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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--With a view to prompting racing among motor-cars, Mr. J. R. Crooke has spent, £2000 on building a special banked track at Aspendale Park racecourse. The first meeting was held to-day, in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--An elderly man named Wm. Poulter was crossing at the intersection of Sturt and Dawson streets, Ballarat, this afternoon, when he collided with the footboard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late last night the body of a man was found lying on the footway of the Bunbury railway bridge. The remains were identified as those of Albert Newman, a nurseryman,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Railway and Tramway Musical Society will perform Planquette's comic opera "Les Cloches de Cornville" at the Railway Institute on Thursday and Friday nights, when the work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. H. S. Harden's Little De Dion was built by Messrs. Pritchard Bros. Mr. Harden is a member of the Motor Boat Club, and is chairman of the election…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the question of the upkeep of a motor-car, a Melbourne driver has something to say: and it is wise what he does say. "Of [?]," he remarks, "It costs a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An idea of the importance that is attached to the Parts motor-car show may be gathered from the fact that the President of the Republic opened it instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. E. L. Holmes, of the Motor Mart, Melbourne, who is the local agent for the Richard Brazier motor-car, has received a communication from Mr. Maillard, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This device is being introduced by a Sheffield manufacturing company. As will be seen from the illustration, the mud and dust collector is fixed over the rear wheels…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—There appears to be only one opinion as to the way in which Mr. E. W. Knox has done his work as one of three Royal Commissioners on the railway inquiry, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A sensational accident occurred late last evening in George-street, between King and Market streets. A fire engine, whilst proceeding to an outbreak in Sussex-street, came…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Something of a sensation has recently been coused in the motor world by the announcement that Messrs. Renault, the French makers, are claiming that they hold master patents in connection with the "direct…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At the Melbourne Tramways Company's half-yearly meeting, the receipts for the half-year were shown at £224,558. A penny section, it was stated, had been started between…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Driver Sheehan, Fireman (McKeone, and Guard Blinkorn, of the Gembrook train which was derailed on Sunday, have been suspended, pending an inquiry into the cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Earl of Cromer, British Minister in Egypt, in the presence of many sheiks, yesterday opened the railway across the desert from Berber to Soudan, near Suakim,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A railway accident occurred on Sunday afternoon to an excursion train on the narrow gauge from Ferntree Gully to Glenbrook. The train consisted of eight covered…
Continued on Trove, page 313 →Oh, cute and tricky Is Mr. Hickey, Who's a toney train inspector; A.I. at spying,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Whilst careering along George-street late last night on its way to a fire in Sussex- street a "steamer" from the Circular Quay station collided with a tram. The pole of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A deputation representing the St. Peters Municipal Council was introduced to the Railway Commissioners by Mr. M' Coy, M.L.A., yesterday, to ask that the…
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