The Motor
While giving their new 120-h.p. boat Meteor, a trial run on Saturday, Messrs. Griffith and Relph were treated to a swim. Mr. Griffith, who was steering,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
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Government & Railway Control. Intimation to Chief Commissioner. Is Independent Management Assailed?
It looks as if there may be trouble between the Government and the Railway Commissioners. First of all there was the…
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Transactions for the week since we last wrote closed with prices dearer for forage, and a rising market for maize, but potatoes were easier. The demand…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Gar Smash. Well-known Sportsman Killed
As the result of a motor-car smash, at the corner of Golden Grove-street and Darlington road, 11.30 last night, Mr. J. H. Hitchcock, of "Gomasbah," 47 John-street, Petersham…
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New South Wales and Queensland are to be represented in the race for the championship of Australia and the Grimth Shield to-morrow. Victoria had nominated a boat, but owing to…
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Championship of Australia under auspices of Motor Boat Club of N.S.W. Rose Bay-Manly course…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Suburban Railway Block. Engine Tubes Found Leaking
Another vexations railway dealy occurred on the main suburban line last evening but on this occasion, the "Bottle Neck" was not at fault, the trouble being due to an engine…
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LILY VALE had a number of brothers and sisters named peter, wal, Cecil, George, Lue, and Liggie. One day I met the boys out GUNNING. They were accompanied by…
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The total mileage run on Victorian railways for the year ended June was railways for the year ended June was 12,972,723, and the coal purchased during the year was valued at £307,688…
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Mr. [?] Goulburn, writes:—It is sincerely to be hoped that the outcome of the present dissatisfaction and the interest aroused in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Interstate Contest. on the Haebour. Motor Boat Championship
The motor boat championship of Austral[?] is to be contested to-morrow afternoon, under the auspices of the Motor Boat Club of New South Wales. Two States are…
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Mr. R. Atkinson Price, M.L.A., who has returned from a visit to portions of the Gloucester electorate, said that during the trip he was met by a large number of people who…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Strike. Trouble in the West. Perth
The strike of engineers and other mechanics employed in the loco, workshops continued without alteration to-day, beyond the fact that members of the Australasian Society of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Roat Club of N.s.w. Griffith Shield
The Motor Boat Club of New South Wales will hold the race lor the Griffith Shield (Australasian championship) to-morrow afternoon. This event is creating interest, and the following entries have been received:—…
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J. A. Fair, the N.S.W motor cyclist, who is now attempting to break the motor cycle record, Melbourne to Sydney, was, up to the latest advices, going strongly. Instead of leaving Melbourne at 2 o'clock…
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The annual picnic of the Motor'Drivers' Association of N.S.W. is to be held on the 2lst inst. Mr. Duval, hon secretary, says that it will take the form of a marine excursion, the committee having arranged for…
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During the six-days' racing Mr. G. F. P. Jones, vice-president of Victorian Wheelmen, and a prominent member of the A.N.A., was an interested spectator…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Congestion. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Being a visitor to your beautiful city, I was induced to visit the coast line during the holidays I arrived at the railway station, and had great difficulty in procuring my…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fall Off' a Tram
An inquiry was hold yesterday concerning the death of David Paxlcy, a station-hand from Tamworth, who fell from a tram in Georgestreet on Saturday last, and died on the…
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BRISBANE.—Representatives of the Farmers' Parlinmentary Union asked the Commissioner for Railways for reconsideration of his decision in regard to the weighing of…
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