Motor Boat Club
The new speed boat Staindard III. has just been purchased bj Dr. Piers Hatton, in enthusiastic motorist. The boat will be renamed, and will in future be known as Lady Eileen. Dr. Hatton now owns…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
8,602 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250
Value of Motor Cyclists in War
Speaking at the Automobile Club annual dinner recently in London, Major-General Benson stated "That if in time of invasion three or four thousand motor cyclists could be called out for the dele[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tocumwal Railway Extension. Melbourne
While Mr. Bent, the Victorian Premier, was at Tocumwal, a request was made to him that the raliway to Tocumwal should bo constructed from its present terminus to a point…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tramway Troubadours
Every trade and profession or industrial calling has its own set of stock jokes, many of which are not particularly lucid, save to those in the know. In…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fireman Injured
NARRABRI, Tuesday.--While attempting to board the mail train to-day, Clifton Howoll, the fireman fell. The wheels passed over his left foot, which was completely severed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Objections to Motor Buses
At the last meeting of the Marrickville Council the Mayor (Alderman Gould) submitted a minute in which he stated that he had given provisional permission to run a line of 'buses…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The North Coast Railway Service. to the Editor
Sir,--At prevent it takes a passenger leaving Grafton at 8 a.m., almost 36 hours to reach Brisbane, a distance of about 230 miles, only 3[?] hours of which is over Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Early History of the Motor Omnibus
Having become, so familiar with the motor car, many will be surprised to know that the first mechanically-propelled road vehicle built in England was designed so far back as 1831…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Buffers for Motor Cars
Collisions by an auto-mobile, either with stationary or moving objects, nearly always result in a certain amount of damage being inflicted upon the motor vehicle, As a rule, it is the…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Road Races in France
The Automobile Club of France has decided to hold one international road race during this year, presumably the Grand Prix, in which the number of entries from other countries will be based on the importance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Alleged Shooting at a Train
"Passenger" writes:—Re Mr. J. M'Bean's experience on the 1.33 train to Penrith, when a bullet is said to have been fired through the window: haying been a [?] by same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Wreck a Train. Steel Rope Placed Across the Line
ORANGE, Thursday.—Some time during the night a valuable steel rope, used at the Great Western Flour Mill at Millthorpe Siding for shunting purposes, was placed across the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring
Messrs. G. O. Hyde and C. O. [?], the tours committee of the Automobile Club of Australia, have arranged a run for the 20th, 27th, and 28th instant. The pregramme for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glebe Point Tramway
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Hogue, recently wrote to the Minister for Works, pointing out the necessity of extending the Glebe Point tramway from its present terminus at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Over the Mountains in a Motor
KIANDRA, Thursday.—Mr. G. Hoskins, of Sydney, with a family party, has passed through here in his touring car. The party left Sydney on January 10, passing through Mount Victoria,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accommodation. Complaint From Gunnedah
GUNNEDAH, Thursday.—Complaints have been frequent lately regarding second-class accommodation for passengers by the down North-Western mail train. At a time like the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mudgee Railway Extension. Coolah
The Public Works Committee took evidence here to-day regarding the extension of the Mudgee railway to Coborah. The witnesses were practically unanimously in favour of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pioneer Motor Cycle Club
A number of prominent motor cyclists belonging the above body, including J. Jarman, A. J. Bergin, J. Doherty, II M. Murray, N. Saunders, F. Daniels and A. J. Powell, intend going up to Eskbank for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycling and Motoring. Paris Motor Show. Remarkable Exhibit of Vehichles
The motor exhibition held in Paris last month, under the auspices of the French Automobile Society, may be classed as one of the finest since automobiles first began to be shown.It was the eighth annual display…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways Affected. Appeal to the Railway Commissioners
A number of the grain merchants of Sydney waited upon the Railway Commissioners yesterday for the purpose of discussing with them certain matters arising out of the…
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