Motor Cars in Canada
According to figures compiled by the Automobile Club of Canada, there were 44,278 motor cars and motor cycles in use throughout the Dominion of Canada on November l, as against…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
10,357 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250
The Broad Highway. the Church Hour Trams
"So they're goin' t' run trams in church hours a' Sundays." "So they ort." Two youths discussed, the announcement in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Control the New Chief Commissioner What Business Men Want. Whythe Service Fails
The vacancy in the position of Chief Commissioner for Railways, which will, be created by the early departure of Mr. Johnson, is forming the subject of much mental…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Overlanding Motorists. Inter. State Trial Concluded Climbing the Bulli Pass
In terrific heat, with not a breath of wind, to temper the sun's rays yesterday, the motor cars engaged in the reliability contest entered upon the last stage of the four days'…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Tram Accident. Man's Skull Fractured
Isaac Cohen, aged 43 a tailor, living in Regent street, Paddington, was knocked down by a tram in George street last night. His skull was fractured, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Preventing Collisions. Australian's Invention. Sold to European Railways. LONDON
Dr. Creed, M.L.C., of New South Wales, states that the Angus anti-collision patent has been sold to Russian and Belgian companies, while Austria, Germany, and Sweden…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inter-State Motor Car Reliability Tried. Some of the Competitors Climbing the Bulli Pass Yesterday
Mr. H. P. Phipp's six cylinder Hudson. Mr. Alick M'Neil's F.I.A.T. Mr. W. Sorrell's Cadillac. Mr. A. Jewell's Dixi car. (Passenger lying on the mud guard to avoid wind resistance)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Boy Strangled. Body in Railway Carriage. Baffling Mystery. Blue Mark on Throat. LONDON
The police are completely baffled by the murder of a boy whose body was found under a seat in a railway carriage at Shoreditch yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tied Up. South African Railways. Strike in Full Swing. All Services Disorganised. Armed Forces Called Out. LONDON
The South African railway strike is now in full swing, and the Transvaal and Orange Free State services are completely disorganised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motors, Tar, and Good Roads
Councillor Russell, of Hawthorn (V.), returned from Britain brimming over with praise for the roads there. They are nearly all tar-paved, he said, and in 25 years he thinks that an untarred road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Roads Board
The Country Roads Board of Victoria commenced operations towards the end of last month. Its first public work was a contract let for part of the Melbourne-Bairnsdale Road, and during the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Crashes Into Cart
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--William Charles Batten, a smallgoods dealer, was driving across the railway line near Sunshine to-day, when the Bendigo express crashed into his vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Moorabool Bridge, Meredith Shire, Victoria
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Off the Line. Train Service Upset
There was a serious dislocation of the suburban railway traffic on Saturday morning, owing to the line becoming blocked at Rockdale, and throwing the service from the Central Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →American Sailors Drowned. Launch Lost in Hampton Roads
NORFOLK, Virginia, Friday Evening.--A launch, from the battleship Wyoming, overturned in Hampton Roads. The launch Is believed to have contained 19 men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tragedy in a Train. a Boy Strangled
LONDON, Friday.--The body of a seven-year old boy, who had been sent of an errand, has been found under the seat of a railway carriage at Shoreditch. The lad, who had evidently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.s.w. Main Road Grants
Hume Shire Council (N.S.W.) has issued a circular in reference to the matter of Government grants (in lieu of endowments) towards the maintenance and improvement of classified main roads, and…
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