Motors on the Veldt
Another example of the value of the motorcar for travel in districts where railway communication is lacking or insufficient is about to be given in Cape Colony. Some 24-h.p…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
6,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250
Water for Tram Lines
A deputation, representing Newcastle and district, waited on the Railway Commissioners yesterday, and asked that the Railway Department should supply the water for tramway watering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brakes on the King-street Tramway
Reference has been made to complaints from the tram drivers of the hard labor entailed in using the now brakes which have been adopted since the King to Ocean streets tramway has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Clothing Factory. Public Service Board Inquiry. Supplies to the Railway Department
Some further evidence was given yesterday in connection with the. Investigation by the Public Service Board into the general working of the State Clothing Factory. The inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring. This Dunlop Motor Reliability Trial
Entries for the Dunlop trial close to-morrow at the office of the Dunlop Co., 150 Clarence-street, Sydney, and motorists and motor cyclists can procure full particulars regarding the ride and also entry forms at that address…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Motor Launches
The first of what is termed the automobile launch has just been completed, and successfully performed her trial trip, non-stop in remarkably fast time, to the Hawesbury and return. The hull was built by W. Dunn, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Revenue
The earnings and working expenses of the South Australian railways for the six months ended December 31, 1904, compared with the corresponding period of 1903 were as follows: -- Gross…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gambling at Bridge
A new net of Bridge roles is being drafted by a Joint committee, of the Portland and Turf Clubs, and will be published shortly. The forthcoming rules have been the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Erskine Street Train
Truly the mills of the gods grind slowly, and the works of the Government are not much behind, but really when one hears that the…
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The deputation, so long spoken of, re increased train service, waited on the Railway Commissioners on Monday last at noon. Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By Train Across Channel. Vessels to Carry the Cars From England to France
Negotiations between the British and French Governments for a boat service that will carry whole railroad trains across the Channel between Dover and Calais are about complete, and…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Building Locomotives. Railway Commissioners' Report. Local Manufacture Would Mean Higher Rates and Lower Wages. Terse Minute by the Premier
The State Premier has received from the South Wales Railway Commissioners an important report bearing upon the question of the local manufacture of locomotives. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cootamundra Railway Smash
Wednesday last, 25th instant, was the 20th anniversary of the Cootamundra railway disaster on Salt Clay Creek. The scene was just below the present Hardy Creek Dam…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Most Curious of Railways
In Japan a railway system, 20 miles in length, has worked successfully for years without locomotive for mechanical engines of any sort…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Balmain—pyrmont Sydney Tramway. (To the Editor)
Sir.—It is to be hoped our borough fathers will do all possible to encourage the automobile tram service, via Glebe Island Bridge. Talk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Spread of the Motor
A motor dust-cart now in use in the streets of Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a Suburban Railway Station
Porter (handling big fruit cases): "It ain't the number o' cases, sir, but the orquidity o' then that bothers me."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Mile a Minute on a Motorcar
A writer In the New York "World" describes what it feels like to sit in a racing automobile travelling at the rate of a mile a minute. The racing was on one of the well-known American…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor-car Mazeppa. Asiatic's Grim Vengeance Upon European Wipe
Travelling from Turgai to Kazalinsk, a surveyor named Miliukoff, rescued a woman from death under extraordinary circumstances. On the horizon of the bare, wind-swept steppe,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Pioneer Motor Cycle Club
The recently formed motor club known as the Pioneer Motor Cycle Club of New South Wales promises to develop into an important body. A great many motorists from all parts of the coutnry are…
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