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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
10,372 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250
Some weeks ago Messrs. Sydney Day and H. B. James, of Melbourne, left Sydney G.P.O. at an early hour in an endeavour to beat the record of 21h. 19m. held by Mr. G. White, of Adelaide. On that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Kosciusko of late has attained considerable popularity, especially since the new motor road in the last portion of the journey to the mountain has been made…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →For some weeks there has been a discussion in London, respecting the life of commercial motor vehicles, and some decidedly interesting opinions have been put forward…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"I do not think," states an English writer, "anyon[?] with an obervant eye and an acquaintance with the traffic conditions of London can have fa[?]led to observe the increasing comfort, quietness, and general…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Japan has notified that she will withdraw her objections to the construction of the Chinchau to Aigun (Northern Manchuria) railway if she is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The counting of the votes for the election at the employees representative on the Railway and Tramsay Appeals Board for the three years, 1910-13, was completed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. S. Day and H. B. James are experiencing ill-luck in their attempts to lower Mr. G. G. White's Melbourne to Sydney record. They have failed in two attempts, after getting well ahead of record up to certain…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,--Mr. W. E. Abbott's letter of February 10 regarding the congestion of traffic on all the railway lines on the first 200 miles from Sydney is a plain fact, and at the Minister for Railways would launch out and spend…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An inquest was held yesterday afternoon by Mr. E. L. Maitland, coroner, for the Parramatta district, at the Burwood Courthouse, into the causes of the death of Eric Watt (9), who was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--Mr. Taylor might well have added to his recent remarks concerning railway mismanagement of the Illawarra line the inconvenience passengers are subjected to at most of the stations by the extraordinary methods…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Evidence in support of the proposal to construct a line of tramway from Bomaderry to Jervis Bay was given before the Public Works Committee yesterday by Mr. Cyril Blackett…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →When Arthur Walshaw (42), a chaffeur, appeared on remand at the Paddington Court, charged with having, on January 18 last, done bodily harm to Norman Watson Hutchinson, by furiously driving a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Interesting experiments in road making have been carried out by the City of Truro, Cornwall (England). The system under trial is an tirely novel one, the invention of a local man…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A train recently ran into a herd of elephants in Southern Rhodesia, and the engine was derailed by one of them, the cow-catcher being bent underneath the engine and tearing up the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A man, Jos. Smith (39) employed by Mr. Bean, of Wentworthville, met with a nasty accident, through the trap he was driving coming in contact with some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The B. and B. ten miles road will be held to-day at Homebush. Following are the handicaps:- A. B. Lake, J. Robinson, scr.; R. Kline, 15s; [?] Carlaw, A. Lovett, H. A. Grooves, 30s; C. D. St…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Mr. Cuthbert Brown has been elected employees' representative on the Railway and Tramway Appeals Board for 1910-13. There were six candidates, and Mr. Brown received 7621 votes, or 1617 above the next…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A new branch of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Employees' Association, in connection with the interlocking shops of the Railway Department, Sydney, was opened last night in the Trades Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →At the Trades Hall last night a new branch of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Employers Association was formed to embrace the men in the interlocking shops of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Passengers travelling by the Thursday morning train, Mount Victoria to Sydney, due at the latter place at 7.58, were delayed for half an hour at…
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