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On Saturday the Pioneer Motor Cycle Club will decide the first licit in their series of three events for the Strelein Cup. The Event will be run at the Sports Ground, at the Cyclists' Union race meeting over a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →New South Wales Cyclists' Union.--Ameteur championship race meeting, Sydney Sports Ground. Sydney, Suburban, Burwood, Enfield, Eastern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Redtern, Balmain,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →At Monday's meeting of the Parrnmatta Council, the Mayor said that he had received the following letter from the secretary of the Castle Hill Progress…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NARRABRI, Thursday.—An accident befel the incoming Wee Waa mail last night. Approaching the Namoi Bridge it collided with a cow. Three passenger cars were derailed, but no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amusing evidence regarding the working of an Irish light railway was given on January 8 before the Royal Commission inquiring into the management of Irish railways by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—Thomas Parnham, a laborer, who is dumb and feeble minded has been arrested at Nottingham, and has confessed to train wrecking and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—The Raliway Commissioners of this State, whenever approached in the past in the interests of the long-suffering public, by a deputation or other representative body in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"I admit that it is a beautiful spot. Among all the pretty bays and inlets of Sydney Harbor I don't suppose there is any place more beautiful said the Minister for Works this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Like the recent appalling railway disaster in Scotland, which is supposed to have been caused by the snowfall, many railway accidents have had remarkable causes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A new departure in the way of delivering goods has been entered upon by the firm of William Arnott, Limited. With the desire of testing the efficiency of the motorcar as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →William Thompson, carter, of Liverpool-road, Upper Bankstown, was proceeded against by summers at Glebe Police Court for wilfully driving a horse attached to a cart so as to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Motor Boat," an English journal, gives particulars of a device which has been successfully employed in British waters for propelling a light boot by hand. The boat is driven by means of a T-shaped lever…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"I could name off-hand at least half-a-dozen important uses to which the car might be put in time of war," writes Mr. S. F. Edge in an article contributed to a Manchester weekly paper. Among the uses named are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →European motor cars are popular in the United States. From January 1 to October 31 last year, 1332 cars were imported into New York, of a total value of 4,605,315 dollars, as against 911 cars during the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At a meeting of the Pioneer Motor Cycle Club, held at the rooms in Hunter-street on Tuesday evening, the prizes in connection with the recent reliability trial and Chamberlain Cup contest were presented…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,—The overlapping section of the trams opposite the new station has proved a great convenience to the public, and is, I am sure, much appreciated by them; but may I…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The possibility of a big Australian automobile reliability contest down the east coast of Australia has been suggested by the Dunlop Rubber Company, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Messrs. W. Arnott, Limited, recently despatched their Swift were motor biscuit waggon on a journey over the Blue Mountains to Bathurst, thence across to Goulburn, and back to Sydney. The journey was undertaken for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In winning the mile wheel race at Ballarat last Saturday, H. C. Thomas rode the distance from scratch in the fast tune of 1min. 55sec. At the meeting W. Palmer, the well-known Victorian rider, had another bad fail,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Traffic revenue of £119,750 was earned by the Silverton Tramway company during the year ended December 31 last, as contrasted with railway receipts…
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