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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250
An exciting scene occurred at Nella Ponds, Richmond, North Queensland, on Saturday night, when a German, Cugthson, employed on the railway there, ran amok, firing a revolver…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-night Eric Tyle leaves the G.P.O., Sydney, on a headlong rush to Melbourne. His object is to cover the distance on a motor bicycle at a faster rate than it has ever been done…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Over a hundred ladies and gentlemen were present at the concert given on Saturday evening by the Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales, at its clubhouse, [?]-road, Rose Bay. A capital musical programme…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →J. E. Yee, who left the Sydney G.P.O. on Friday afternoon at 4, with the Sydney-Melbourne record in view, met with a mishap to the petrol tank of his machine, and was forced to return to Sydney. He…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The usual Saturday conditions prevailed at the auction. It was quite a chango to see a length of unoccupied line again. Lucerne hay eased considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The members of the Motor Yacht Club gave a concert at the Club-house, Rose Bay, on Saturday. Among those taking part were Mr. Bobby Watson,who contributed "My Wife's Cake," "Fishing," "Madame,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At lunch-time on Saturday Mrs. Jane Carr, of 8 Darley-street, Darlinghurst, was knocked down by a motor car in Oxford-street, Paddington. She was driven to St. Vincent's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Owing, it is believed to an excrescence on a newly-spliced cable, three trams crashed together on Princess Bridge about half-past 5 o'clock this evening, each being considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. A. G. Mackenzie writes: -- I feel constrained to address you on the matter of the ferries, owing to a deplorable sight I witnessed on Wednesday morning on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rose Dell, aged 47, of 55 Union-street, Erskineville, fell from a moving tram at Wilson-street, Newtown, this afternoon, and landed on the crown of her head. The local…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Interest in connection with the ballot for the election of a staff representative on the Railway and Tramway Appeals Board has reached high level, owing to the possibility…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"On Principle" writes: -- I notice that an attempt is being made to get the Minister for Works to alter the route of the proposed Summer Hill tram, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Driver Nichol Knox has been fully vindicated by the official inquiry instituted by the Home Secretary, and the stigma of drunkenness having been removed removed resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is proposed by the Minister for External Affairs, as the outcome of his consultations with the South Australian Minister for Railways on the question of taking over the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It was decided at the last meeting of the Mascot Council to write to the Tramway Department asking that provision be made for a tram. service between 9 and 11 a.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The "Daily Mail" states that the Admiralty has selected several bases on the cast and south coasts as hydro-aeroplane depots, and that ultimately there will be 300 waterplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It is to be hoped that either the Federal Government, or the State Governments, will arrange for appropriate Australian representation at the International Roads' Congress, which opens in London,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. W. Hutchinson, of the N.S.W. Public Works Department, giving evidence on the proposal to construct a line of railway from Grafton to South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A runaway which almost had its career ended through being run down by a train provided plenty of excitement for those in the vicinity of Sydenham railway yards this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Honors were again with the Australians in the match races held on Monday night at the Sydney Cricket Ground in connection with the League of Wheelmen Carnival. In the one…
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