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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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A tram accident caused by one tram running into the rear of another car, occurred yesterday morning shortly after 10 o'clock in Flinders-street, Moore Park…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The general body, of railway men, especially the lower paid sections, are greatly dissatisfied with the action of the Government in refusing to grant the service a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →When the steam collier Herga was coming lip from the south coast yesterday afternoon a motor launch with five men on board was observed off Bondi in distress. The captain of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At Wednesday's meeting of the Public Works Committee, Mr. W. Hutchinson, of the Works Department, gave evidence on the proposal to construct a line of railway from Craboon--a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The diagram shows the official course for the Inter-State Motor Boat Race from Rose Bay to Manly Cove, round the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club buoys and back. The race is to take place to-morrow afternoon. Six entries have been received, and it is anticipated that the speed of the boats will range from 35 to 40 miles per hour. The conditions are the best two out of three races the first event to take place at 3. p.m. and the second at 4 p.m. If necessary there will be a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Blacktown is going for a much-needed boon, an overhead traffic bridge on the west of the present station. As Blacktown has a future ahead of it this boon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Acting only on a description. Detectives Gallagher and Pauling effected the arrest this afternoon, at the Central Railway Station, of a man wanted in another State in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Minister for Public Works has caused a circular letter to be sent to all local-governing bodies throughout the State, conveying very fully his intentions with regard to his…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The statement that the Government has set aside £50,000 for purpose of assisting metropolitan councils to maintain roads was mentioned at the last meeting of the Homebush…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tis long. long since I trod the road the little road o'Kerry. That's winding in and out the years thr[?] and sh[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Across the Atlantic to New York in thirty hours! This is the remarkable flight which Mr. Grahame White proposes to make this year. All plans for the trip are practically…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Another serious railway accident occurred at St. Peters station this morning. Bert Gower, aged 18, a textile weaver, who lives at Gibbs-street, Rockdale, attempted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bert. Cowar. [?] who boards with Mrs. M'Lean of Gibbs-street Rockdale had a narrow escape of being killed by a train at St. Peters railway station this morning during the busy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The above is a photographic reproduction of a group taken recently. The FIRST (but no other) member of this group who presents himself at the "SATURDAY REFEREE AND THE ARROW" OFFICE, 136-138 castlereagh-street, AND IS IDENTIFIED as BEING ONE OF THE GROUP, will be paid ONE SOVEREIGN. All who concern themselves in this will be understood to agree accept the paper's decision as that. The business or identification will be entrusted to a member of the "SATURDAY REFEREE AND THE ARROW" staff. ANOTHER SNAPSHOT PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION will appear in next issue, and other will follow. LOOK OUT FOR THE "SATURDAY REFEREE AND THE ARROW"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It is very hard for the Civil servant here of anywhere else in the Commonwealth to rise to the occasion Being hard work he as a rule postpones the effort…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Slipping back off an incline in the footpath in Castlereagh-street between Market and Park streets on Friday afternoon a cart laden with coal belonging to Messrs Jones Brothers…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Premier Mr. M'Gowen performed the ceremony on Friday of officially opening the new railway from Urana to Oaklands In doing so he remarked that it was desirable that…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →News reached Queenstown recently of the arrival at Sydney, Canada, of Rev. Percy Broughtoa, of London, a missionary to the Esquimaux in Baffin's Land, after a terrible Journey of 84…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The generally adopted form of power transmission from motor to drive-wheel on a motorcycle is the belt, chain and gear drive having been abandoned as impracticable…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor-polo, a game replete in thrilla and accidents, threatens to supersede all others in public favor in the United States, and before long it is probable that a hundred rival…
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