Goods Train Delays. Three Days for 240 Miles
"I have on many occasions read in the 'Sun' the grievances of fruit-growers and agents because of the way their goods are conveyed on the railway. Fruit and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250
"A Shocking Road." Sydney Highway Condemned. Bathurst
The Mayor (Ald. A. Rigby), who has just motored from the metropol[?]s, says that the Sydney end of the main Sydney-Bathurst road is in a shocking state, and he wonders at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Aeroplane Building. Progress in England. Not a Flourishing Industry. London. Sunday. 9.10 p.m
Twenty firms in England are now engaged in the aeroplane-building industry. Many of them, however, are doing only a trifling business…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Congestion. Minimum Fare Refused. Eastern Suburbs Railway
The Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr, Johnson, would have been pleased, had he been able, to have granted a request made to-day that there should be a minimum fare…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Turpin Up-to-date. Chicago Motor Bandits. Robbery and Murder. Chicago
Four automobile handits wrecked a jeweller's window and escaped with a tray of valuable diamonds. The police fired at the robbers with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Urana-oaklands Railway
The Premier. with Mrs. M'Gowen, has gone to Jenolan Caves for a short rest. As Minister in charge of tourist matters. Mr. M'Gowen will while there make an inspection of this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Workers. Men Who Make the Traffic. Wages Board Claims. a Big List
The wages board to inquire into the claims of do N.S.W. Railway Traffic Employees' Association will sit next Monday evening for the first time, and it is expected that a large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Bandits. a Chicago Gang. Diamond Robbery and Murder. Chicago, Jan. 4
Four automobile bandits wrecked a jeweller's window and escaped with a tray of valuable diamonds. The police fired at the robbers with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Employees' Grievances. Railway Company's Experiment, London, Jan. 3
The London North-western Railway Company are satisfied with the result of the prolonged experiment of a "grievance hearer" appointed to investigate the men's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cycling and Motoring. Notes
The Tasmanian junior cricketers visited the Sydney Cricket Ground to view the six-days bicycle race during the week, at the invitation of the promoters Bikerina, Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Produce. Railway Market
Conditions were little other than normal for a Saturday's market. The fact that it was near upon the opening of the month was neutralised by the lack of quality in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Mishap. Sunken Hydroplane. Successfully Raised
The hydroplane Rainbow, which took a sudd[?] dive to the bottom of the harbour last Thursday morning while travelling at 35 miles an hour, was raised on Saturday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Award. Brisbane Company's Appeal the Rule Nisi
With reference to the order nisi granted last Thursday to the Brisbane Tramways Company by the Chief Justice of the High Court (Sir Samuel Griffith), In connection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycling
In connection with the motor cycle reliability trial the president of the Motor Cycle Club of N.S.W. states that Mr. A. L. Maddocks did not arrive at the G.P.O. until about 6.35 p.m. He was delayed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The North. Adventures of Federal Official. Weird Native Customs. Motoring Troubles
An interesting story of his experiences in the Northern Territory was narrated by Prefessor Baldwin Spencer on his arrival in Sydney by the steamer Empire from Darwin on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miss Margaret Monk. Lady Inter-state Motorist. Sydney-melbourne Return Journey
With hazel brown eyes sparkling with merriment, Miss Margaret Hypoxia Monk, looking the picture of health after her 568 miles motor tour from Melbourne, told a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Employees' Wages Claims of Traffic Branch. All-round Increased Wanted
The New South Wales Railways Traffic Employees Association has drawn up a log of claims for submission to the chairman of the No. 3 Board of the Government Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Porters' Matches
When junior porters are compelled to provide matches to light lamps out of their weekly wage of 10s, little wonder that enginemen are not provided with engine oil…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sight-test on Trams
Some five years ago a number of tramway drivers failed to pass the eyesight-test and were removed from their positions; and reduced in pay. Some of them left the service,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrowly Averted. Calamitous Railway Smash
It has transpired that a big railway smash, which would probably have ended in the loss of many lives, was narrowly averted at the Central Station during the holiday rush…
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