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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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One of the most interesting proposals to be brought before the British Parliament next session is that for a motor approach road to London. Some prominent motorists have promoted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LISMORE, Friday.--The New Year holiday passed over quietly. There were no amusements in Lismore, and the bulk of the people journeyed by railway to Byron Bay; a large…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Recently a big circus elephant held up a train at Belfast, Michigan. When the train stopped at the station (says the "Boys' Own Paper") the elephant, who was in a truck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I am this week set the formidable task of squeezing, so far as it be humanly possible a quart measure into a pint [?]pot. There is, in fact, so much for the dealer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Several times during the year, says Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, owing, no doubt, to the increase of large fires in other countries, questions have been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The contractors who are building the new tramline from tie city, through Paddington, to Bellevue Hill, this morning reached Park-street, where, for the first time, this important…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When seen at the Central Railway Station this morning by an "Evening News" representative, the station-master said the traffic on the railways just at present was very heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ALBURY, Saturday Morning.—C. K. Kellow and H. B. James, who left Melbourne at 5 o'clock yesterday evening, and are attempting to reach Sydney in 24 hours, in a 15-horse power…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Friday Evening.—A receiver has been, appointed of the Seaboard Air Lane, the third most Important railway of the Eastern American system The capital of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alexander M'Cullum, 27, a tram guard, residing in Lister-street. Paddington was attempting to alight from a tram in motion in Oxford-street, near Dowing-street, this…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An important branch of the railway service, and one closely associated with the comfort and welfare of the travelling public, is that responsible for the care, cleaning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. J. F. Hennessy writes:—As a visitor to your city I took the opportunity of visiting Wonderland City on the holiday; but think of my disappointment when after entering with my…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Practically all railway lines are laid upon, wooden sleepers, which constitute the most perishable portion of track construction Earthwork, stone or steel bridges, and ballast may, with…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A useful device is an electric gas lighter for use in motor-car head lights. It consists of a lever, which can be brought into contact with the metallic part of the burner…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mr. C. H. Relph, the well-known Sydney motor boating enthusiast, who in Australian circles is regarded as one of the most skillled exponents of petrol-propelled lunches in the Southern Hemisphere, recently…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sir,—During the past few weeks I have noticed a fair number of contributions to your columns on the above subject, and although the matter has been discussed from various…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A meeting of the Tramways Association was held to-night to discuss the question whether it should be represented in its communications with the Tramways Trust by…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Late last night, J. Hartley, a workman, was knocked down by a motor car belonging to Mr. F. C. Harney, on the Causeway Bridge, at Perth, and killed. The motor car was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →One thousand motor 'busmen struck, owing to the employers offering to pay per number of journeys instead of by the day…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tryon, driving a 60-horse-power Napier motor car on the Brooklands course, at the rate of 85 miles an hour, burst a tyre. The motor, jumped the embankment, and…
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