Motor Speed to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Having very recently returned from a visit to England, I am astonished at the action of the Sydney police with regard to the driving of motor cars. I am not an owner of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
9,158 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250
Shortage of Railway Trucks. Agitation by Farmers. Tamworth
At Nemingha last night a largely attended meeting of farmers was held under the chairmanship of Mr. J. J. Lord, in connection with the shortage of trucks question. A motion was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tramway and Omnibus Traffic
At the half-yearly meeting of the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company to-day the secretary read a comparative statement of the traffic for the half year ended December 31,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tramway Men's Wages
Under the Wages Boards Act provision is made for the men engaged in any particular industry to agree with their employers and have the agreement registered. This would do…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railways in Carpentaria
The information that the Queensland Government has deputed an engineer to examine the country round the Gulf of Carpentaria with a view to making…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Opening of a New Tramline. City Fire Precautions
THE official opening of the Abercrombie-street tramway by the Minister for Works took place on Saturday afternoon. As the line runs through portion of the city, Redfern, Darlington, Newtown, and Erskineville, the representatives of those districts formed a joint committee, which spared no pains to make the occasion…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →A Record of Current Events. Women Tramps
I once lived close to a road along which a great many tramps passed. About 80 per cent. of them called, asking for food. They were of all kinds—men looking for work, and…
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Colonel H. C. Stanley, the Australian representative of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., Ltd., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, states that his principals have decided to place their well-known motor cars on…
Continued on Trove, page 57 →Growth of the Motor Movement
The steady and continuous growth of the motor movement (says a London paper) is shown by the returns furnished by the registering authorities to the three national…
Continued on Trove, page 57 →The Need of Railway Reform. Where the System Has Failed. the Biggest Industry the Greatest Sufferer. by Comeback
What great things could be accomplished if our Railway Department was really in sympathetic touch with the producers of the State and the keynote of their administration was to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Troubadours. Arry Lawton. (President of the Union.)
Here's "Arry, whom the wild men chased Into the pub last year; They simply wanted Arry's blood. No thought was there of beer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fakumenn Railway. London, Tuesday, 3.10 p.m
Dr. Morrison, the Pekin correspondent of the "Times," hints that Great Britain is unable any longer to support Japan's standpoint in connection with the Fakumena…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Woollahra Tram
The Padington Council has decided upon working in with Waverley and woollahra in making the ceremony of opening the woollahre tram an imposing one. The opening will take place on Monday, February 1…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Bellevue-hill Tram. to the Editor
Sir,--I understand that the authorities have decided to make the end of the twopenny section of the above tra[?]which commences running next Monday--the corner of Queen-street and Edgeeliff-rode. In the face of the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sporting Review. Wales and Wallabies. When Handicappers Differ. Sculling Championships. Motor Cycle Test George Towns Honored. Turf Notes and Tips. Wrestling Championship. Beaurepaire's Record. English Billiard Championship. Cycling, Motoring, Bowls, Golf, Boxing, Swimming, Cricket. Sporting. the Turf
Messrs. W. Inglis and Son's sale of racehorses and other blood stook listed for half-past 2 o'clock to-day it Payten's Newmarket stables, Randwick, and the list of entrants that will bid for a change of. ownership is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motoring. Fink Motor Cycle Record Ride
Last month at the Canning Town track, O. C. Conf[?], mounted on a 5 h.p. motor cycle beat the six hours' motor record is very handsome fashion. The previous best was 244 miles 1630 yards, by H…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Cycle Reliability Run. Sydney to Leura and Back. a Successful Event
The Pioneer Motor Cycle Club--the governing body of motor, cycling in tins htute--held a reliability run yesterday from Sydney to Leura and back. The stalling and finishing point, was Taverners-hill at Leichhardt,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Line Repaired
BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--The railway line between Block 10 and the Proprietary mine was repaired by the Silverton Tramway staff today, the unions offering no objection. The first…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatalities and Accidents. a Motor Cyclist's Escape
H. Saunders, a competitor in the motor cycle reliability run yesterday from Sydney to Leura, had a harrow, escape from serious, if not fatal, injury. While travelling through Prospect at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Killed by a Motor-car
James Gillo, a pea nut vendor, who was knocked down by a motor-car in St. Mary's-road on Thursday last, died from the effects of his injuries at the Sydney Hospital yesterday…
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