Motor Launch Sinks. Young Man Drowned
On Monday last Francis Adam Fletcher, of Inverness Avenue, Penshurst, and his sixteen-year-old son, Frederick Harold Fletcher, left Kurnell on their…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1921
7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250
Motor Boating
Next Saturday afternoon will see two more races decided over the triangular course by the St. George Motor Boat Club. There is to be a scaled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Men. Registration Regained
Mr. A.C. Warton. general secretary of the New South Wales Government Tramway Employees' Union, stated yesterday that the union had been re-registercd, under the New…
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ALBURT,. Thursday.--Percival Leslie Longhuret (33), married, whose, duty was the slowing down of trains at a bridge three miles on the Albury side of Table Top railway…
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THE Paris "Matin" states that the airman Grantjean has been experimenting at Etsmpes with an aeroplane having wings with a Tariable surface, in order to enable speed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Desert Train
Saltbush and Mulga,mallee scrub and pea, Quandong nuts, fettles' huts, Irish stew and tea; Frozen lamb, eggs and ham, pickles on the side; All aboard the desert train, a thousand miles to ride…
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A SHORT time ago a young couple were exploring North Wales from Wrexham to the sea, and found themselves one day in a wellknown town. They climbed up the High Street…
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We took the road to Cobbity, From Camden's church upon the hill, And o'er that singing bushland road I would that we were walking still…
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When, some weeks ago, the Local Government Department notified Prospect and Sherwood Council of its quota of £700 form the Main Roads grant on the basis…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell From Train Milson's Point Accident Woman's Narrow Escape
When Henrietta Wright, aged 50, who lives in Percy-street, Auburn, was stepping on to a train at the Milson's Point station this morning the train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor Car Tragedy. Mr. A. P. Whiting and His Son
A full report of the torrible motor car tragedy, by which Mr. A. P. Whiting and his son and Charley Gow lost their hves, and Mr. Oliver Hempel was seriously…
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On Wednesday a man named John Wallace, a gardener, aged 50 years, was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, suffering from concussion of the brain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Slump in Freights Many Tramps Coming Effect of Foreign Incursion
Fr[?] and every port the transp[?] the [?] carriers are rooting long with [?] turned towards Australia [?]…
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Robert Samuel Baxter was proceeded against at Redfern Police Court for driving in a manner dengerous to the public on December 13…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →St. George Motor Boat Club. the Sealed Handicap and the Bang and Go Back Races
This Saturday afternoon, the seventh race of the Club takes place over the triangular course, distance five miles. The events are a sealed handicap, under…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Launch Capsizes. Father Swims Ashore. Son Missing
Frederick Adam Fletcher and his son, Frederick Charles, left Kurnell for Sandringham, on Monday last, in a small motor launch, which was subsequently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring Is the Car a Luxury
For every car used for pleasure there are nine utilised for business or professional work. Modern business methods cannot afford to indulge in unnecessary and costly app[?] and motor vehicles are used in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Pilfering Brisbaine
The police are again busy operating against the systematic pilfering from the railway goods sheds at Brisbane. This is a revival of the trouble that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Campaign of Thieving" Alleged Railway Pilfering Two Men Committed Bathurst
Many thousands of pounds of property is pilfered from the railways yearly and it is a grave matter that the public should be preyed on,"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missing Goods. Bathurst Railway Men Charged
BATHURST, Friday.--Considerable Interest was manifested in the hearing of charges against two railway employees, Thomas Carpenter and Leonard Hughes, at the Bathurst…
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