Motor Omnibuses
Mr. Tait, Chairman of Victorian Railway Commissioners, while in Hobart, inspected a motor omnibus, built by Messrs. Clarkson and Company, of Chelmsford, England, which is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
6,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250
Late Caable News. Received This Morning. In Manchuria. Japanese Activity. Moukden-habbin Railway Cut
LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 p.m.—The Japanese in Manchuria are snowing activity on the Russian fight flank. The St Petersburg correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycling and Motoring. the Adelaide Carnival
Lawson's victory over Rutt on Wednesday last leaves little doubt of his superiority to all other riders in Australia to-day. When Rutt defeated Lawson in the heat of this race it was thought that the German…
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The coming big contest, which is the first of its kind in Australasia, takes place from the 21st to the 25th inst, the start of the race being at Sydney, and the finish at Melbourne. Since the reliability trial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Transaustralian Railway
Speaking at the civic reception tendered to him at Midland Junction last night. Sir John Forrest said that he had advocated the Transaustralian railway because he believed that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Primary Producers and the Railways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your admirable article this morning on the above subject the following sentence occurs: "When the Commissioners urge that the non-responsibility rule exists all…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Destroyed. Between Mukden and Harbin. LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 p.m
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that there are persistent reports to the effect that the Japanese have destroyed a portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mosman's Trams. And Other Matters. Deputation to the Commissioners
A deputation representing the municipality of Mosman, and introduced by Dr. Arthur, M.L.A., waited on the Railway Commissioners yesterday to urge the necessity for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mosman Tram Proposals
Representations were made to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by the Municipality of Mosman, introduced by Dr. Arthur, M.L.A., with reference to the necessity for constructing tram…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Milson's Point Railway Line
At the quarterly meeting of the joint committee of the North Shore railway suburbs--representing the centres from Hornsby to Chatswood inclusive--a sub-commitee was appointed…
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The majority of the Victorian contingent who intend taking part in the Dunlop reliability trial from Sydney to Melbourne, which starts on the 21st inst., will leave Melbourne to-day. They intend to drive overland in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unpopularity of the War. the Newspapers Insistent. Strikers Cut the Railway Line
LONDON, Thursday.--The war in the Far East is becoming increasingly unpopular in Russia. The majority of the newspapers in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Rates and Short Deliveries of Produce. to the Editor
Sir,--Owing, no doubt, to the prominence you have given this matter of late, we are glad to notice that tho Railway Commissioners are reconsidering their "no liability" attitude…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fell Off a Tram
Elsie Doris Keegan (6), residing with her parents in Myrtle-street, North Sydney, fell off a tram at the corner of Junction and Arthur streets, last evening. The wheels passed over…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rhinoceros Charges a Train
A "collision" recently occurred on the Uganda Railway, British East Africa, that would be possible nowhere else on earth. A huge ball rhinoceros rushed out of the bush and charged…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Perils of Bridge Building
Writing on the subject of American bridge-building in the "Century Magazine," Mr. F. W. Skinner gives some interesting details of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Parramatta-road
At an early hour this morning a fire occurred at a fancy goods' shop in Parramatta-road, Petersham, occupied by Henry Ham. Detachments the M. F. B. from Marrickville,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Effects of Bridge on the Rising Generation
Master Tom (discontented with the size of his portion): "I double pudding!"…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Casualties and Fatalities. Train Accident at Sutherland. a Baker's Miraculous Escape
A sensational accident, fortunately unattended by any serious results, occurred late yesterday afternoon at the Sutherland railway station. Thomas Rees, 40, a baker,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Queensland S. W. Railway Servants Friendly Benefit Society
The annual general meeting of the above, the head office of which is at Toowoomba, was held in the Alexandra Hall, Ruthven-street, on the 28th ultimo. The chair was…
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