Motor Races in Melbourne
The principal topic of conversation in motoring circles this week is the big Automobile race meeting which is to be held on Monday January 29 (A.N.A. Day) The…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
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A Tasmanian Motor Tour
Mr. Bowes Kelly, a well-known Victorian magnate. is now having a motor tour through Tasmania. Just before Christmas he secured the services of Mr. A. E. J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Boats. Lane Cove Channel
Messrs, Ross and Wiesener have been deputed to wait upon the authorities for the purpose of having the channel of the principal reaches of Lane Cove River more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The March of the Motor
If any person doubts the undeniable strides which this form of sport is making, it would bo only accessary for him to pay a visit to any of the boat-building…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cycling and Motoring. Sydney Thousand
The following are the entries for the sydney Thousand to be run in March:— C.S. Orr, J. Megson, A. R. Roberts H.W. Pinkerton, F. Fowle, W. Parker, B. Kett, E. V. Gilliver…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →North Coast Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The representative conference held at Kempsey on Saturday, for the very fine report of which renders are indebted to the "Herald," is, let it be hoped, but a forerunner…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Railways. Royal Commission. Report on Coal Contracts. a Mild Censure. Minority Report. Strongly Condemnatory. Unbusiness-like Methods
His Excellency Sir Harry H.Rawson made available yesterday the report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into certain matters connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Fatal Fall From a Tram
At the inquest held on the body of Norman de Meur, who died on Monday at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from the effects of a fall from a tram, a verdict of accidental…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Railway Grievance. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Anyone travelling by the 6.20 p.m. train Mo[?] Vale to Sydney, or the 7.55 p.m. Camden to Sydney, last night, could come to no other conclusion but that our railway officials are a long way behind the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riverine Railways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—As a native and one interested in the southern district, I have read with perhaps more interest than the average Sydneysider the Finley and Tocumwai correpondence that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Anniversary Day. Railway Arrangements
The practice in regard to holidays, of observing them, not on their actual date, but as a rule on Monday, is a most convenient one for the general public, as it enables them to get away on the Saturday and return…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mudgee to Cobborah Railway. Opinions of a Mine Owner
The expediency of constructing a line of railway from Mudgee to Cobborah was further considered by the Public Works Committee, yesterday at Parliament House…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, January 24, 1906. the Railway Commission's Report
The report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into matters connected with the administration of the Railway Department, which we give in another…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tramway Troubadours. Inspector Hughie Jesso[?]
He's not the worst along the line, Is 'Spectre Hughie Jessop; Of course he dearly loves red tape. And makes the trobadours hop…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anniversary Regatta. Manoeuvres of the Motor Men. They "Won't Play in Your Yard" with the Common Sailing Chaps
From the outset the motor men at the Anniversary Regatta Committee meetings have proved troublesome, caused principally from members of the Motor Boat Club…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fatal Fall. From a Tram. Boy Killed
An inquest was held yesterday at the Prince Alfred Hospital on the body of a boy named Norman Louie de Meur, aged 12 years and 6 months, who died in that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Railway Management. Attitude of the Junior Commissioners. Waiting Till Called on by the Government
The report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Western Coal Contract does not appear to have thrown the Railway Department into a state of agitation and alarm. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bush Fires. Railway Concessions Granted
In connection with the disastrous bush fires which have been devastating parts of the country during the past few days the Railway Commissioners have had under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cost of Running a Motor Car
There are many people anxious to possess a motor car who are deterred by the fear that the running cost will prove prohibitive. They will be interested in a collection of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Railway Boilers
When giving evidence before the Mails Subsidies Commission on Monday last, Mr. B. W. Foley expressed the opinion that cur railways were not well managed. As an illustration of…
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