Aeroplane Engines Duty Free
Engines for aeroplanes are to be admitted free. This information is conveyed in a notification which, in the way of the Customs, has as its principal heading the word…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250
Motorists Race Train. Singleton
A few mornings ago three or four persons arrived at the Singleton railway station with the object of journeying to Newcastle. They were a few seconds late, as the train was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Botany Road Siding
A meeting of the above branch was held in the Railway Institute on Wednesday, the 2nd January. Meeting opened at 8 p.m., the President, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Collision. in Moore Park-road. Thru Passengers Injured
A tram collislon, necessitating the removed at three injured passengers to the hospital for trestment, occurred this morning about ha[?]past ten, at the Flinters-street stopping place…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jumped Over a Bridge. Dubbo
Yesterday morning a man was noticed to divest himself of his clothing and jump off the railway bridge, Dubbo, into the Macquarie River. He landed in very shallow water, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ganger Seriously Injured. Knocked Down by a Train
A ganger, employed on the Illawarra railway line, named john caplice, 40, a married man, was kno[?] down by a train and seriously injured this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Young Man Falls From Train. Loses His Memory
At about 6 p.m. yesterday a youth was seen walking along the railway line near Homebush by one of the porters. As he appeared to be in a dazed condition the porter questioned him. He…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →He Woke Up. Sleeper Steps From Moving Train
A somnambulistic feat attended with extraordinary incidents was reported to the Burwood Police Station late last night by Percy Bissett. night officer of the Homebush…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£50,000 for the Roads. St. Peters Wants It All
At the meeting of the St. Peters Council a letter was received from Mr. Crawford, M. L. A., regarding the proposed new fire station for St. Peters, The member for the district had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Knocked Down by Train. Serious Accident Near St. Peters
Through being knocked down by a train on the Illawarra line this morning John Catlice, aged 40, of Wyndham-street, Redfern, sustained injuries from which it is unlikely…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →My Post Bag. Riverslea-road, Hastings, N.Z.
Dear Playmate,—As this in my first letter to the "Catholic Press" I hope you will admit, me to your playground. I have aunts and a grandfather in Sydney, and they send…
Continued on Trove, page 51 →The Board. Mr. C Hodgson (Chairman). MR. J. S. SPURWAY Sec. for Railway.) Commissioner’s Representative. Mr. Cuthbert Brown Vice-President Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Assn., Employees’ Representative. Railway Driver Fined
Frederick Titheradge, driver, Wellington, 11/- per day. Charge : Carcless enginemanship resulting in serious damage to wheels…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway and Tramway Appeals. Amalgamated Successes. Loco, Traffic and Tramway Cases. THURSDAY, Jan 2, 1913. the Board Mr. E. E. LUCY. (Chief Mechanical Engineer). Chairman. Mr. Macoun (Chief Accountant). Chairman. (Chief Commissioner’s Representative). Mr. Cuthbert Brown Vice-President Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Assn., Employees’ Representative. a Cancer Reinstated
James Pryor, ganger, Rylstone, rate of pay, 10 per day. Charge: Arrested and brought before the court for over-indulgence in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lost His Memory. Young Man in the Hospital Homebush Train Accident
One of the railway porters at Homebush noticed a youth walking along the line near that station about 6 p.m. on Wednesday, and as he appeared to be is a dased condition, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roads and Pathways What Waverley Will Do. Blue Metal Plentiful. the Mayor's Progressive Policy
The estimates for the current year in the Borough of Waverley show a healthy state of financial affairs. accorting to the statistics laid before the special [?] of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wife or a Motor Car?
All American paper asked "A man of marriageable age has sufficient income to maintain a wife or an automobile, but not both. Winch should he choose, ami why…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Western Bishop's Motor Trip Through the Geraldton District
As a means of seeing the country and getting to places away from the railway, nothing beats the motor car, provided always that the roads are passable…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Motoring
C. Mundy, of Victoria, has knocked 12 minutes off the Sydney to Melbourne motor cycle record. he completed his ride on Wednesday night, arriving at the Melbourne General Post Office at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor and Van Collision
A collision between a motor car and a van occurred in East-ra-avenue, Kens [?] on Wednesday evening but no one was injured, The car, which was owned and being driven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bumped Off a Tram
A young man named Arthur Sulway, reading in Ferris-street, Annandale, met with a nosty accident last evening. He was hurrying to catch a Leichhardt tram and as be jumped on…
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