Cycling and Motoring. Cycling
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 10
The Morongla Creek Club yesterday received sanction from the League for a race meeting, which is to be held on March 11. The programme is comprised of a mile handicap of £6, a half-mile of £3, and a half-mile…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 8
Frederick Dale, of M'Donald-street, Paddington, who was knocked down by a tram in George-street on Friday last, died from his injuries at the Sydney Hospita yesterday…
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Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 6
Mr. A. Kelly M.L.A., this morning was Informed that tenders are to be called about the middle of April for the construction of a bridge across the Lachlan River at Warroo. This will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway and Tramway Service. the Gilbertian Meeting. Official Explanation
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 9
The meeting of the Railway and Tramway Service Association was resumed yesterday. An official statement was afterwards made of the position. It is said that the whole of the…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 7
The annual conference of the N.S.W. Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service, the sensational opening of which was reported in Monday's "Star," was…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 5
The Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Conference is still proceeding. As reported yesterday a deputation walled upon Mr. Addison, Registrar of the Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Interlocking" Executives. Railway and Tramway Fix. Deputations and Discussions
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 11
The deadlock in connection with the annual conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association continues, though it would seem as if a way out was at last about to be…
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Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 2
Mr. 'Samuel Hordern's handsome new motor yacht, now on the slips at the builders' (Messrs. Morrison and Sinclair) yards, Balmain, is fast approaching completion. Mr. Walter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brakes Would Not Hold. a Runaway Tram. Dashes Down Brickfield
Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 5
Some tram passengers Journeying in Leichhardt this morning bad a rather s[?]sational ride for a short distance. After the'car had ,left the stopping place, at the corner of George…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Railway Yards. a Magnificent View. Pictures of Current Events
Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 8
In to-day's issue of our popular weekly contemporary, the "Town and Country Journal,' all the important events of the week are pictured; while there are also other pictures of…
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Referee · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 6
Lord Montague, editor of "The Car" (Eng) estimates that there are at present some 340,000 motor vehicles in use throughout the world. In the writer's…
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Referee · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 6
The Tours' Committee of the Automobile Club expect to [?] the date of the two days' sealed handicap reliability trials to-day. The suggested route for…
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Referee · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 6
W. Tormey will make his attempt on the one mile flying start motor cycle record to-morrow evening at the Sports Ground, the occasion being the Cyclists'…
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Referee · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 6
Increased signs of activity are already very much apparent in the Motor Boat Club since going into its line club-rooms. A billiard handicap is to be held, and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 11
Wheat and Flour hy Rail.—The receipts of wheat and flour by rail at Darling Harbour nnd other metropolitan stations during the week ended February 18 compare with those of the previous week and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railways As Civilisers. the Balkan Lines. London, Feb. 18
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 9
Germany officially denies inciting projects for railways in the Balkans, proposed by Austria, but the official announcement adds that Germany regards all railways as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Transcontinental Railway Survey. Report of the Engineers. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 9
The engineers who met in conference to advise the Federal Government on the survey to be caried out for the railway route between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie have…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cycling and Motoring. To-night's Cycling Carnival
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 12
The New South Wales Cyclist's Union will this evening hold its final night racing carnival at the Sydney Sports Ground. A splendid programme has been arranged. Altogther 28 events will be decided…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 12
The Dunlop Rubber Company have just received some interesting information with regard to the big motor car contest which, as announced by cable a few days ago, started from New York. The success that…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 12
A big cruiser for Mr. Davies is expected to make her trial run this week. Morrison and Sinclair, of Balmain, at whose shed she has been constructed, say that she will casily be the fastest of her kind in the…
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