Bad for the Motor Car Melbourne to Sydney Route
Messrs. Nat Netter and H. Molony, two South Australian sportsmen, who completed a motor-run from Adelaide to Sydney yesterday, describe the main…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1919
6,224 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250
Railway Smash. Carriage Driven Up Hurstville Embankment
During shunting operations at about 7 o'clock yesterday morning a railway smash occurred at Hurstville in the siding which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-bike and Car Collide Health Officer Injured
Mr. T. Bleasdale, Health Officer of Granville, was badly injured in a collision at Granville yesterday morning. Mr. Bleasdale was rounding the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident. Mishap at Hurstville
All accident occurred during shunting operations at Hurstville station yesterday. At 7.15 a.m. an engine was taken to be coupled on to a line of ten carriages to form…
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Shortly after 7 o'clock on Thursday morning, an engine was run along the siding to form the 7.20 passenger train from Hurstville to Sydney, and as the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MOTORING Road Neglect Speedy Improvement Necessary Car Traffic Increasing
A prominent Sydney business man this week alluded to the unsatisfactory state of some main roads over which his cars had to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempted Train Robbery. Larsen Committed for Trial. Bathurst
Wilfred Larsen, a young man, was to-day charged with having attempted to rob James Whelan, the driver of the Forbes mail train, on the night of December 21, while armed…
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The Labour Federation has taken up the cudgels on behalf of the tramway men on strike, and the secretary of the Labour Federation announced this morning that the…
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"Blue Metal" writes —" Whatever can the aldermen of Kogarah Council be thinking about that they do not make a proper tarred road along the main…
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In response to petitions and representations made through Mr. Ley to the Railway t Commissioners in favor of holders of weekly tickets being allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring. Speed Judging Contest
The opening run of the Automobile Club in January was to have taken the form of a weekend run to Katoomba or Medlow, with, perhaps, a petrol test for those who cared to compete…
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How the Lidcombe business people, and, for the matter of that, the public generally, have managed to [?] so patiently for so many years the almost all-day-long…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Collision
Shortly after 8 o'clock on Thursday morning a collision between two motor vehicles took place near the intersection of Railway-parade and Carlten-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Civilian Aviators Trained by State Superintendent of Technical Education Advocates Continuation of Richmond School to Train Pilots and Mechanics for Commercial Flying
"I feel quite certain that in Australia there will be a very rapid development in the use of the aeroplane by private owners for pleasure, and for various…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MOTORING Club Meet at Manly, and Speed Judging
In view of the difficulty in securing accommodation at either Katoomba or Medlow at this time of the year, the roads and tours committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Perth Tramway Strike PERTH
The tramway men are still on strike, and there is little prospect of settlement. The fire brigades received several calls yesterday, but none of them was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inland Railway Barwin to Perth The Importance of Condobolin. Broken Hill Line as Part of Transcontinental System
The statement last week that the Federal Government is considering a proposal to build a railway line from Port Darwin to Lake Nash or Camoowcal, on the…
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Hinchinbrook Shire Council (Q.) recently applied for a £2000 loan for the gravelling and repair of roads within the shire. The Government has promised…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Good Road and Public Health
Good roads mean cleanliness and good health. Bad roads mean dust and opportunities for accumulation of filth; hence there are no more ardent advocates…
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