Main Roads Vote. Allocation of Money. Bathurst
Addressing the Oberon Shire Council, Mr. Griffith, Minister for Works, explained that the £250,000 which had been put on the Estimates for the Main Roads Board, and which,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250
Midshipman Killed. Hit by Aeroplane Propeller. London, Wednesday, 9.30 p.m
A French midshipman serving with the submarine flotilla at Brest was travelling as a passenger to-day on an aeroplane which was piloted by a brother officer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Water Front. Quay to Darling Harbour. Roads and Wharfs
Good progress is being made by the Sydney Harbour Trust with the construction of the road that is to skirt the water front between Circular Quay and Darling Harbour, and witn…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THURSDAY 19th DECEMBER, 191[?]. the Board. Mr. Macoun. (Chief Accountant.) (Chairman). MR. J. S. SPURWAY (Sec. for Railways) Commissioner’s Representative. Mr. Cuthbert Brown Vice-President Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Assn., Employees’ Representative
Thomas Lancelot McGuffie, porter Newcastle. Charge: Made use of fi[?]hy language while on duty at Honeysuckle Point,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Robbery. Sum of £10,000 in Transit. a Train Mystery
Cable messages to the "Evening News" a tow weeks ago told of the singularly hold theft of a sum of £10,000 in gold, while in transit. London newspapers to hand by the mail give…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lady's Long Motor Drive. Melbourne to Sydney
Miss A. Monk of Wallis-street Woolla[?] has secured the honor of having drives a motor car from Melbourne to Sydney and her performance was a [?] good one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cycle Trial. Melbourne to Sydney. Competitors Strike Trouble
The motor cycle reliability trial from Melbourne to Sydney will conclude this evening the contestants being dur to arrive at the General Post Office after 5 o'clock…
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Delegates to the conference of the Railway Workers' and General Laborers' Association commenced their work this morning at the Sydney Trades Hall with Mr. H. Callagher…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat at Railway Stations
The following statement shows the number of bega of wheat slacked at various stations on the New South Wales [?] during the week ended December 28:—[?]dergal 200 legs Stockinbingal [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Military Motor. Numerous Adaptations
There are many user in war-time to which may be put not the motor engine morely, but the ordinary motor car. In New South Wales perhaps its chief use at present is for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Handling. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I wish through your columns to draw attention to the exceedingly dangerous man ner in which the trams are handled on one particular corner every Sunday. Painted…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Smash in Centennial, Park
The photograph presented herewith shows tho two damaged cars in the Centennial Park motor collision, in which twelve persons had a narrow escape from death, on Tuesday morning. One car was forced to swerve in order to avoid striking a drunken man, and this was responsible for the collision…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Forgotten Railway Survey to the Editor of the Herald
Sir—I read with interest in youl issue of April 27 an account by "Yorkshire Lad" of his trip down the Grose Valley from Blackheath to Kurrajong, It reminded me of the time when…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Immigration and Railways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The country has noted the withdrawal of Mr. Percy Hunter and the Government's decision to reduce the grant of money for this purpose. The men who have spoken and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Burned. Hillston
A motor car, owned by William P[?]evers, on the way from Currathool to Hillston, was completely destroyed by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Yakine Motors. in the Navy. Submarines and Destroyers
For so[?] time past the world has heard continuously of [?] work of the aerial motor, while the sight of [?] motor car arouses scarcely more interest nowadays than that of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Botany Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—There is no doubt any reasonable person knowing the district and its requirements cannot but commend Mr. Ross on his letter re this railway in your paper of to-day. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Retired From the Railways. Superannuation Board's Work
At the last meeting of the Railway service Superannuation Board, which was "held in the office of the Chief Commissioner, 15 officers over 60 years of age and eight officers…
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Numerous complaints have been made during the holiday season of the neglected and dirty condition of many of the railway carriages. A case in point occurred this…
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While about to alight from a tram at Circular Quay last night Mrs. Margaret Gough, of Edinburgh-road, Marrickville, was unable to reach the ground before the tram…
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