Railway Traffic Delayed
RICHMOND, Wednesday.--The race train leaving Richmond last Monday night, loaded with passengers and horses. was delayed a considerable time by the engine jumping off the line…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250
Tramway Officers
The usual monthly meeting was held at Head Office, Orchard’s Chambers, on the 24th inst. Mr. Campbell was present, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore Railway Rifle Club v. Coraki Rifle Club
The above teams met in the first round of the “Richmond-Tweed Rifle (A grade) Competition” on Saturday, January 18th, on the latter’s range,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Roads Board
A further batch of letters from shire councils has been received by Mr. T. I. Campbell, general secretary to the Shires' Association,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →John Bridge and Co., Limited
We held no sale this week, according to the roster, although auctions were held during three days. The market remains just as firm as over; in fact, for the closing sales…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cricket. J. Bridge and Co
The annual cricket match between the staff [?] Messrs. John Bridge and Company, Limited, was played on Wednesday, at Manly Oval. The teams were captained by Messrs. E. O. M[?]th and B. D…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stock Train Derailed. Traffic Impeded
BRISBANE, Thursday.--A live stock and goods train, which was due to leave Toowoomba at 8.50 last night for Brisbane, was partly derailed a short distance on the Toowoomba side…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sleeping Berths and Stock Train
At a merlins' of the Wee Waa Branch F.S.A., it was decided to approach the Railway Commissioners through Mr. Blark, M.L.A., asking for sleeping…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Do Road Plants Pay?
The overseer for the Prospect and Sherwood Municipality has presented a report to the council on the working of the steam lorry for the first year since it was acquired by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Smash. a Double Disaster. Five Men Killed. Train Dashes Into Debris. Brisbane
A complete block to traffic has occurred a[?] the result of a sensational accident about two miles beyond Murphy's Creek, on the main line to Toowoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Grafton and South Grafton Rival Bridge Proposals
The Public Works [?] morning fur[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A National Work. Extension of Cook's River Road. Requests to Works Minister
Mr. Griffith (Minister for Works) yesterday received a deputation at Redfern. Town-hall in connection with the proposed extension of the Cook's River-road, the erection of a bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Too Much of a Gag." Argument in Favor of Bridge. Mayor of North Sydney's View
"The excuse that the price of the ferryboat season tickets will have to be raised because of the increased cost of living is too much of a gag -- everybody uses that these…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor
Efforts to lower the Sydney to Melbourne motor-car record are to be made at an early date by Allen Doone, in a 40-h.p. car and a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →General Produce Railway Yards
Anniversary Day intervening, the business done at the Railway Yards during the week under review has been patchy; but on Saturday and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In Praise of Mr. Johnson. a Big Railway Order. Looking Ahead. Thousands Of Trucks Ordered. and Hundreds of Engines
A farewell [?] was tendered last night at the Gr[?]ville Town Hall bo Mr. Thomas Irons, manag[?] director of the Clyde Engineering Works, who is leaving on Monday on a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cycling and Motoring
The six days' race at Melbourne is to begin at 1 a.m ib February 24 In the Sydney Club's reliabillty trial to Yetholme there were is starters Four lost no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ballina-booyong Railway
Giving evidence before the public Works Committee on the question of construction a railway from Ballina to Booyong. Mr. R. A. Bell, managing director of the North Coast Steam…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Cycle Racing. Is It Dangerous? Well-known Rider's Views
Mr. P. Scott writes:—I have read with ple[?]ure Mr. Fair's statement about the safety of motor cycling in Thursday's "Evening News." It may seem strange for one who is at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Midland Railway. Alleged Victimisation. London, Thursday Evening
The Board of Trade declares that the Midland Railway Company violated the agreement of 1911, in one out of twenty of the cases of alleged victimisation, which are now being…
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