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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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A cry that has arisen from time to time during the past few years has been "the elimination of the gear box." It is agreed that such simplification of the automobile is a very desirable goal at which to aim. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →There is, apparently, very little prospect of New Zealand and Queensland being represented in the race for the motor boat championship of Australasia. When owners in both the island Dominion and northern State intimated…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The American six days' race concluded on December 14, resulted in a win for the Rutt-Stohl team, with 2313 miles, five laps. Fogler and Moron (U.S.A.) got second money, and Georget and Dupre (France) were placed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The construction of tramlines in connection with the North Sydney system from Falcon-street to the suspemaion bridge, from Gore-hill to Longueville-road, and from Blue's Point to Crow's Nest have been finally approved,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--W. Lloyd, a railway inspector, was killed by a locomotive near Chaklene, to-day. The body was cut in two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kate Comans, a young woman, fell from a tram near Kensington last evening. She was conveyed to St. Vincent's Hospital, where Dr. Maher admitted her, suffering from an injury to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →As anniversary day holiday will be held on Monday next an opportunity is afforded metropolitan residents to spend a few days in the country and country residents to take a trip to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LITHGOW, Thursday.-- Word has been received that Mr. W. C. Sheppard, schoolteacher at Rydal, who went to New Zealand, while in Auckland was riding in a bus, which was run…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—On the railway lint to Middle Brighton, the driver and fireman of the 5.10 train this morning from Melbourne discovered the body of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A "Star" man had a brief chat with the Premier yesterday on a number of political topics. Speaking with regard to the proposed North Shore Bridge, to which Mr. Wade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On December 18, in the St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, Lieut.-General Baden Powell delivered a lecture on the training of boys. In the course of his remarks he said that boys…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The N.S.W. Tramway Department will shortly commence" the erection of new tram sheds at Moore Park, close to the present City Council destructor. The sheds will be something like…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In answer to a request for a more frequent service of trains to Bondi Beach on Sunday mornings, Mr. Septimus Powell, of Oxford-street, Paddington, has received a notification…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A largely attended meeting of residents of Ashfield, Canterbury, and Intervening districts was held in the Ashfield Council Chambers on Wednesday evening to take steps to collect…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BOWRAL, Friday.—Sergeant Nowlan is still unconscious, but the doctor says no bad symptoms have developed. Messrs. Edwards and Shearer are still in the hospital and improving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A race for motor boats will be held under the auspices of the above club round the Kogarah and Gawley Bay course on Saturday afternoon, starting at 4 o'clock. The following are the entries:—Petrel (A. Scholtz),…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In regard to the race around the world, from New York to Paris, proposed by the French newspaper "Le Matin," Mr. Charles J. Gidden, who visited Australia a couple of years ago, suggest[?] that the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sergeant Nowlan, who was seriously injured in the motor car accident on Tuesday, has not yet regained consciousness. Messrs. Edwards and Shearer ara making…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A[?] Annniversary Day holiday i[?] being held on Monday an opport[?]mity is afforded metropolitan residents to [?]pend a few days in the country, and country residents to take a trip to the metropolis. For those desirous…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A new 20-h.p. Beeston-Humber motor car has just bren landed by George lanes and Co. for Mr. L. W. Pye the well-known cricketer, of Parramatta. The vechicle which is fitted with a 4-cylinder engine, is…
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