Touring on a Motor Cycle
Mr. F. S. Roberts, on a 17 h.p. Motosachoche, made a tour to Goulburn and back last week end. The tour was started about midday on Saturday. Liverpool…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
10,327 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 250
Motor Cycling. Doherty Breaks Records
On Tuesday, February 25, after several postponements, the Cyclists' Union was at last successful in carrying out its night Cycling Carnival, and the promised…
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The Motor Boat Club held a concert at the club rooms on Tuesday night, but, considering the excellence of the programme provided by the committee, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Motor Garage
A new motor garage has been opened in Melbourne, at the corner of Collins and Spencer-streets, under the management of Mr. G. E. C. Griffin, a gentleman…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring. Automobile Club
The question of differentiating between those members of Automobile Clubs who are connected with the motor trade, and private owners in competitions,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New York to Paris. the Big Motor Contest. London, March 2
Snow and bad roads are impeding the motorists contesting the New York to Paris race. The contestants have passed Chicago, en…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Amalgamation. Declared Illegal. London, March 3
In the Court of King's Bench yesterday, Mr. Justice Lawrance decided that the proposed joint scheme of the Great Northern and Great Central railways for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Waverley Tramway Club
The following handicaps have been declared for the 100yds first-class handicap (for affiliated swimmers of the A.S.A., doing lm 8s and under), to be decided at Hellings' Bondi Baths to-day:£H. Baker, scr; A…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cycling and Motoring. Ex-champion Amateur Dead
By the death of Walter Turnbull, a member of the Balmain Club, the Cyclists' Union has lost one of its most prominent riders. "Snowy" Turnbull, as he was called, was in his day one of the best champions the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Power of the Tip. Charge Against Railway Porters. Wagga
Speaking at the luncheon in connection with the annual picnic of the Amalgamated Railway Employees' Association at Wagga to-day, the Mayor, Alderman Joseph Hayes, said he had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Transcontinenral Railway. Sir J. Forrest Optimistic. Perth
Speaking at a civis send-off at Fremantle, Sir John Forrest, who left for the eastern States to-day, said the completion of the railway connecting Western Australia with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Proposed Welllngton-werris Creek Railway. Wellington
A conference of representatives from the district branches of the F. and S. Association was held yesterday to reopen the question of connecting the Northern and Western…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Murderous Motor Man
They are beginning to fall heavily upon the hog motorist in the Old Dart, Thus a London sporting paper tells of the castigating of a chauffeur : — Chauffeur…
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"Staff Key": A man who witnesses a Sydney tram accident has greatness thrust upon him. Sport Wynne's car, a on which I am brown [?] playfully butted…
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The carnival in connection with the Waverley Tramway Club, which takes place this afternoon, at Hellinge's Bondi Baths, promises to be a huge success. No…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →St. George Sailing and Motor Boat Club
A general handicap, for which — in addition to the cash prizes — a silver cup has been donated by Mr. A. J. Geddes, will be sailed round the Botany Bay course on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collision Between Buggy and Tramcar. Sydney Visitor's Narrow Escape
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A serious collision between a horse attached to a buggy and a tramcar occurred in Collins-street to-day. As the horse touched the dummy he reared, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Kogarah-cronulla Tramway
A meeting was held in the Kogarah school of Arts last evening, with regard to the proposed extension of a tramline from Kogarah to Cronulla. The Mayor (AId. C. A. Halstead) president over a fairly large attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Car Driving. to the Editor
Sir,--The authorities whose duty it is to see that motor cars are not driven at a speed to endanger life and property would do well to set watch on the road from Ocean-street tram terminus to Rose Bay. Repeatedly…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motoring. Automobile Club of Australia. the Sealed Handicap Touring Contest
Entries are to close on Saturday night, at the clubrooms, for the scaled handicap touring contest, which is being held by the Automobile Club of Australia, on Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14 Judging by…
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