The Parramatta Motor Han
Mr. A. W. Keene still flourishes at the head of the business which he established in Parramatta some ten years ago. His well-known establishment—where is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1919
6,224 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250
Railway Matters
The growth of revenue at the local railway station has been so great that the Commissioners have decided to appoint an additional porter. The railway gates at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lithgow Road Race. Lithgow
A bicycle road race, under the auspices or the Lithgow, Bicycle Club was run to-day over an 18 miles course, to the finger post and return twice. The result was:—G. Palfrey 1, T. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Service Reduced to Make Up Deficit Queensland Government Straggles BRISBANE
The Queensland Government, which lost a million sterling on the railways during the last financial year, is endeavoring to straighten things out by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road to Wealth Not Paved With Raw Material Manufacturing Nations Rule
Raw material is the basis of all manufacturers, and Australia has it in plenty, but unless we convert our raw material into goods we can never…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Proposed New Route North Automobile Club Officials Go Exploring And Have a Bad Time
In these columns three weeks ago it was related how Messrs. D. M. Cooper (chairman of the roads and tours committee of the Automobile Clue), A. J…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Tram Strike in Perth PERTH
The tram strike is not settled, but negotiations are progressing, and prospects of a settlement are bright…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legacy of £100,000 From Australian Uncle Railway Timekeepeer in England Inherits a Fortune LONDON, Friday Night
William Alison, a timekeeper at the North-Western Company's locomotive sheds, states he has inherited £50,000 from a pastoralist uncle, who died in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in Queensland Seven Inches of Rain in Two Days. Northern Railways Blocked by Washouts BRISBANE
Telegrams from Cloncurry show that the Cloncurry and Sedan, and Cloncurry and Camooweal mail services were unable to start owing to a high flood in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Injured
Owing to the steering gear of the motor car in which he was seated going wrong, Richard White, a painter, of Makinson-street, Gladesville, ran into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Men Question of Holidays
The Tramway Union has received a requisition from its members to call a special mass meeting to consider grievances, particularly in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Home-made Motor Car Forbes Man's Feat FORBES
Motorists will be interested in the feat performed by Mr. D.F. Underwood, manager of the Forbes City Waterworks. Fourteen years ago, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opportunities Roads
Sydney City Council recommends an expenditure of £1320 in woodpaving. Market Street, between George and Pitt Streets…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →National Roads
The older European countries are up against the problem that the motor driven road vehicle was brought so largely into the lime light, and "Engineering" writes…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Strange Accident in Train Two Soldiers Injured
A special train, conveying 63 men of the 21st General Service Reinforcements from the transport Soonah arrived in Sydney yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Under the Thames London, sunday Evening
[?] is every likelihood of Mr. [?] by a Australian engineer, securing permission to construct a high-speed railway under the Thames at Woolwich…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bottle and Glass Railway Property Damaged
[?] Police Court, before Mr. [?] S.M. Thomas Campbell [?] £10s costs 6s witness [?] for breaking a water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney to Darwin. the North and South Railway. I.
A perusal of the last report of the Administrator of the Northern Territory shows, beyond all doubt, that the attempt of the Government during the last few yours to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waiting for Trams
Mrs. Chamberlain protests against the prohibition of people waiting on the off-side of the road for trams on account of the impossibility of women walking from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Perth Tramway Strike. Perth
For several days negotiations have been proceeding between the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Collier) and the Minister for Railways (Mr. Hudson) for a settlement of the tram…
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