Railway Sleepers. the Allen Taylor Contract
In reply to questions in the Assembly by Mr. Price yesterday, the Acting-Premier said it was a fact that the Government had purchased sleepers from cutters on section 4 of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1915
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Railway Commissioners Rise Rate
The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has, on the recommendation of its machinery sectional committee, forwarded the following recommendation to the Chief Railway Commissioner:--…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Train Services
A deputation representing the Armidale Municipality waited on the Chief Commissioner for Railways yesterday in regard to the discontinuance of the 7.40 a.m. passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →German Town. Aeroplane Attack. Copenhagen, Jan. 29
Berlin newspapers are circulating a report that aeroplanes dropped bombs on Dortmund (20 miles north-east of Essen), doing considerable damage. Twenty-one…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Getting Home by Train
The management of the Illawarra Railway traffic is a scandal and a disgrace. It is bad enough to have to travel in seatless dog-boxes after paying the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Bridge. Darling Harbour Sketch
It stands within a stone's throw, but not in sight of George-street and its throngs, the only big bridge in the city of Sydney. Yet how few of the citizens over traverse it. How…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Country. Reduced Train Services
WEST WYALONG, Friday.--The alterations in the train service are causing considerable inconvenience. Since the reduction of the passenger service an extra train was run on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Epping's Indignation. "Hornsby Shire's Disgraceful Roads."
At the Progress Association meeting, Alderman Greenwood moved that a letter be sent to Hornsby Shire Council, protesting against the continued neglect of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Coast Road Metal Quarries
The report of the above company, covering the half-year ended January 29, shows a net profit of £1301, which, with £1605, renders £2906 available. An interim dividend of 9d…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Rocky Road to Maranboy Horses and Motors Beaten. Northern Territory Worry. Melbourne
It is no easy task to transport 300 tons of machinery over a practically unmade road through Northern Territory scrub and desert, as is shown in an experience related by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl's Escape From Death. Leaps Clear of Train
Miss Gibb, of Chislehurst, Fairfield, escaped death by inches at Fairfield on Thursday night. Tripping over a sleeper. she fell on the railway line, but was able to pick…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Novel & Interesting Inventions Practical Machines for Road Work
A number of interesting and practical road-working machines have been developed for maintaining the roads in the vicinity of Carthage (U.S.A.). One of these is an adaptation…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motors, Botors, and Aeroplanes. Holiday Motoring. the Tram-stop Proposal. the 100 Miles Race
On Anniversary Day hundreds of parties motored to the points of scenic beauty within a fow hours' drive of the city, and even the record temperature could not spoil the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Smoke Concert (Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association
At the Manchester Unity Hall, Station Street, on Saturday evening of last week, the members of the local Branch (No 1) of the Amalgamated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reduced Train Service. Extras Put on in the South-west. West Wyalong
The alteration in the service is [?] considerable [?] to business people and travellers generally. The mail train, which arrived on Thursday was [?] crowded that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Gains. British and French Troops. German Armored Train. a Plan That Failed. Paris, Friday Evening
The latest communique reports the fact that the French have gained a footing on the Great Dune, near [?] They have consolidated positions previously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A 42-C.m. Gun Mounted on a Special Krupp Railway Truck
This picture is drawn from a description given to the British journal ''Engineering by a Frenchman who saw one of these tremendous pieces of artillery. The gun is worked electrically from a considerable distance. The atmospheric pressure at the moment of firing is so great that no one can stand upright near it. The exact weight of the powder charge is not given, but experts consider that it is certainly not under 15cwt. In this illustration the gun is shown on one of the specially constructed railway trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Legal Profession Motor Ambulance
[?] who have been interesting themselves in the appeal made by the Minister for [?] for an additional [?] for the efficient…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Deviation. the North Coast Line. Big Mistake in Estimated [?]
A public meeting was held last night, had a resolution was passed—"that [?] view of the [?]…
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