Main Roads Board. Mr. Mutch's Position
The secretary of the Local Government Association (Mr. A. R. Bluett) pointed out in a letter to the Botany Council that the board to be appointed under the Main Roads Bill would…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1921
7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250
Confidence Man Three-Card Trick in Train
Described by Detective James as a confidence man "and nothing els[?] John Gorman, a neatly-dressed young man, who was found guilty of having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Killed by a Mail Train. a Strange Coincidence
A farmer resident of Goulburn (N.S.W.), named Sydney Cottington, was run down and killed by the Temora mall train on Wednesday morning. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Settlement and Railways
"Another Bushman" writes:—When venturing to take up my pen and write to "The Land" I suggested to your correspondent "Bill…
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Frederick H. Black, Billabong Creek, Parkes, writes: Sir,—I have read the communications to your paper of "Bill Smith"…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motoring and Cycling
The wonderful efficiency of the air-brake for motor cars was demonstrated recently in America. The traffic authorities of San Francisco…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Motor Cycling 24-Hours' Trial To-morrow
To-morrow afternoon at 6, the second annual 24 hours reliability trial of the Northern Suburbs Motor Cycle Club will start from Crow's Nest, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Robbed the Mail Motor-car Bandits' Coup Valuable Booty
While a post office van, containing the day's mall, was on the way from the railway station to the post office at Toledo (Ohio) on Thursday last, it…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Border Railways. Orbest to Twofold Bay
The Victorian Minister for Railways and Mines (Mr. Ba[?] accompanied by the chief engineer of the railway construction branch (Mr. Kernot)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →India's Troubles Waiting for Rupee to Rise Railway Strike Ended [?]
Indian merchant have re[?] decision not to take delivery of ordered goods and bot to meet their liabilities until the race of [?]…
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A tram has been specially [?]t ed up at the workshops at Randwick for the purpose of giving advertising an opportunity of seeing the special facilities for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motors and Motorists Sydney's Pre-Motor Days
"It was in 1891 I arrived in Sydney to assume the management of the Dunlop Rubber Company here, coming from a similar position in Adelaide," said Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cycling 24 Hours' Reliability Trial
[?] are the corries for the Northern [?] Motor [?] 24 hours [?] and Goulbura, and return to start to [?] evening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wanted: a Live Railway Policy
Government ownership of railways is not an unmixed blessing. For one thing, there is too much of the political about it: and when people say a thing is "political," they are only one remove from cursing—so low have politics fallen in the public estimation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Border Railways. Albury
Mr. R. T. Ball, ex-Minister for Works, speaking to-day of his proposals for border railways, said these had been suggested by him an subjects for inquiry during the visit of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Employees. Proposal to Reduce. Toowoomba
It has been ascertained that the officials of the Q.R.U. are much perturbed by an official proposal that the number of employees in the Queensland railway service should be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Washaways on the Railway. Perth
An extraordinary downpour occurred last evening at Narrogin, washing away sections of the railway lines at that centre. Five inches of rain fell in an hour and 40 minutes. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram and Lorry Collide
Two horses attached to a lorry bolted along Crown-street, city, late yesterday afternoon and collided with a tram. The impact threw the tram driver, Henry Farrell, 45, of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Passenger Linters. Interest in New Development
Although the Held of application for the internal combustion engine to cargo ships is much wider than in passenger vessels, nevertheless the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Daring Bagsnatcher On and Off Moving Tram
Another instance of the daring of hag-snatchers has come under the notice of the police, the thieving in this case being done on a moving…
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