Motor Cycle Records
Edwin Baker, the American motor cycle champion, started at [?] o'clock this morning on the Mortla[?], Victoria, co[?] to lo[?]er the world's 24 hours record [?] at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1916
7,678 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250
The Transcontinental. Progress of the Great Railway. a Successful Day-labor Job
Great progress is being made with the building of the transcontinental railway from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie. Nearly two hundred miles of railway were…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Mail Service. Motor Vehicles to Be Used
The Postmaster-General (Mr. Webster) stated yesterday that his department had found it necessary to discard horses for motors in mail services. He stated that the new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Accident. Newcastle
Joseph M'Shane, residing in Linda-street, Wickham, attempted to alight from a moving tram this afternoon when he fell between the car and the motor, the wheels of the car…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rail and Tramway Unrest
The president of the Railway and Tramway Service Association in your issue of the 31st ult., reviews the association's industrial position of unrest, and says the best increase the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →[?] and Tramway
[?] of sectional [?] [?] and callings, in the Government Railways and Tramways Boards will be of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TRAMWAYS. [?] Chairman T. R. Bavin Barristerat-Law) NO. 1 Board. Per Way Wages Staff
All men on the wages staff of the [?] way branch with similar excepts to those enumerated under the [?] Railway Board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Officer’s Fate
Harry Blinco, a middle-aged man, and a prominent officer in the W.A. Government railways traffic branch, was f[?] dead alongside the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Zealand Amalgamated. General Manager of Railways Objects to Criticism. Has to Take His Gruel
The December issue of “The N.Z., Railway Review,” the organ of the Amalgamated. contains the following article:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Man Shot
At the Coffs Harbour railway camp recently a man named Jack Z[?] fired-nine shots at Alf. Coop[?] of which took effect. He then…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Allies’ Day, Queen Competition at Culcairn. a Railway Queen
Much interest was centred in the elections of Allies Queen for the Culcairm Carnival (writes a correspondent). Five candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To the Editor What Our Readers Think, the Amendment of the Railway Appeals Board
“B[?] throws a weighty bomb He says: “The promised legislation on this subject is like an old worn boot, of which only the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Superannuation Board. Prects of the Railway Service Act 1010
110 The Board shall [?] seyon [?] namely-three appointed by the Governor for a term of [?] three elected for a t[?] or three years of whom two shall be cle[?] by the officers in the railway service, and one by the officers in the tramway service under regulations made under,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Quarries. “All Grades” Activities
As everyone is aware the “All Grades” recently obtained Increases for the men working, In the railway quarries, In some cases these…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“A Tram Jollo.”
The annual reunion of the western district ticket examiners of the Tramways was held at Moloney’s Hotel. George Street West, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycling. Canberra Club
At a general meeting of the Canberra Club, held on Tuesday, it was decided to hold the "Course de Circuit" 100 miles road race, on Anniversary Day, on the Little Hartley course, Entries close on January 19. In place…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Mall Services. Commonwealth Monopoly Foreshadowed
The advent of the motor, according to Mr. Webster, Postmaster-General, moans such an increase in the cost of the mail services that the time has arrived for the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Soil Progressive Buxton. Railway and Water Schemes
The Progress Association, Buxton, recently met Mr. G. W. Fuller, M.L.A., at the Picton Lakes station. Mr. Fuller was much interested in the route of the proposed line between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Train Lieut.- Col, Nash'S Advice
"Train! Train ! Train!" is the advice given by Lieutenant-Colonel Nash, V.D., who returned from the front last week. "I spent u long time at the front," he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Money for Main Roads
The Government main roads allotment for the Hornsby Shire for this year totals £1500. The length of main roads totalled about 120 miles. The amount is apportioned as…
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