Railway Rates Bill
LONDON, Friday.--The House of Commons agreed yesterday to the second reading of the Railway Bill, which carries out a promise given at the time of the settlement of the great strike…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250
New Railways. the North Coast Line. Opening Dungog-taree Section
The official opening, of the Dungog-Taree section of the North Coast railway will take place on Tuesday next. Mr. R. A. Price, M.L.A., conferred yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Blessing a Motor Boat at Siam
Native boats in Slam are nearly always blessed by a Buddhist, priest before launching, and, if made of teak, food is placed before it as an offering to the fairy that lived in the tree…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Carriages Destroyed
The railway carriages which were to have formed a mail one day last week from Wallangarra (N.S.W.) to Brisbano were burnt our. The damage is estimated at between £12,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Serial Story Dramatic Incidents. Thrilling Plot. All Rights Secured by "The Globe." 'The Great Western Road.' Specially Written for "The Globe" by H. F. Wickham. Chapter Xi
It was as yet the early days of the gold fever. The track leading from the main western road to the diggings was still entirely unformed, and appeared much more suitable for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Engines
In the course or a paper on Aeroplane Engines presented to the Institution of Automobile Engineers, at Westminster (Eng.), the author, Mr. A. Graham Clark, stated that it was either…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Aeroplane in a Gale
During a gale last month a flight-from Hendon to Brooklands (Eng.) was made by M. Pierre Verrier, who was attempting to deliver a Manrice Farman biplane to the Royal Aircraft…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →To the Pole by Aeroplane
Aeroplane flights to the North Pole in four hours are foretold by Captain Robert Bartlett, of the Peary North Pole expedition. "The safest and easiest way to reach the Pole, and…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Motors and Motoring Road Reports
The "Sunday Times" again extends an invitation to all read-users, particularly all motorists, to contribute reports regarding the condition of the roads they traverse in their weekly runs…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Battered Buchanan. Bustles Along Road, And Drives Through a Crowd. Lobbed by Love for a Tenner
At the Redfern Court, on Tuesday, a battered individual, whose face looked at if it had been, in violent contact with road metal, or some equally soft…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Constable Harper Charged and Committed. "Actual Bodily Harm" Alleged. Ambrose Green Gets a Fractured Jaw. What Happened on the Canterbury Bridge
At the Burwood Police Court, on Thursday, January 23rd, a young man named Ambrose Thomas Green proceeded against Henry James Harper, a constable, for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Cycle Club of N.s. Wales
The eighth annual meeting took place on Thursday evening at the Sports Club, and was largely attended. Mr. H. A. Browne presided. The annual report presented by Mr. J. A. Fair,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →An Interesting Conversion From Sailing Ship to Full-powered Motor Tank-ship. a Boat Lengthened 50ft. and Diesel Engine Installed
The month of May, 1913, will see the arrival of a French sailing vessel at Rotterdam for the purpose of being lengthened some 55ft. and converted from sail to motor power. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →New Members for Tramway Employees' Union
During 1112 the Tramway Employees' Union has increased its membership by 960, making a total of 4652. Financial and other affairs are , regarded as generally satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Railway Grievance. Slow Officials Cause Trouble .To Passengers
"Some time ago you published a chat with me about the neglect of a few railway officials on the Belmore line," said a traveller to a "Sunday Times" representative during the week…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatal Tram Accident
An old man met with a tram accident In George-street, near Campbell-street, at 8 a.m. yesterday, and was admitted to the Sydney Hospital, where he died in the afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tramway Extension
The matter of a new tramline—Wickham to Smedmore and Maryville—is receiving official Mention, and this may now be specially attributed to the establishment of the steel…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fowler's Fulminations. Chinn's Alleged Chicanery. Trans-Continental Railway Trouble. Official Inquiry Before Judge Hodges
The real business—the taking of evidence—in the matter of the charges made by Mr. J. M. Fowler, M.p., in the House of Representatives, against Mr. Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Child Killed. Knocked Down by Tram. BRISBANE
Maud Ann Fontaine, aged 6, was knocked down by a tramcar in South Brisbane last night, and died to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Tram Accident. Old Man the Victim
An old man, whose name is believed to be John O'Brien, died in the Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon as the result of being injured by a tram earlier in the day. O'Brien…
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