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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The new Local Government Bill, a volnminous measure, which has been read a first time in the Assembly, contains provision for the appointment of a Main Roads Board to consist of:--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Passengers by the 7.10 a.m. train, Parramatta to Sydney, on Wednesday, got a bit of a shock as the train was pulling up at Harris Park station. The strain on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Harrison had been invited to a Christmas dinner, and told that he would be expected to carve. He bought a cookery book and a turkey, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Three local youths were before the Hornsby Children's Court on Tuesday charged with having thrown stones at a railway train whilst it was travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BEFORE THE RECENT SET-BACK AT ETESIPHON, THE BRITISH FORCES, UNDER GENERAL SIR JOHN NIXON, HAD GAINED A LONG SUCCESSION OF VICTORIES. THE PICTURE SHOWS ONE OF THE CAPTURED TURKISH 18-POUNDER KRUPP GUNS…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A special military train was run to Liverpool at 3 o'clock this morning to meet the convenience of between 300 and 400 soldiers whose New Year celebrations did not end in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE latest thing in train ambulances, built by the London and North-western Railway at a cost of £7000 for service in France, is quite the most perfect of the kind ever…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dear Phyllida, — I am just a small, nine-year-old school girl. There are father, mother, and little Deris too. It was my little sister's, birthday last week. She was four…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A heavy lands[?] at [?] Cape[?] and [?] A [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A practical self-starter for aerial motors has recently been constructed in England. The importance of this invention, especially from the standpoint of the military flier, is most…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Some Weeks ago reference was made in "The Mirror". to the action of the Military Board in reducing the rank of Lieut Wells, who was largely responsible for the raising of the Tramway Battalion. There was at that time considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A. J. Da[?] who still holds the [?] motor-paced record for half a mile [?] showed a glimp[?] of his form [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Norman Saunders has landed his 8 h.p. Excelsior racer, which he has specially imported with a view to attacking Jack Booth's Australasian record of 22sec for the half-mile…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another series of phenomenal thunderstorms which have visited the district this month caused a serious landslip at Brogan's Creek late this evening. The day passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A transport with sick and wounded is expected on Tuesday, January 3. Motor cars from No. 63 to No. 99 on the society's register are called upon to be at the No. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A guard on a train which left Oatley early on Saturday morning, December 25, Edward Joseph Cox, 27, of Mount Vernon-street, Forest Lodge, a married…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs. O'Malley, Minister for Home Affairs, states that the cause of the track- laying being stopped on the trans- Australian railway is the failure of the Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The secretary of the New South Wales Railways and Tramways War Fund (Mr. Hodgson) reports that the subscriptions received from November 21 to December 23…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All through the holidays a thin ribbon of dust has hung over the road that connects Manly with the city. Spit- road invariably sees a busy week- end in the motoring line,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Department has received advices from the district superintendent's office at Eskbank, reporting a big washaway, which occurred on the Mudgee branch line…
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