Runaway Motor Car. Casino
An accident occurred on Thursday at the Wyrallah ferry punt. Owing to the Wyrallah pony races, the traffic was heavy and several vehicles were waiting their turn to get over…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250
Assault in a Tram
Three brothers, Robert, Alexander, and Hugh Johnstone, were each fined £5, and £1 3s 4d costs, at the Newcastle Police Court this morning, for assaulting Benjamin John…
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The Railway Traffic Wages Board commenced its sittings in the Appeals Board rooms, Public Works Building, Bridge-street, yesterday morning, under the chairmanship…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in the Country. Motor Lorry Destroyed. West Wyalong
A motor lorry owned by the Bray Garage Proprietary, West Wyalong, caught fire between West Wyalong along and the railway station this morning, and was completely destroyed…
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At the Burwood Police Court this morning Joseph Westall, a middle-aged man, was charged before Mr.- E. L. Maitland, S.M., with assaulting Algio James, a railway ticket…
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There was some excitement round about Lower Fort-street late yesterday afternoon, Seven horses drawing a jinker-belonging to W. E. Budd; carrier, of 286 Sussex-street, and…
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Emily Phabblin, 51, who lives in Victoria -street, Alexandria, fell from a moving tram hear Redfern Railway Station this morning. Civil Ambulance rendered first aid and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Muddle. Case of W. J. Ellis. Commissioner Defies Parliament
At a meeting of the Cabinet this morning the Minister for Railways, Mr. Cann, brought forward the report of the Select committee of the Legislative Assembly on the case of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Shore Tramways. "Australia's Noblest Son."
The Chief Railway Commissioner was recently asked by Mosman Progress Association to reduce the fares on the Milson's Point-Mosmari and Cremorne lines, but he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Distance Motor Cycling. Speed May Rival Express
The recent rellablilty contest in motor cycling proves that this, method of travelling is both speedy and highly attractive. Enthusiastic riders of the ordinary push bicycle see…
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The Railway Traffic Board started its sitting yesterday. Mr. H. M. Hamilton was in the chair. The board examined three witnesses regarding the work of suburban passenger guards…
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The railway connecting La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, with Arica, a port of Peru, has been completed in five months less than the contract time. The line begins at Arica, some…
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BRISBANE, Monday.-- A telegram from Proserpine states that a young man, Adolf Quod. who was missing with a motor boat since Wednesday last, has been found safe, with the boat…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.-- The efforts of the Federal Government to construct the West Australian railway by day labor are not expediting the progress of the line, although it is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Electrification of Victorian Railways. Providing for the Future
The report of the committee on the electrification of the Melbourne suburban railways, which was approved of by the Victorian Parliament. stated that to allow for the 1915 traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods and Queensland Railways
BRISBANE, Monday.-- The Commissioner for Railways has received from the engineer in charge of the Dawson Valley railway a report to the effect that as the result of floods the…
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Mr. W. J. Trickett, M.L.C., who is a ratepayer of Piper Ward, Woollahra, writes: -- "I ask you to add my protest to that of Mr. F. Lock's, in yesterday's issue, against…
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At the meeting of the Newtown Council, Alderman Lawler said that if the railway authorities did not wake up, a serious accident would orcur on the Newtown Bridge. The…
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"A. B. C." writes:—Will you permit me as a ratepayer in the city, and in the various municipalities, to voice a cry against the administration of our roads. If a complaint is made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Motor Tragedy Collision with New Zealand Train. a Woman Killed
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday. -- A motor car containing a party of visitors from Hastings collided with a train at Kaukapakapa railway crossing, north of Auckland…
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