Baby Cradle for the Motor Car
An exceptionally practical and ingenlous cradle arrangement is the invention of a motorist, who, having both a car and a baby, sought far and wide for some means of conveniently and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
10,357 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250
Railway Diseases
French medical science has evolved a strange relation between the railway services and diabetes as being peculiarly a railwayman's disease. Before the Lyons…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Wildest Australia. Blacks' Fear of a Motor-car
HOW the primitive sevages of the northern parts of west AuStiralia were doubly frightened, first by the appearance in their midst for the first time of a motor-car, and then by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor-cycle Peter Pan Gro Ws Up
This is the latest development of the motor-cycle with side car attachment, and shows a brave attempt on the part of this form of vehicle to grow up into a motor-car. It is much more sociable than the "sociable usually is, and fills a long felt want for motor cyclists. The hood attachment is a great advantage…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Huge Contract for England. 800-Mile Railway in China. a Novel Agreement
BRITISH enterprise has received a signal recognition in China, according to a Pekia telegram in the "New York Herald" (Paris edition). The telegram says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Sunday Trams and Public Worship
THE RECENT ACTION of the Government (we presume it is the Government) in directing the running of trams during Church hours on Sunday evening cannot but be regarded as a deliberate and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor- Car Accident. Driver Discharged
Cecil Herbert O'Brien (19), who was charged with causing the death of Se[?]ina Quinn on January 16, 1914, in Flinders -street, was this meriting discharged by Mr. Love,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strangled Boy. Railway Carriage Horror. the Father's Story. London
In an interview yesterday John Starch field, the news vendor whose six-year-old boy Willie was found strangled under the Beat of a railway carriage at Shoreditch last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Romance of the Railways
Mr. James Scott has, Under the title of "Railway Romance," given in several essays, some of the life, of the inside experiences of men who are responsible for our…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late Mails. State Railways Blamed. Premier's Explanation
The causes of the delay in the arrival at Central Railway Station of the special trains conveying English mails bas been officially inquired into…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Killed by a Motor Car. Traffic Confusion in Flindersstreet
The death of Miss Sabina Quinn, 48, of [?] dington, who died on January 16, from a frao turned skulll, caused by being knocked down by a motor-car in Flinders-street, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South African Railways
There is as much personality about a raliway as there is about a man when you come to look into the matter, and it is because of environment in both cases…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clay's Bridge Theatre
At the above theatre at Newtown Harry Clay's Vaudeville Company are appearing every evening with great success. New artists appear each week, and an [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Steel Aeroplane. German Machine Tests at Brooklands
A military steel bi-plane which was built at Leipzig, but has flown only in England, has arrived at Brooklands. and made a flight last month…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway and Tramway Hospital Fund Question of Eligibility—men Who Are Late in Joining
At a meeting of the executive of the Railway and Tramway Hospital Fund, held at the Railway Institute, the question was debated of the desirableness or otherwise of ex or retired…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railways and Tramways. Large Quarterly Increases
The quarterly report of the Chief Commissioner, for Railways and Tramways for the period ended December 31, 1913, was issued to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Reliability Trials What Have They Proved? Revelations of Inter-state Contests the Motor Cars and Motor Cycles
During the past few weeks two of the biggest motor reliability trials annually held in Australasia have been decided, both between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne. One way…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lady Motorist of 70 Miss J. Collins Makes Trip From Brisbane to Melbourne a Pioneer Woman of Queensland Still Rides Her Horses
Somewhere up the road between Sydney and Melbourne there is a 1913 Cadillac car, rejoicing in the pet name of "The Lady." In it, in addition to the chauffeur, one Alton, who knows…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Fatality
Cecil Herbert O'Brien, 19, was brought up at the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Lowe, S.M., on a charge of manslaughter. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Mankey, stated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Increase in Fares in Railway Rates Premier Discovers Easy Way Out an Interesting Table of Comparative Results
Three months ago city and country railway fares were increased all round by about 20 per cent., producing an additional £140,000 a year, in order to meet the increased expenditure on…
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