Motoring
In the teeth of a still nor'-easter, a flotilla of about twenty motor boats headed out of Farm Cove on Saturday afternoon. Commodore P. C. Mitchell, in the Cyrene, and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
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Railway Competition. London, Feb. 18
Working arrangements have been concluded between the Midland Railway Company and the London and North-Western Railway Company to prevent wasteful…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cycling and Motoring Sydney Thousand Acceptances
Up till 10 on Saturday night close on 120 racing cyclists had accepted for the great £1000 handicap, to take place on the Sydney Cricket Ground next month. Amongst those who have sent in their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Crystal Palace Motor Show
Particulars of the above show, which took place in London from January 26 to February 3, are anxiously awaited. Since the Olympian exhibit and the Parisian display there was a lot of speculation as to whether…
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About 20 motor launches, belonging to the Motor Boat Club, assembled at Farm Cove on Saturday afternoon. It was the intention of the club to hold a rendezvous at Vaucluse Bay. At 2.45 p.m. the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Boom in Motor Cars
Perhaps at no time during recent years did motor vehicles experience such a big boom as during the recent British elections. The value of the motor car both during electioneering and on the polling day was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Capabilities of the Country. Proposals for Government Consideration. Railways From a National Wealth Standpoint. Savings by Railways During Droughts
A question which will have to be faced by the Government sooner or later is whether the arid west, of which the portion known as the Western Division alone contains an area…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →North Coast Railway League. Coff's Harbour
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Railway League elected Messrs. M'Lean, MacNamara, and Moorehead delegates to the conference to meet Mr. Carruthers and Mr. Lee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Bicycles. for the British Army. Ordered by Mr. Haldane. London, Sunday, 2.10 p.m
As a result of the experiments during the manoeuvres of 1905, Mr. R. B. Haldane (Secretary of State for War,) has ordered a number of low- built motor bicycles for use in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Fatal Accident. Fall From a Tram. Verdict of Accidental Death
This morning at the Coroner's Court, Queen's Square, Mr. A. N. Barnett, City. Coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the death of Matthew Pemberton, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Capsize in the Harbor. Rescue by a Motor-launch
"There is an upturned boat in the water off Mosman's Bay, and a man's hat floating near by." This was the message received by the Water Police shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring. Motor-boat Club's Rendezvous
Owing to a series of misfortunes, the rendezvous of the Motor-boat Club on Saturday afternoon was not the successful outing anticipated. The motor-boats, to the number of 25, assembled in Farm Cove, and shortly before 3…
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A now tramway route was successfully opened in Sydney yesterday. Cars from Crown-street branched off from Oxford-street into Liverpool-street, and then turned into Castlereagh-steet…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tramway Association
At the monthly meeting of the Tramway Officers' Association at the Railway Institute an interesting lecture, entitled "A Discourse on Traction Motors," was delivered by Mr. A. W. Kendal), of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Men and Municipal Offices
At the recent municipal elections at Hurstville Mr. Thomas Hall, the local stationmaster, was a candidate for the position of auditor, and some doubt arose as to whether he would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trams to Fort Macquarie
A suggestion was made to the Harbor Trust last week that the Manly ferry service should be removed to Fort Macquarie, and that the tramway should be extended to the point. The…
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BLAYNEY, Monday.--The heavy storm three weeks ago damaged the roads in this district, and made vehicular traffic difficult. Complaints have been made of the departmental delay in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Paris to Milan Road Race
At a meeting of the council of the League of New Zealand Wheelmen last week. Mr. E. H. James [?] that in about six months time it was intended to hold a big road-race in Europe, from Paris toMilan and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway and Tramway Men. Cancellation of a Union. Refused by the Registrar
The Registrar in Arbitration (Mr. G. C. Addison) delivered his reserved decision yesterday in the matter of application of several unions for the cancellation of the registration…
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