Tasmania, which has been formed for the purpose of constructing a railway from Glenora to the west coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Tasmanian Railway Company
The Great Western Railway Co. of Tasmania has been formed, with a capital of £1,900,000, consisting of £900,000 ordinary shares, £500,000 preference shares carrying 6…
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