Motor Cycling Record. Melbourne
By riding 1027 miles in 21 hours 32 minutos Erwin G. Baker, the American long-distance motor cyclist, established a world's record at Mortlake on Saturday, under difficult and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
7,678 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250
Military Motor Cars
Owners of motor cars willing to give their cars and their services as drivers either for service abroad or for Home Defence, should apply at the Australian Army Service Corps…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rail and Tram Men's War Fund
We have received from Mr. C. A. Hodgson, the hon. secretary a cop[?] of a circular show ing the operations of the New South Wales Railways and Tramways War Fund. For the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Red Cross. Appeal to Motor Car Owners
The Red Cross Society is making a special appeal to owners of motor cars for assistance in the work of providing; drives and amusement for the patients at the Randwick Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wounded. Motor Car Service for To-morrow
A transport earning sick and wounded is expected to arrive to-morrow morning, and the Red Cross Society will be glad if the motor cars on its register numbered from 167…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Uncompleted Railways Running of Trains
The extension of the Dunedoo railway, which has been in operation for some time under the management of the Public Works Department, is to be handed over to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Struggle in Motor Car Driver and Policeman
The midnight adventures of a police sergeant were related at the Paddington Police Court to- day, when Henry John Cork, 27, was charged with assaulting James Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Uncollected Tramfares
J. C. is evidently new to Sydney:-- I desire to draw attention to the following facts, which If not remedied will certainly lead to considerable loss of revenue to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway War Fund
The New South Wales Railways and Tramways War Fund has £125 in hand, and the amount collected to date is £975. During the month ended January 24 £240 was handed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Railway. Resumed Properties. Tenants Notified to Quit
The Government has now practically decided upon the whole of the property resumptions which are to be made in connection with the city railway construction scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cycling. Baker Lowers 21 Hours' Record
Edwin G. Baker, the visiting American rider, has again broken the world's 24 hours' road record on a 7 h.p. Indian. He has placed the record at 1075 miles, an increase of 1414 miles, on the previous record, be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Boat Championship
MELBOURNE,' Saturday.--The Australasian, motor-boat championship, which was have been decided, to-day at St. Kilda, has been postponed till Monday, owing to bad weather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Motor Ambulance. Randwick's Gift
On Saturday from, the Town Hall steps the Lord Mayor, on behalf of the Randwick Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, presented the Civil Ambulance Brigade, through…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Presentation of Motor Ambulance
LORD MAYOR PRESENTING A MOTOR AMBULANCE FROM THE RANDWICK DIVISION OF ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE TO THE CIVIL AMBULANCE BRIGADE…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Refreshment Rooms. the Managerial Question. Politicians Who Were Foiled
An explanation as to how and why Mr. T. C. Madge was recommended for appointment to the position of manager of railway refreshment rooms, under the proposed new control scheme,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Aeroplane Base. Rotterdam
The Germans have established a new base at Zeebrugge for seaplanes and fokkers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canowindra Train
The Hallway Commissioners have decided to establish a dally train service between Cowra and Canowindra in place of the existing tri-weekly service…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chocolate Machine Stolen Broken Open in a Train
An automatic chocolate machine was stolen from the Fairfield railway station last night by some passengers on a late train. The machine was broken open in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Awful Smash. Express and Hospital Train Collision in Germany. Amsterdam, Monday Evening
Travellers form Germany report that a dreadful railway [?] occurred on Saturday. The cologne express [?] with a hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foreign Cables a Big Liner Overdue a Soldier's Mad Act in a Train
A mysterious case of assault is reported as having occurred on the Great Central Railway, London. A girl named Vio[?] Reynolds, eighteen years of age, was…
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