New Motor Records. Made on the Brooklands Track
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- A Napier motor-car has established new records at the Brooklands track for 50, 100, and 150 miles, averaging 85, miles an hour…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
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A Bull and a Motor Car
WINDSOR, Friday. -- Mr. Irvine of the firm of Messrs, Parsons Bros., accompanied by a friend, while on the way from Sydney to Windsor this morning, had a rather sensational experience. When near Baulkham-hills the car…
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ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Mr. Percy Shawyer, aged 48, who was struck by a motor car in King William-street, on February 11, died to-day. The cause of death, was laceration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Railway Rush
Serious complaints are being made about the crowding on the railway bridge at Granville station on Saturday evenings, when great numbers of people run…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Transcontinental Railway
The conference of engineers asked to advise on the survey of the transcontinental railway has furnished its report. They express the opinion that the £50.000 voted…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Accidents and Their Prevention
Heading is quite right in his criticism of the constitution of the board for investigation of railway accidents, etc., and when one realise that this consists…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Current Topics. Readers' Opinions. Railway Fatalities
In your columns from time to time space has been given to the work of the Railway Service Ambulance Corps. The acknowledged efficiency of its members…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Railways
An amazing and amusing admission was published to the world by the semi-official Russian organ in Warsaw the other day. The eye-witness, M. Chenko, describes his…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Road Races Postponed
The road races of the Bookwood Club listed for Saturday had to be postponed, owing to the bad state of the roads after the heavy rains…
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Alderman William Taylor, Mayor of Rockdale, had a motion carried in the council on Thursday evening that the co-operation of the councils of Bexley, Kogarah, and Hurstville be sought with the object…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →White Ants in a Bridge
The Rockdale Council received a communication from the Railway Department on Thursday night regarding the bridge at the intersection of Napoleon-street and Russell-avenue, which is partly under the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in the Country Rise in the Hunter River. a Bridge Damaged. People on Haystacks. Farms Under Water
SINGLETON, Monday.—For forty-eight hoars ending 9 o'clock this morning 594 points rain fell in Singleton. Jerry's Plains records 305 points, Balsa 415, Broke 429. On: Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Laborer ' Injured
Thomas Clancy,28, a railway laborer residing in Crown-street, Surry Hills was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital by the Civil Ambulance this morning suffering from severe injuries to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Boat Notes
A 35ft fast run-about motor boat for Dr. W. R. Graham has just been delivered, and is to be used in his harbour practice. This craft is of novel construction, being of the full torpedo stem type, 6ft beam,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cycling and Motoring. To-night's Carnival
The New South Wales Cyclists' Union will hold its championship carnival to-night at the Sports Ground. This meeting, which has been twice postponed, will comprise a series of scratch and handicap races, a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Burwood Railway Station
A much needed and inexpensive addition to the Burwood Railway Station desired by the residents is three small clock-faces with hands to indicate when trains leave the station platforms. At present it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Vagaries
E. W. Excell writes:—A short time back I had sent me 64 bags sugar by rail. On arrival 32 bags were damaged by water. On asking for an allowance I am told it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Washaway on Private Railway
As a result of the recent heavy rain in the Maitland district a washaway occurred on the East Greta Coal Mining Company's private line, connecting West Maitland with the South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extraordinary Thieving Charge. Motors and Bicycles Transformed. Wellington (N.z.)
A man has been arrested at Christchurch on a charge of thieving extraordinary.- The indietment of the Crown will be that he is responsible for the theft of two motor cars…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Arncliffe-bexley Tramway
At the last meeting of the Rockdale Council, the Mayor (Aid. William Taylor) submitted an interesting minute, in which he referred to the fact that the Works Department had decided…
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