The Motor Fiend
God made the bloomin' spider, an' the snake, an' things that creep Neath yer blankets when yer tryin' for to have a well-earned sleep;…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
6,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250
Railway Properties
At last night's meeting of the North Sydney Council Alderman Creswell moved -- "That there be laid on the table of this council a return showing: (1) The properties…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Workers. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE
An influential deputation made an urgent appeal to Mr. Bent to re-employ the executive railway strikers. The Premier promised to bring the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Oil Paintings. For Railway Carriages
Some little time ago the Railway Commissioners received an offer from a local artist for the supply of oil paintings for the decoration of railway carriages in place of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inspecting the Railway Lines
The Railway Commissioners are at present engaged in inspecting the railway lines of the State. This is an annual duty, and usually occupies several weeks, it being necessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The North Coast Railway
Representations are to be made to the State Premier at 11.45 a.m. to-morrow by a deputation introduced by Mr. M'Farlane, M.L.A., with reference to the construction of the North…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Making Room for the Tram
In the scheme to complete tramway communication with the central railway station, Pitt-street, at the Belmore Markets, is to be widened, and some 40ft. of the City Council's properly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labor Members Snubbed. a Deputation to Mr. Bent. Railway Commissioner "Walks Out."
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. Prendergast, leader of the State labor party, and some of his colleagues, came into collision to-day with Mr. Tait, Chief Railway Commissioner. They went…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Victorian Railway Strike. an After-effect
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A powerful appeal was made to the Premier to-day by the Speaker (Mr. F. Madden), Sir A. J. Peacock, and Mr. G. H. Bennett, Ms.LA., to re-employ in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railways Sixty Years Ago
A writer in "Good Words" recalls the Spartan rule, which was observed on the main railway lines 60 years ago. The station doors were closed five minutes before the time set down…
Continued on Trove, page 59 →Dunlop Tyre Co., 150 Clarence-street, Sydney. Overland to Melbourne. the Big Motor Ride. (See illustrations on pages 20 and 21.)
The big motor car ride promoted by the Dunlop Tyre Company, was concluded on Saturday, when 22 of the 35 contestants who left Sydney on February 21 were timed on arrival in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge, one of the engineering wonders of the world, and the main artery that "connects New York, with suburban Brooklyn, shows signs of decay. No bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Traffic Suspended. No Train Leaves Russia for a Week. LONDON. Wednesday. 3.15 p.m
Owing to the strikes in Russia, and the damage that has been done to the railways, no train has left Russia for the front in Manchuria during the past week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed Fruit Train. From Queensland to Victoria
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The proposal of the Queensland Government to run a Commonwealth fruit train service between Southern Queensland and Victoria has mot with enthusiastic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News. Accident to an Ore Train. Cobar
Some railway men were shunting an ore train from the Chesney mine to the Great Cobar mine, but the engine could not take the load up the copper mine hill and the train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →How Brian Boru Became King of Ireland Frankfort Hotel, Victoria-road; Marrickville
Dear Playmate,—Brian Boru was the son of Kennedy, of the Dalgas race. He was born in Kincora in 941. At this time the Daues held their chief fortresses at Limerick,…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Easy Road to Fortune How to Earn £10 a Week and Do Nothing
How to earn £10 a week without capital or hard work! He would be a sorry lecturer who could not fill a hall to overflowing with such a subject…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Railway Management
Mr. Tait, the imported Commissioner, who is managing the Melbourne railways, does not seem to be altogether above reproach as an administrator. A correspondent writes as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Abercrombie-street Tram. Question of Rival Routes
The old agitation for a tramway along Abercrombie-street to Erskineville was revived to-day, when, Mr. Hollis, M.L.A., introduced a deputation of representatives of local municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway to Be Submitted to Parliament. No "Leg-pulling" This Time
The State Premier, Mr. Carruthers, promised a deputation from the North Coast district to-day that the proposal to construct a railway from Maitland to South Grafton should be…
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