Motor Boat Club
A meeting or the Motor Boat Club will lake place on the 14th instant. The moonlight concert will be held on the 23rd instant. With regard to the reliabiliy trial which took place on Saturday a slight…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Erskineville Tramway the Minister for Works Entertained
Last evening a banquet was tendered to the Hon. C. A. Lee, Minister of Works, in connection with the turning of the first sod of the proposed turning line from the city to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Profitable Tramways
In turning the first sod of the City-Erskineville tramway yesterday afternoon Mr. C. A. Lee, Minister for Works, made reference to the general policy of the Government in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"How Our Railways Are Managed." to the Editor
Sir,--Under the above heading, unless one is a very frequent traveller, it is hard to imagine how our railways are run; I refer to long distance travellers who spend night after night in the train, in fact, very seldom out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Amalgamated Railway Union. Preparing for the Conference
In framing the business paper for the annual conference, the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association branches last year had the momentous question of arbitration for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The First Sod. Erskineville Tram Extension
For some years past efforts have been made to induce the Government to construct a tramway between George-street, city, and the municipality of Erskineville…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Courts. Trouble at a Railway Station
In the summons division of the Central Court George Pemberton, a railway inspector, proceeded against William Breen on a charge of assaulting William Wooderoft. The defendant, who pleaded guilty, was ordered out of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cycling and Motoring. Cycling
H. W. Thompson, the Eastern Suburbs rider, and one of the fastest amateur sprinters in this State, fell 12 feet from a building last week, and received a bad shaking. In consequence, Thompson may not be able to race for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor-boat Reliability Trials
In cur report of motor-boat reliability trials in Tuesday's issue, it was stated that only one boat failed to make a non-stop run, an error due to the fact that the judges issued no interim report on the trials. In…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Illawarra Train Service
The Kogarah Council recently communicated with the Railway Commissioners in regard to several improvements in the train service of the Illawarra suburbs. A reply has now been reached stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Delayed. Parkes
Owing to electrical disturbances interfering with the working, of the line, the up train from. Forbes this evening arrived at Parkes nearly three hours late…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Closed Roads. Complaints From Kempsey
Mr. John Regan, Kempsey, writes:—It is most important to the success of the great movement the Carruthers Government have in hand of helping deserving families on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →John Bridge and Co., Limited
In accordance with the roster, we did not hold any wool sale this week, but on Monday, the 11th February, we will bring forward a catalogue of about 6,000 bales,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire at a Grocer's Shop in Bulwara-road
Towards the small hours of this morning a rather destructive fire broke out at a grocer's shop in Bulwara-road, city, off George-street West. The place, which was owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Propositions in Queensland
Replying to a deputation asking for the construction of a railway from Eumundin, on the North Coast line, the Queensland Minister for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railways and the Farmers. Carting Wool to Sydney
The following significant wire comes from Penrith:—Messrs, Mangrath Bros., wool scourers, of Emu Plains, have for some time past had their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railways and the Farmers
There are two railway matters which are special grievances with the rural community at the present time—the shortage of trucks to bring the wheat harvest to the port, and the absence of provision for cheap country excursions to the seaside…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cycling and Motoring
The Automobile Club has decide to postpone the run-off of the reliability contest fixed for to-morrow until the 16th instant. The roads from Strathfield to Mittagong are said to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to King Leopold. Carriage and Tramcar Collide
LONDON, Thursday Evening.—While our driving at Brussels to-day the carriage of King Leopold collided with a tramcar. The King sustained a severe shock, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Rates
Very slowly the question of railway freights comes into the domain of practical politics. We have issued the pamphlet on "The Philosophy of…
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