Stopping Glare in Motor Headlights
A novel device has recently been perfected for overcoming the danger from glare in motorcar headlights. This device consists of a rack of aluminium plates placed behind the main…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
10,357 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250
Sixes and Sevens. Disorganised Railways. South African Strike. Pretoria, Friday Evening
The threatened strike of employees on the Transvaal railways has commenced. Drivers, shunters, and guards have some out, and the receive in completely disorganised…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Trials. Melbourne to Sydney, End of the Journey. Sid Day Meets Trouble
The competitors who took part to the Melbourne to Sydney motor touring contest are [?] their long journey this afternoon. On Friday the motors travelled from Gundagai to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pigs Block Tram. Excitement at Pyrmont. One Underneath the Car
Passengers on a tram bound from Ryde to Fort Macquarie last night were provided with some excitement in Abattoir-road, Pyrmont The tram had left the stop at the Pyrmont…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Motor Smash. Many Persons Injured
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Smash. Injured Progressing Well. Brisbane, Saturday. [?]
[?] Brisbane yesterday, through the brakes of the vehicle tailing to act, were doing wall this morning except Elsie Hutchings,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tramp's Soliloquey
Gee; I wish I was a rock Yonder on the Hill, Doin' nothing all day long, only sitting still…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Juggernaut. Victims in New York
THE number of persons killed and injured in New York by motor-cars is steadily growing every month. According to a statement compiled by the National Highways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Innovation
TO THE South-Eastern and Chatham belongs the distinction of being the first railway company to provide dressing-rooms for its lady patrons. A luxurious suite of rooms is now at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Motoring Craze in America
THE CRAZE for motoring has reached an extraordinary pitch in America. Inmates of the Federal or State prisons are allowed to send one letter a month to the outside world…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Murder in Railway Car. Seven-years Old Boy the Victim London, Jan. 9
A seven-years-old boy was found strangled under the seat of a railway carriage at Shoreditch. The child has been identified, but the names…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Mr. Johnson. to Retire in a Week. Railway Control
The Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. T. R. Johnson, will complete his seven years of office to-day week, on January 17. On that date Mr. Johnson will be granted leave of…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Tramway Association V School Teachers
The following will represent the Tramway Association against the School Teachers, at the Grammar School Oval on Monday:—P. Brady, C. Downey, S. Emery, J. Flattan, J. Farry, M. Harrold, H. Levy,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Railways and Agriculture
All the large railroad systems in the United States are following the example first set by James J. Hill, of establishing under one name or another an agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Strike. Upheaval in South Africa. Railways Disorganised. Pretoria, Jan. 9, 12.45 p.m
The drivers, shunters, and guards have struck on the Transvaal railways. The service is disorganised. The Orange River Colony is affected in…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Motor Overturns. Twelve People Injured. Brisbane
A picnic party proceeding to Mount Cootha had an exciting experience this afternoon. The party numbered 25. They were travelling in a motor 'bus, which was descending a…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Motor Trials. Better Conditions. the Third Day. Incidents of Journey. Moss Vale
The competitors in the Melbourne to Sydney motor touring contest had a comparatively easy although long journey to-day, when they completed the third stage of the overland trip…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Assaulting a Tram Conductor. Conflicting Evidence
John James Cree, 20, pleaded not guilty, before Mr. King, S.M,, at the Glebe Court yesterday, to a charge of having unlawfully assaulted a tram conductor named William P. Dunn, at Annandale, on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Trams. Are Conductors Properly Trained? Reply to the Coroner
The Chief Commissioner declined to make any comment yesterday on the remarks of the City Coroner at the inquest on Thursday concerning the death of Mr. Henry Turner,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →East to West Railway. Big Contracts Let Melbourne
The Assistant Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Kelly) has concluded arrangements for a temporary supply of sleepers for the east to west railway pending completion of the…
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