The City Railway
It is refreshing, in these days of pigeonholing, to find that the city railway has at last a chance of actually being started. The subject was inquired into so thoroughly by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 250
Hurled Through the Air. Tram Hits Pantechnicon. Collision in Cleveland Street
A collision between a tram and a pantechnicon occurred in Cleveland-Street last night, and as a result one man is lying in the Sydeny Hospital. Another had a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Girl in the Tram. What She Reads. Some Stolen Glances
The girls of Sydney are omniverous readers. The genus girl, of course, covers a wide range of femininity. It includes the conventional flapper, and the Gwendoline of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Still--"good Roads."
A Good Roads' Association, a Million Club, the Daily Press, and Heaven knows what not, have attempted the solution of the roads problem. All have offered what have been considered "solutions."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oiled Earth Roads
Long Island is an agricultural centre in close rail and boat proximity to New York and Brooklyn, and oiled earth roads are being made there almost exclusively. The main thoroughfares are oiled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hydro-aeroplane's Attack. Athens, Feb. 7
An airman named Michaelas Mutusis and a naval officer named Moriatikis, voyaging in a hydro-aeroplane from Lemnos, an island 49 miles south-west of the Dardanelles,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Making of Roads. Questions and Suggestions
"Murph" asks questions:-- Are we ever going to have an attempt at road- making brought forward by any of the councils? Is the taxpayers' money to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Marrickville's £50,000. Town Hall Proposal Rejected. No Money Foe the Roads
There was considerable excitement at Marrickville on Saturday, when the referendum of the ratepayers on the proposal to borrow £50,000 ws taken…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Street Collisions. Motors, Trams, and Carts. Man's Skull Fractured
Several serious streets collisions occurred in the suburbs on Saturday night, and in each came a man was injured. About 3 o'clock in the evening a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hurled Into a Ditch. Express Train Wrecked. Passengers' Wonderful Escape. Ottawa
The Canadian Pacific express train, while racing along at 50 miles an hour yesterday, left the rails, and was hurled into a ditch 37 miles west of London, in Ontario…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disaster on the Seine. Barges Wreck a Bridge. a Costly Smash. London, Sunday, 1.20. a.m
A remarkable accident occurred in Paris yesterday. Two barges that were proceeding along the Seine collided with one of the bridges…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Launch Washed Ashore
A wire was received last night by the Department of Navigation, from Barranjoey, to the effect that a motor launch had been washed ashore to the north of Box Head…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Produce. Railway Market
The maximum number of trucks for Saturday, 50, were in position. There was an average attendance of buyers, and the market conformed to the usual week-end conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Four Locomotives. to Be Built at Clyde. for Transcontinental Railway. Melbourne
An order for four locomotives of the "P" class was yesterday placed with the Clyde Engineering Works, of Granville, Sydney, by the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. O'Malley)…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Passing of the Horse. Motor Services in the West. Bathurst
Mr. A. Plank, of Blayney, has purchased from the contractor his interest in the Pe[?]thville-Rockley-Burraga mail contract, which was carried out per medium of a coach and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cycling and Motoring. Motor Yacht Club
A dull day, with intermittent showers, did much to detract from the pleasure of the members of the Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W., at the club afternoon, held at the bungalow club-house, Rose Bay, last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Refused to Pay Tram Fare
Benjamin Cox boarded a Bronte tramcar on January 10, and when asked for his fare (one penny) refused to pay. To- day at Paddington Court the excuse he tendered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police on Trams. Their Legal Prerogative
The recent conviction of a sub- inspector of the metropolitan police force for riding on the front platform of a tramcar after being requested by the driver to leave created…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Tramway Riot. Story of Mafeking Night
"Melbournite" tells a story of mafficking:-- Your London correspondent, in his account of London's Christmas crowds in your paper of 6th, refers to the above in the following…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cycle's Adventure. a Charge of Theft
Philip Vincent Dalton, 19, appeared before Mr. Love, at the Central Police Court to- day, charged with stealing a motor- cycle, valued at £30, the property of Messrs. Bennett…
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