Electric Power on Railways
Electricity as the coming traction power is so much to the front just now that every reader of "The World's News" will take a keen interest In the performance of the most powerful…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1905
6,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250
Motor Quick-string Gum
An armour-plated motor-car carrying a quickFiring field gun is being constructed at the Daimler works in Wiener-Neustadt. It will be so arranged that it can be fired in all directions,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Railway Brake
In the presence of Colonel Yorke, Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways, and representatives of nearly every British railway company, a neW method of coupling trucks was exhibited…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Railway Retrenchment Over 1000 Men Discharged. Employees Much Alarmed
The railway employees are in a state of alarm at the continued reduction of hands which is taking place in every branch of the service and on account of the placing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Disaster. Express Trains Collide. Carriages Ablaze. an Unnoticed Signal. London, Jan. 19
The Glasgow to London express train, which was following the Leeds to London express, came into collision with the latter at Cudworth in a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cycling and Motoring. To-day's Fixtures
Marrickville Cycling Club: Track race at the Sports Ground, Moore Park. Eastern Suburbs Bicycle Club: Run to the Sydney Sports Ground…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Cycle Club
The second general meeting of the above was held al Bateman's Hotel, George-street, last Thursday evening. There were about 30 motorists present, prominent amongst whom were Captain Fanning (chairman),…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →South Head Trams. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your issue of Monday last I noticed a paragraph relating to the conversion of the cable cars into the electric service, giving a through journey to the charming neighbourhood of South Head. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Band Performance
The Railway Military Champion Band will play a programme of music in Prince Alfred Park, to-morrow afternoon if the weather proves fine. The numbers to be submitted will include reminiscences of Meyerbeer…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Queensland Floods. Railway Traffic Resumed. Brisbane
Trains have not been able to reach Clermont since Sunday, on account of Theresa Creek being several feet above the rails, but it will be possible for the mail to come through to-morrow by boat and trolly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Institute Classes. Result of Examinations
The following are the prize winners for 1904 in connection with the classes for railway employees, conducted under the auspices of the council of the Railway Institute:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Country News. Suspicious Incident on the Railway. Albury
About 11 oclock last night, just before the express train pulled up, the passengers in the first-class carriage were startled by some missile, which pierced the carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Heat Trains. That Short-Sighted Railway Policy. the Loss of Mr. Eddy
"Gunnedah" writes:-- Sir,--I am pleased to see in one of your recent issues "A Weary Westerner " writing regarding the short-sighted railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bad Language in a Railway Car
Charles Borthwick was, at the Newtown Court, fined £5, together with 7s 8d costs, and has witnesses' expenses, in default two months hard labor, for using obscene language in a railway carriage on December 22…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Railway Department. February 20
Sydney. -- Supply of lubricating oils and incandescent electric lamps required for the Railway and Tramway Departments during the year ending June 30, 1906. Sydney. -- Supply of stores required by the Railway and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Disaster. Three Express Trains in Collision. Signals Obscured by Fog. Seven Persons Killed and Fifteen Injured
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The Glasgow to London express, which was following the Leeds to London express, came into collision with the latter during a fog…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Strikes Spreading. Foundries and Railway Workshops Idle. Imperial Palaces Guarded
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Ten thousand more workers have gone out on strike at St. Petersburg, among them being 7000 employed at the rope works. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Retrenchment. Statement by the Men. an Official Explanation
A number of dismissals have recently taken place in the mechanical and other departments of the railway and tramway services. It is alleged by that men that during the last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Old Redfern Railway Yards
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Championship. Brisbane, Saturday Night
The road championship was run to-day from Ipswich to Brisbane. It was won by Todhunter, with Schulze second, and Berry third. Berry punctured his tyre, and rode, several miles on the…
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