The Main Roads Question
Although the Main Roads Bill was thrown out! by Parliament, the Minister for Public Works has decided to carry out the principles of the Bill all the same. He can do this legally ill…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
Off the Map Britains Who Have Never Seen a Railway Train
There are millions or Britons yet who have never seen an aeroplane, though tho aeroplane tour recently organised by a groat London newspaper has considerably…
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A former secretary of M. Pas[?]h the Serv[?]n Premier, stated that the wayside from Pr[?]nd to [?]ex was lined with gallows, on which hung Albanlans, and when his regiment…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Strange Flotsam. Aeroplane Mystery Recalled. Mr. Cecil Grace's Fate. London, Tuesday Evening
A petrol reser[?] which has been washed ashore at Ostend has been identified as portion of the aeroplane of Mr. Cecil Grace. who was presumed to have been wrecked in 1910…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Red Tape" Discarded. Train Officers and a Fire. Melbourne
A novel manner of giving a fire alarm was adopted at Morwell early this morning. While the goods train from Warragal to Traralgon was running into Morwell at 1 a.m. the train…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Orgy of Blood. Massacres in Albania. Road of the Gallows. Children Carved to Pieces. London
A terrible recital of atrocities in Albania appears in the London "Daily Telegraph," and is stated to be from a most reliable source. The story reveals, among other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railway Workers. a Big Amalgamation. London
The Amalgamated Society of Railway Ser[?] the General Railway Workers' Union, and the [?]lled Po[?]smen and Signalmen have decided to s[?]e under the title…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Snow Bound. America's Turn. Avalanches and Blizzards. Railways Blocked; Wires Down. Many Deaths Recorded. Vancouver (B.c )
The Old year is dying in the midst of great convulsions of Nature. All over the western half of the the United States the railways are b[?]ked by terrific [?]orms…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Superannuation Board
At the last meeting of the Railway Service Supera[?]ation Board, held in the beard [?]com at the Chief Commissioner's office. 15 officers over 60 years of age and eight officers under (6)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor AND Cycle. Different Methods of Transmission. All Steel Bodies for Cars. Sydney Enthusiast in London
A prominent Sydney motor cyclist, who has been in England on a visit, writes an interesting letter with regard to the development of the cycle car which he says all the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Motor Cycle for Him. Woollahra's Inspector Refuses
[?] posited on some of the vacant allotments is Woollahra were made at the last meeting of the local council. It was stated that refuse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Notes
FREQUENT source of trouble to drivers is the collection of rain on the glass of motor cars with fixed wind screens in small globules, which are very…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Tram Trou[?]ours. Starter Dan Mitchell
No doubt, when [?] day. He[?] get a th[?] But, still we [?] And hope [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Management. Will Mr. Johnson Answer Now ? More Samples of Railway Methods. Stories from the Running Sheds. Disabilities of Locomotive Drivers. The Failure of a Weighbridge
Beginning at 10 minutes to 2 this morning when the Goulburn train left, and finishing with the midnight train to Parramatta, 345…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fruit Rotting in Trucks. Railway Mismanagement. Growers Severely Handicapped
From out of the loud clamor of complaints against the railway administration, old as they are unheeded, comes a new one which is being loudly voiced by fruit-growers and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Labor. Big Amalgamation. Railway Unions Combine
LONDON, Tuesday. -- The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, the General Railway Workers' Union, and the United Pointsmen and Signal men have decided to amalgamate…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tramway Men's Wages. New Rates at Adelaide
ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- The Municipal Tramways Trust, having been advised that the award of Mr. Justice Higgles, in the Arbitration Court, in regard to the wages of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Centennial Park. Two Motor-cars Damaged
A collision between two motor-cars occurred early yesterday in Centennial Par[?]as the result of a drunken man getting in the way of a car which was coming from Bo[?]. While…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Vehicles. Great Increase in Licenses. Addition of 8674 Last Year
The following returns of registrations and licenses of motor vehicles, drivers, and riders for the year 1912, and a comparison with the previous year, have been supplied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Car and a Dog
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- When returning from the Moonee Valley races on Saturday the V.R.C. judge, Mr. J. O. Inglis, was, with three other gentlemen, thrown but of a motor car, as a…
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