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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
13,432 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250
Sidney Brooker, a middle-aged man, has been admitted to Melbourne Hospital in a serious, condition suffering from severe abrasions to the side of his head, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The mysterious disappearance of Yvonne Fontaine, a schoolgirl of fifteen, has been occupying the attention of the Paris police. Recently Yvonne went to school as usual, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Government has announced its intention of paying members of the second division of the railway service a minimum wage of 9s a day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Acting-Premier (Mr. Beeby) to-day made available the report of Mr. Wilfred Blacket, acting under Royal Commission, upon the recent complaints, of congestion at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →James Pavey (56), tramway car cleaner, was seriously injured early yesterday morning, by being knocked down by a motor car. At about 2 a.m., Pavey was walking along Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. ANTHONY HORDERN'S 90 H.P. HYDROPLANE KANGAROO, WINNER OF THE GRIFFITH SHIELD. THE DISTANCE FROM ROSE BAY TO MANLY AND BACK. OVER WHICH THE RACE WAS RUN, IS 9¾ MILES, AND IN THE FIRST HEAT KANGAROO MADE THE JOURNEY IN 18MIN. 22 15SEC., AS AGAINST QUEENSLANDER'S TIME. OF 26MIN. 25 1-5SEC. IN THE SECOND HEAT THE TIMES WERE--KANGAROO, 17MIN. 58½SEc. (JUST UNDER 32 MILES AN HOUR); QUEENSLANDER, 20MIN. 48SEC…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The dead body of Henry West (54), a single man, who had resided, with his brother-in-law, John William Evans, at Hampton-court-road, Kogarah, was found on the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TRENTON (N.J.), Sunday.--Two men and three women have been drowned while motoring over an ice-covered stream as the result of the Ice breaking. A third man of the party escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Norman Hunter (16), telegraph messenger, residing at Paddington-street, Haddington, whilst cycling along Bondi-road, near Wellington-street, about 6.30 p.m. on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LITHGOW, Sunday.--Mr. Beeby, Minister for Lands, visited Lithgow yesterday. He was accompanied by Mr. J. Dooley, M.L.A. On the motor trip through from Sydney to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PERTH, Sunday.--The Amalgamated Society, of Engineers, Boiler-makers, and Ironmoulders' Union's "conference" strike seems little nearer settlement. A deputation to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The motor-boat championship of Australia, Saturday, under the auspices of the Motor-boat Club of New South Wales, was not by any means the exciting event it promised…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →This is a view of Bridge-street, looking east from George-street. The picture was taken in 1884, and one will readily see the great change that the left-hand side of the street has undergone since then. Of all the buildings on that side from George-street to Macquarie-place only one, that at the extreme edge, with the gable-ended front, is still standing. This is the oldest structure in Bridge-street, and it was here that Mrs. Hutchinson lived in the early forties, as related in her reminiscences, published to-day in our…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →William Gordon Logan, aged 9 years, lost his life under unusual circumstances on Thursday morning. It appears that deceased, who resided at North Kiama, has been in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An inquest was held at the Coroner's Court this morning on the body of James Herber Hitchcock, 46, who met his death as the result of a motor-car smash-up on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →VANCOUVER. Monday Evening.—A street sensation of a remarkable nature occurred last night. Two armed men held up a street car during…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Willoughby Council is becoming impatient over the lack of information as to when some practical steps in initiating the construction of the North Shore Bridge will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As a tram bound from Circular Quay to Coogee was drawing near St. Paul's-road Randwick, a snake of the tiger variety, about 4ft long, was seen to be making its way across…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The circumstance attending the death of James Haber Hitchcock, 46, who was the victim of a fatal motor collision in Darlington-road, near Golden Grove-street, Newtown, on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"The main object of State-owned railways is not profit-making, but public convenience and cheap transit," declared Mr. Beeby, Acting Premier…
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