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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--During the past five years the Railway Commissioners have spend £20,000 on buildings and a similar sum on machinery at the Honeysuckle point workshops;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last night Richard Shailer, a tram conductor, living in Mill Hill Road, Waverley, fell from a moving tramcar at the Bridge Street tramway depot, and sustained a dislocated right thigh…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--A limited restoration will be made shortly in the suburban weekly evening train services, which have been practically suspended since the drastic cut…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →During the past fortnight a number of cases of pilfering from railway goods trains have been reported to the police. The goods stolen have In most cases been loaded at Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Registrations of motors reported at the Sydney Traffic Department from December 26 to December 31 were:—Motor cars 63, taxi 1, motor cycles 30, lorries 2. In the next period…
Continued on Trove, page 50 →A few weeks ago the Barmedman-Rankin'8 Siding Railway League requested the Government to give them permission to raise £100,000, to be advanced to the Government for the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The price of American cars has increased of late from 10 per cent. to 35 per cent., whereas American motor cycles are very slightly up. America's entry into the war will probably…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Reports regarding Germany, coming through from Switzerland, are to the effect that there is no petrol shortage for army use, but the lack of rubber Is causing serious trouble. A…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →It is a pity that engine brakes have been entirely abandoned. At one time they came into a certain vogue. The "Rover" was one of the cars which was so fitted, and the brake was of…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Now that America is making huge preparation for her entry into the war, the question of supplies of alloy steel for the motor car industry is under review, for it is probable that…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →The suit case containing £2000 worth of diamond and pearl jewellery, the property of Mrs. Theo Marks, which was reported as having been stolen from a train at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is a peculiar thing, says the Melbourne "Age," that public men in Commonwealth, State and other departments seem still to be possessed by the same curious…
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Continued on Trove, page 7 →"The Times'" correspondent at Copenhagen says that the German railwayman are restless, and threatening in attitude. It is feared in Germany that they will join in the strikes,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.--Last night a Sydney motorist, Mr. F. C. Piddington, while driving his motor car (containing other occupants) along Gossan Street, collided with a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →HENTY, Wednesday.--Mr. W. Hutchinson, (chief engineer of the Railway Construction Department), Mr. J. Broughton (Surveyor-General of the Lands Department). and Mr. Usher (traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A motor-car. driven by Dr. Athol Mobbs, of Balmain, got out of control in Pitt Street, City, yesterday afternoon, and after jumping the footpath, backed into and crashed through the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In a recent prosecution a drover, who came down with a consignment of stock to Homebush, was lined for not having a permit on the train journey…
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