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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--In the course of evidence given at the inquest of Phillip Garrigan, one of the passengers in the van when the accident occurred on the transcontinental…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There has been a suggestion again (says "The World's News" in this week's issue) that too many passengers on the Sydney trams get off without paying their fares. A penny saved in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--The inquest concerning the death of Fergus Klunane, who was knocked down and killed by a motor car on Boxing Night, was concluded at the kalgoorlie…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mrs. Jeanne F. Young, writing from Victoria Avenue, Rose park, South Australia refers to the necessity for the immediate supply by presentation of motor ambulances for the front…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- A railway expert now in Melbourne, claims that the battle of the gauges has gone against Victoria. By far the greatest mileage of the existing railways,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEW YORK, Thursday.--The whole of the underground railways have been disorganised by a fire in a tube railway on Fifty-third Street. A terrible panic occurred, and those nearest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For some time past arrangements have been in progress between the Petersham, Leichhardt, and Annandale Councils in the direction of drawing up a scheme for improving the lighting…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The late Lord Shand was a shareholder in the North British Railway and lived so close to the station that the station master used often to keep the train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Naval Affairs Committee has passed appropriations for a largo extension of the aeroplane service, a million dollars being devoted to the purchase of new machines…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mrs. E. M. E. Ferguson, a lady who resides at Canley Vale, write to "The Argus" on January 4:—"I might mention that we have now been advertising in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Despite the fact that we have a Good Roads Association urging tho powers that be to provide better roads very little is being done-- in fact, our main thoroughfares are worse THE CADILLAC CAR, SHOWING COLLAPSIBLE WHEEL. A SIX-SEATER ON TWO WHEELS. One of the latest novelties in the world of motors is a gyroscope car, invented by a distinguished Russian, Dr. Pierre Schilowsky. The object of the gyroscope is to balance the car, and the driving power of the vehicle is quite distinct from that of its stabiliser. B.S.A. Motor-Cycle and Side-Car…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A sailing boat, owing to the wind suddenly dropping, got into difficulties at Gladeville Bridge, a couple of days ago. The bridge was closed at the time, and the boat bumped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The [?] held an inquiry of Burson into the circumstances of [?] a total fall from a train near [?] on January 1…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The fighting on the sand dunes on the road to Calais was a great feature of the last two months' strife in Belgium and Belgium and Northern France. Here our artist shows how the fleet assisted in barring the progress of the Germans by shelling them from the sea. The fighting on the dunes was fierce, and the casualties were very heavy. On the left on the picture is seen a shelter for the ambulance cars, and one motor ambulance is seen in the firing line while the stretcher bearers rush the wounded to it…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The fatal accident which [?] in Lane Cove-road North Sydney, on December 26, when Elleen Ellsabath Guy, a [?] living at Strathhold, was run over and killed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The tramway authorities notify that commencing Monday next, the extension line from Huristone Park to Summer Hill Railway Station will be opened for traffic and trams will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Just it could be said of old that " all roads lead to Rome," so can it be said to-day that "all railways lend to the sea." The ocean is the natural goal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Centennial Park plot thickens, but it has been successfully arranged that the presidents and secretaries of the Nursegirl and Lollie Riders. Clubs meet me, as mediator, in this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An attempt was made yesterday, after many days' delay, to deal with the big business papet of the annual conference of the Railway Workers and General Labourers'…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Canberra Club of Sydney has commenced arrangementS for a 100 miles "course de circuit," to be conducted at Hartley on 26th instant. The course will be on the road, 3¾ mile in circumference,…
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