A Motoring Fatality
A fatal motorcar accident is reported from Lyndoch (S.A.), The driver was Mr. Bert May, and the other occupants of the vehicle were his wife, his sister, and his sister-in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Congested Traffic. a Scheme to Replace Trams. Official Investigation to Be Made
In view of the growing congestion of traffic in the streets of Sydney, the Minister for Works (Mr. Griffith) is making Inquiries whether it iff not possible to alter the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cycle and Motor Workers. Claims of the Union. Hours and Rates of Pay
The New South "Wales Cycle, Motor, and Electro-Plating Employees' Union have drawn up the following log of wages and. working conditions for submission to a wages…
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MELBOURNE; Thursday.--Tho Coroner returned an open verdict to-day concerning the death of Eric Arthur Hart, 20 years of age, whose mangled body was found on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Omnibuses. Action by the Government. Vehicles to Be Imported. Relieving the Team Congestion
The Government proposes to shortly obtain a few of the latest type of motor-omnibuses for use where tramways are not available, and if these are successful an extension of the system…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wagga-tumbarumba Railway. "Victoria Should Contribute." an Expensive Undertaking
The Parliamentary Committee on Public Works sat at Parliament House yesterday to consider the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Wagga to Tumbarumba…
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THE TYPE OF OMNIBUS WHICH THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO IMPORT IN ORDER TO RELIEVE THE CONGESTION ON SOME OF THE TRAM ROUTES…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Producers' Burden. Carelessness on the Railways
The producers as a body recognise the disabilities of inadequate rolling stock and overtaxed main lines under which the Railway Department has during the last few years been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Motor Boat Sunk
FORSTER, Thursday.-- While the motor ldunch Mabel was crossing out this morning she was struck by a sea which filled her, stopped the engine, and sank her in deep water. Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bellevue-hill Tramway Stoppages
The Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways yesterday received a deputation representing the Woollahra Council, which was introduced by Mr. Latimer, M.L.A. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strike on Southern Pacific Railway. Traffic Paralysed Over 1000 Miles
VANCOUVER, Thursday.--Owing to the refusal of the Southern Pacific Railway Company to grant tho men's demands for increased wages, they have gone out on…
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The following summary of works carried out during 1910 was presented at the Blacktown Shire Conncil meeting on Monday night—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Record. Paris, Jan. 20
M. Brequet made a world's speed record biplaning with a passenger at Douai. He covered 62½ miles in 69[?] minuters…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Novel Aeroplane. with Wings Like a Bird
Aeronautical experts are turning their attention to the construction of aeroplanes more on the bird-like principle. The famous aviator, M. Paulhan, well known…
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SINGLETON, Friday. --Joseph Milligan, of Bolwarra was admitted to the hospital at an early hour this morning, suffering from scalp wounds a crushed right foot, and contusions…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Edison's Aeroplane. Great Inventor Has Applied for a Patent
Thomas A. Edison mentioned last month that he had invented a heavier-than-air flying machine, but begged his interviewer not to mention the subject. Aviation and immortality of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Germanton Train. Daily Service Desired
A deputation representing the business and residential interests of the Germanton district, introduced by Mr. M'Laurin, M.L.A., waited on the Chief Commissioner for Railways and…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Railway Collision. at Sydney Station. Engines Crash Into Standing Train. Brave Fireman Injured. Heroic Pointsman
A smash occurred at the Central Railway Station early this morning, when two runaway engines coupled together crashed into a set of 10 standing empty carriages Owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Dashes Into Cow. Four Killed, Thirty Injured
VANCOUVER, Friday.--The Chicago Rock Island train dashed into a cow at Fort Smith. Arkansas, the train being derailed. Four persons were killed, and 30 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →There's a Sovereign for Someone in This Snap-shotted Group. Winner of Last Saturday's Competition Mr. H. Whitehead, "Bendigo," Canterbury Road, Canterbury
The above is a photographic rep[?] of a group taken recently.The FIRST (but no other) member of this group who presents himself at "THE ARROW OFFICE, 136-138 Cas[?]eagh Street, AND IS IDENTIFIED as BEING ONE OF THE GROUP, will be paid ONE SOVEREIGN. All who concern themselves in…
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