Flight from a Warship. Aeroplane Launched From U.S. Cruiser Birmingham
SPURRED on by the two abortive attempts recently made to launch an aeroplane from the deck of a Hamburg-American…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1911
12,561 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250
Cape Colony Train Disaster. the Toll of Killed and Injured
CAPETOWN, Thursday, Night.--Fifteen persons were killed as a result of the train accident at Catheart, 45 miles from William's Town, where a train of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Correspondence Train Delays. To the Editor of the Nepean Times
Sir,—During holidays and wet and foggy weather our railway service is thrown completely out of gear, ex[?]sperating delays occur to both goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway and Tramway Construction
During 1910 five railways were completed and handed over to the Commissioners and opened for trafile. These were lines from Narromine to Peak Hill (37 miles), Gulgong…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Tram Car on Fire. Overhead Wire Breaks. Brilliant Scene at Railway Station
A tram caught fire at tho Central Railway Station yesterday morning, with the result that the traffic on tho Pitt and Castlereagh streets tram lines was hold up for about a quarter of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway and Tramway Clerks' Salaries. to the Editor
Sir,--Will you permit me to draw attention to the salaries paid to clerks in the Government railways and tramways. Wages for a very large number of workers have lately been increased, in consequence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Manly-spit Tram
The tramway authorities notify that, commencing from Monday next the line from Manly to the Spit. via Belgrave-street, Ivanhoo Park, and Sydney-road, returning via…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Battleship
It is said that the Pritish Adourally has decided to built an experimental motor driven battleship propelled by an combustion engine. Naval engineers have long had their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motoring
The opening run of the year of the Automobile Club of Australia will take the form of a moonlight trip to Pennant Hills on the evening of the 17th instant. Members with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western Wheat Lands. Tullamore to Tottenham Railway. Considered by Public Works Committee
The Parliamentary Public Works Committee met on Friday afternoon to consider the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Tullamore to Tottenham…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy and Motor
Finding an unattended motor-car in a [?] ham street recently a London 10-year-old boy, of an inquiring turn of mind began to examine the machanism with the result that he not the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Cycling
The motor cycling topic of the past week has boon the Inter-Stale reliability trial, and the wonderful performance of the two Victerians, H. Jenkins and E. Tyler. They…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Thermostatic Motor
A very sensitive device has recently been invented for regulating the dampers of a furnace according to the temperature of the room in which the device is located. It consists of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Buying Petrol by the Pound. Invention Which Will Help Motorists
For many weeks past a quaint little man with the long hair and the sad brown eyes of a musician has been an object of interest down a quiet mews in South Kensington, where he has…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Minimum Wage. Railway Employees Included. Additional £9725 a Year
The minimum wage of £110 a year to all employees of 21 years of age and upwards has been extended to the Railway Department. The Assistant Treasurer (Mr. Carmichael)…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cycling and Motoring. To-day
Open Runs.—Burwood, B. and B., Summer Hill, Northern Suburbs, Willoughby, and Newtown clubs. Western Suburbs Club.—Run to Coogee. Eastern Suburbs Club,—Run to Watson's Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Council's Motor Waggons. to Be Shipped This Month
Advices have been received by Alick MeNeil and Mcintosh, ltd., announcing that four motor waggons ordered from the leyland Motor Waggon Company of London for the City Council of Sydney in June last…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bondi and Waverley Trams
The Railway Commissioners wer recently approached with a request for a minimum fare if twi pence, to apply during the busy hours of the day, from the city on Bondi and Waverley trams. Thes was thought to he…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fall From a Tram. Broken Hill
Mrs. Barker, an elderly woman, living in South Broken Hill, was very badly hurt on Thursday night through falling out of a Government steam Ham going down South…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →New Railways. Tullamore to Tottenham
The Public Works Committee yesterday considered the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Tullamore to Tottenham. Mr. W. J. Hanna, Under-Secretary…
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