Profitable Tramways
In turning the first sod of the City-Erskinville tramway on Wednesday afternoon Mr C A Lee, Minister for Works, made reference to the general…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Consideration of a Motorist
We hold no brief for the motorist, the "Bystander" says, bat "honor where honor is due." On a country road the other day we saw a motorist deliberately avoid running over an…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Mr. Kneeshaw on Trams
At the annual meeting of the Tramway Officers' Association held last week the president, in his opening address, said there had…
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Ever since man first sought to render useful the various sources of nature, the question of how to use the wonderful power in the waves of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Balmain Police Court. Wednesday. (Before Mr. Payten, S.m.) Refused to Pay Tram Fare
Percival McDonald, 24, tailor, for refusing to pay his tram fare, was fined 20s or 7 days. DRUNKS…
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No evidences are wanting, nor are adequate reasons lacking for the movements now on foot to provide our district with an efficient system of tramway…
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A few weeks ago three men in the South Australian railway service were, dismissed, and another punished for broaches of, the regulations. Tile men sought aboard of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Crossing at Guildford. to the Editor
Sir.--With reference to the proposal to erect an overhead bridge at Guildford station. I am afraid these present at the meeting of the Progress Association on Tuesday night considered self-interest before the larger…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway Appeal Board
The Railways Act provides for the appointment of an appeal board, which is composed of head officers and a representative of the employees, such representative being elected every…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor-boating
The boats which took part in the reliability trials of the Motor-boat Club of New South Wales on Saturday last will muster in Berry's Bay this afternoon at 2.30, when they will be put through their starting and…
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It was expected that by the end of last month a vehicle driven by the Pittler hydraulic transmission would be demonstrating in London. According to an English motoring paper, one lever is all chat is necessary on…
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Entries are to close to-night with Mr. Forest Finlay, the hon. secretary of the Pioneer Motor-cycle Club, for the first race in the three contests for the Strelein Cup. The event is over one and a half miles, and will be run…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pioneer Motor Cycle Club
Several members of the above body have recently invested in new motor cycles, some of which, being of the latest design, are said to be exceptionally speedy. It is stated that some of the new models will be…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Boat Reliability Trials
To-day the Motor Boat Club ol New South Wales will hold the final tests in connection with its reliability trial, which was begun last Saturday. The first test consisted of a non-stop run, varying from…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Proposed Muswellbrook-merriwa Railway. Merriwa
At a largely attended public meeting on Wednesday to take steps to again bring forward the proposed railway from Muswellbrook to Merriwa, it was decided to reorganise the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Field of Wars Tramway. Preparing for Action
A meeting of the representatives of the various bodies appointed to collect data and statisties to be presented in the from of evidence before the Parliamentary…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Informative and Controversial Highest Bridge in the World
THERE are a great many high bridges in the world, but up to the present time the highest one on any record is the one but recently completed over the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Home Pets Hints and Helps Cat and Train
A friend living close to the main L. and S.W. Railway (writes a London correspondent) has a cat which sometimes lies on the track close to the rails while a train is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Train Burned to Ashes. 32 Killed and 40 Injured in a Collision. in the United States. New York, January 2
Another railway disaster, almost as terrible in Its effects as that at Washington last Sunday, has thrilled all America and drawn attention again to the indifferenes…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Premier Dent's Motor Car
Mr. Bent's motor car is proving an enormously expensive machine, and if its cost to the State were set forth in plain figures at the end of the years, the…
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