Motoring Notes Automobile Club
At the monthly meeting of the Automobile Club of Australia, which was held in the club-rooms on Thursday evening. 14 new members were elected. The date for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Motor Cycling
The 2-miles motor cycle handicap at Newcastle on Boxing Night was productive of some of the best racing yet seen between the power-driven machines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclists' Association. Cycling and Motor Races at Braidwood
On Boxing Day the Braidwood B.C. held their annual sports meeting, in the presence of a large gathering. The weather was fine and the racing good. The…
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"Driving a horse is slow work after a year of motoring," remarked a Melbourne gentleman while conversing recently on the relative merits of the two modes of…
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A Melbourne motorist says a motor car is good for going to fights in, as one can go to the spot selected for the encounter, no matter how far away, in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Casualties and Fatalities. Fall From a Tram
Russell Issanchon, 8, residing at Margaretstreet, Petersham, fell from a moving tram in Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, yesterday. He was conveyed to the Royal Prince Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The North Coast Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your issue of the 21st inst. appears a letter in reference to this railway from Mr. E. M'C. S. Hill, of Wingham, in which he makes so many misstatements that I think…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cycling and Motoring. Motor Notes
A few years ago the four-cylinder engine stood in the same position as that which the six-cylinder occupies to-day. It was advocated as a great improvement on the two-cylinder type in smoothness…
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Mathematically-minded motorists may be interested to learn that the total number of cars and chassis exhibited at the Olympia show was 596; the total value, £34[?],852; the average value per car, £587;…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Railway Disasters the Scottish Accident. Engine Driver Arrested. London, Jan. 1
Gourlay, the driver of the North British express, which on Friday crashed into a stationary train at Arbroath, has been arrested on a charge of driving…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Employees. Better Conditions Demanded. London, Dec. 31
The Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees proposes to make a general demand for an eight-hour day in connection with moving traffic, and for an increase in…
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The Ashfield Bicycle Club will hold a twelve-miles road race on Saturday. The start and finish will be at Ashfield. The New South Wales Cyclists' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 53 →Automobile Club of Australia. Motor Reliability Contest
The Automobile Club of Australia has issued a booklet, in which the rules and conditions of their reliability contest, down for decision on January 25 and 26, are given. The…
Continued on Trove, page 53 →The Home Motor Industry
Few Australians realise the tremendous growth of the automobile industry in Europe. At the present time the manufacture of motors represents one of the biggest industries of…
Continued on Trove, page 53 →New Tramway Projects
The Public Works Committee have on their programme for consideration three proposed tramways, of which two are metropolitan and one for a country town. The latter is…
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In building the North Coast railway the intension of the Minister is to follow up the sections as rapidly as possible, and not necessarily wait till One is completed before…
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The Caledonia Railway Company's train from Arbroath (Forfarshire) to Dundee was awaiting at Elliott Junction, one and a half mile from Arbroath, the signal to proceed…
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A little, boy named Russell Issanchon, whose parents live at Petersham, was attempting to board a moving tram in Leicehardt yesterday when he missed his footing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tram and Cart Collision a Coroner's Inquest
The City Coroner (Mr. A. N. Barnett) held an inquest at the Coroner's Court to-day into the death of an elderly man named John Smith, who died in the Royal Prince Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motoring Accident in America
Eight persons were injured, three probably fatally, in the course of some motor-car races on the Point Breeze track, Phlladelphia (U.S.A.), on November 24. When…
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