A Tramway Wanted
Dear Worker,— I wish to draw your attention to the absolute need of a tramline being constructed from Gardiners-road down…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1914
10,357 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250
Railways. £1,500,000 Expenditure This Year. Mr Griffith's Statement
The Minister for Works, Mr. Griffith, stated yesterday that he intends spending £1,600,000 this year on railway construction. He made this announcement to a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Garage. Motor Cars Burnt. Kempsey
A fire occurred about 4 this morning in Smith-street, in Robinson Bros.' Motor Garage, which is next door to the Royal Hotel. The outbreak occurred in part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Night Motoring Episode. a Party at Undercliffe
Three men and two women hired a taxi-car at the Central Raliway Station on Tuesday evening. They were driven out through Newtown as far as Undercliffe. There they pulled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Trials. the Overland Ride First Stage a Trying Journey. Wangaratta (Vic)
The competitors in the motor touring contest from Melbourne to Sydney have had a hot and dusty drive" over the first stage of their journey, and when they arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Building. Wyalong-cudgellico Line. Deputation to Minister
A deputation, representing the Railway Leagues between Wyalong and Lake Cudgellico, yesterday urged the Minister for Works to expedite the building the line between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Driver Fined
George Richardson was at the Summons Court to-day fined £4, with 10s costs and £1 19s witnesses' expenses for travelling in a motor car on December 13 at the rate of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Killed by a Tram. Coroner's Severe Comments. Inexperienced Conductor. Department Censured
Mr. Henry Turner, aged 84, a man of independent means, had his right foot severed by the wheel of a tram in Eddy-avenue last Saturday week. He was hurried to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Bylaws. Penalties for Breaches
There was another big batch of offenders against railway bylaws before Mr. Maitland at the Burwood Police Court this morning, 'Inspector Anderson, of the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For the Man on the Land. Ranch-life in Argentina. Australian Settlers. Better Railways, Cheaper Land. Harvester Hands Who Stay
An Australian who recently paid a visit, to Argentina was astonished to find many fellow-Australians there settled on the land. They were not Englishmen, who had come…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sunday Trams. Full Evening Service
The resumption of tram running on Sundays during the hours when it has Deen stopped, on the ground that the noise of passing trams interfered with public worship in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Call for General Strike. African Railway Revolt. Big Response Unlikely. Authorities' Hopeful View. London, Thursday Morning
The South African railway officials do not think that the call for a strike of railway men throughout the Union will be generally answered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Six Motor-cars Burned. Fire in Kempsey Garage
KEMPSEY, Wednesday.--Early this morning a fire broke out in Robinson Brothers' motor garage, in Smith-street. Six large motor-cars were destroyed, nearly all the tools and working…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Sly-grog Shanties." Railway Workers' Conference. Illicit Sale of Liquor Objected To
A debate on the liquor question occupied yesterday morning at the annual conference of the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Association. Ultimately it was decided to appoint…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railways. Men Advised to Strike
PRETORIA, Tuesday Evening.--Mr. H. Burton, Minister for Harbors and Railways in the Union Cabinet, declares that only 70 casual employees have been dismissed from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Construction. Wyalong-lake Cudgellico. More Expedition Wanted
The Minister for Works yesterday afternoon received a deputation, introduced by Mr. T. Brown, M.L.A., representing the Ungarie, Bena, Lake Cudgellico, and West Wyalong…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Battle of the Cars Motor Reliability Trial Big Inter-state Contest. the First Stage
WANGARATTA, Victoria, Wednesday.--"What promises to be perhaps the most strenuous reliability trial for motor cars yet held in Australia started this morning, when 28 cars,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Verge of a Collapse. Sequel to Motoring Tour
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Mr. H. Scott, of St. Kilda, has returned to Melbourne after a disastrous experience in the mountain country between Matlock and Warburton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Over the Speed Limit. Chinese Knocked Down. Motorist Fined
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--George Richardson, a motor-car driver, appeared oil a summons at the Newcastle Police Court to-day, charged that on December 13 he travelled at a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Valuable Motor-car Destroyed
YASS, Wednesday.-- Alexander Macdonald, managing director of the Mammoth Copper Mine, Ltd., Cardross, North Queensland, had the misfortune tills afternoon to have his…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →