Tasmania. a Motor Omnibus. Hobart
A trial trip was made yesterday of a motor omnibus imported by the Hobart Electric Tramway Company for service in connection with the existing lines, primarily…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
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Cycling and Motoring. Is Cycle Racing Popular?
The question as to whether cycle racing just now is declining on increasing in popularity is one that is worthy of consideration. Many people seem to think that, so far as Australia is concerned, racing on cycles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wages of the Railway Servant
The correspondence which has been going on for some time in our columns respecting the lot of the men working on the tramways and railways carries the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed New Tram Line. Erskineville and Abercrombie-street
A deputation was introduced by Mr. Hollis, M.L.A., to the Minister for Works this morning, asking for a new line of tram to be laid down connecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Railway Lines. From Grafton to the Tweed
GRAFTON, Wednesday.--The first passenger train to run on the line from Grafton to the Tweed left Grafton at 6 o'clock this morning for the Lismore Show. Notwithstanding the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring. Record Drive
Probably the best Australian day's motoring up to now is the 270 miles done by Mr. C. W. Bennett last week in connection with the motor reliability contest. Mr Bennett, in company with his wife, on a 10 h.p…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Service to the Spit
There is a movement at Mosman to obtain, if possible, several improvements in the local tramways, and more especially in connection with the route to the Spit. The question has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Proposed North Coast Railway. a Plea for Its Construction
The construction of the North Coast railway will again be urged upon the Government today by the people of the Northern Rivers. The occasion seems hardly opportune, studied from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our "Deplorable" Roads
At Alexandria Town. Hall last night Mr. Dacey, M.L.A., referred to what he termed the deplorable condition of the roads in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Late Cable News. Received His Morning. Russians Driven Back. Railway Bridge Destroyed Anxiety in France
LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 p.m.—French advices state that General Linevitch, commanding the 1st Russian Army Corps, has been driven back, and is taking refuge in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Destroyed Bridge. At the Russian Rear. LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 p.m
The bridge, which has been destroyed by raiders near Tie-ling, was 1200 yards long…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Traffic Interrupted
Traffic on the Watson's Bay tram line was interrupted as a result of the heavy fell about 8 o'clock this morning, and fully 30 minutes elapsed before the trams were able to proceed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Coast Railway
THE reply given by the State Premier yesterday to a deputation which urged upon him the immediate necessity for the construction of a railway from Morpeth or thereabouts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railways of America
According to "Poor's Manual" for 1904 the total length of the railways in the United States was 206,886 miles on December 31, 1303, the increase during the year having been 4775 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Strikes Spreading. Situation Worse. Siberian Railways Blocked
LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 p.m.—The situation at St. Petersburg and Warsaw is worse. Eight thousand workmen from Warsaw and Lodz have gone to the villages, and are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car v. HORSE
The "motor reliability rest [?]d out an exceedingly bad advertisement for the machine that is going to knock the horse out of time. On the trip to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A National Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Though the National Parliament of Australia is slowly beginning to realise, that its paramount duty is to maintain and promote the broad interests of Australia rather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway. Supported by the Peemier. Scheme to Be Submitted to Parliament. a Representative Deputation
The Premier yesterday promised a deputation that at the earliest opportunity next session the matter ot the North Coast railway— from Maitland to South Grafton—would be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deputations. Proposed Tramway to Darlington
Mr. R. Hollis, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to tho Minister for Works, which asked for the speedy putting in hand of a tramway from George-street via…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strikes Hinder Railway Work
Owing to the strikes in Russia and the damage done to the railways no Russian train has started to the front for a week…
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