Motor Boat Breaks Down. Exciting Scene in the Surf
A motor beat. carrying only one young [?] broke down opposite Deewhy near Manly on Tuesday afternoon, and after an exciting tea[?] was beached…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250
Sydney to Melbourne. the Motor Cycling Record
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Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Juggernauts. Motors' Red Record. Outcry in London. London, Tuesday Evening
A poh[?]man who was on duty regulating the street traffic was knocked down by a motor bus and the injuries he su[?]tained caused his death…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Boats Tasmanian Racing
The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, writes "The Referec's" correspondent, successfully decided the first motor-boat race held on the Deiwent. There were only three entries for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cycling. Sydney-melbourne Record-j. Guns Substantially Reduces It
At 2 a.m. on Saturday a little group of motor-cyclists started off from the Sydney G.P.O., and after getting clear of the city, set as high a pace as was consistent with safety along the…
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The season for 1913-14 was officially opened by a garden party at the residence of Mr. J. M. Arnott, president, at Strathfleid, on Saturday afternoon. No procession was held, members…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Motor Collision. Three Officers Killed. Berlin. Jan. 20
A motor-car containing four officers collided with a carriage in Leipzig. Three of the officers were killed and the fourth seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Cycling. Motor Cycle Club of N.s.w
The motor cycle reliabllity team trial, promoted by the Motor Cycle Club of N.S.W., promises to be interesting. The fact that 29 entries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Yacht Club of N.s.w
Since the Kangaroo so decisively defeated all opponents in Sydney Harbour there has been mush speculation as to whatt will be the fate of the "speed peenant" to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring. Sydney to Melbourne Run
Regarding the proposed reliability motor-car contest between Sydney and Melbourne, to be held in March, the Sydney automobile authorities have written the Automobile Club…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Badger's Return. Brisbane Tram Service to Be Extended. Fremantle
Among the passengers by the R.M.S. Orvieto, which passed through Fremantle to-day, was Mr. J. Badger, manager of the Brisbane tramways…
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This article tells of a trip along the site of the Grafton-Glenreagh section of the North Coast railway, New South Wales, where the bush has just been cleared and the earth work is now proceeding. A little insight is also afforded into the type of men who are doing the work, and the conditions under which they labour. "I AM particularly glad that you are to make this trip"…
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THE recently-established motor-cycle record of 29 hours 43 minutes for the Sydney-Melbourne overland route (572 miles) by J. Fair, N.S.W., has not been allowed to stand…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Tram Troubadours. Starter George Organ. a Bondi Junction Band-it
We're often read the poet's words, 'The best of friends must part," But Starter George, no doubt, to-day, Will also get a start,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Railway Smashes. Two Engines Damaged. Collision at Eveleigh Yards
A serious shunting accident, which involved extensive damage to two locomotives, occurred on the main suburban line near the bottle-neck signal-box, Eveleigh railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lost with All Hands. Ocean Tramp's Fate. Founders in Storm Off English Coast. New York
The loss off the English coast of a large Danish tramp, with all hands, was reported by the captain of the Dutch steamer Pheeda on the arrival of that vessel to-day at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Cruelty. Dead and Dying Poultry
It seems almost hopeless to expect reasonable care and management of all goods on the railways, and the latest experience of Mr. L. H. Sanderson, of the Haymarket area,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Belgian Railway Smash. London, Tuesday, 8.40 p.m
A railway collision occurred to-day at Louvain, Belgium, as a result of which two persons were killed and sixty others injured…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Pilfering. Man Fined £8
Richard Thane, 55 years of age, a carter was fined £8 or two months' imprisonment by Mr. Barnett at the Central Police Court to-day for stealing fruit and vegetables at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Motor Bus Fatality Charge of Manslaughter. London, Tuesday, 10.50 p.m
Legood, the driver of the motor-'bus by which a policeman was knocked down and killed while controlling the street traffic in Ludgate Circus, has been charged with…
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