MOTORING Interstate Records to Be Attacked
The Melbourne-Sydney record of 16hr 55min, standing to the credit of Mr. Bovd Edkins and his Vauxhall, and established six years ago, is in danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1922
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Motoring (Continued From Page 28.)
side of the same ball in the fame way, but attached to the wheel spindle. Thus the road wheel is able to be driven by the rotating shaft, steered in…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Leniency for Motor Maniacs
Scarcely a week pusses without motorists being charged before police courts for traffic offences. As these Offenders are usually of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Bikes That Pass in the Night
The neglect of so many motor cyclists in regard to the use of anything in the shape of a "silencer" when they are traversing the streets of the city during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jo'burg Tramless Serious Result of Strike Lighting in Danger Johannesburg
Johannesburg is now without trams, for the power has been reserved for lighting, which citizens are exhorted to use sparingly, in an endeavor to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Is It "Dinkum" ? Talk of City Railway the Discovery of £50,000 Commissioners Surprised
Is the sudden talk of resuming the city railway merely an adroit piece of electioneering propaganda? Ever since the Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sixty Injured French Train Accident LONDON, Sunday Night
A message from Arras states that a serious accident happened to the Paris express, through a broken coupling, the rear of the train colliding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bridge or Subway? Ryde Changes its Mind Congestion of Traffic
A deputation which [?] on the Railway Commissioners [?] Fox and Cann) to-day urged the right of the people of Ryde in [?] a subway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Middle Harbour. Proposed Bridge. People Offer to Pay Half Cost
Replying to a deputation, which placed before him the advantages that would accrue to the northern suburbs by the construction of a bridge over Middle Harbour, Mr. Cann,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North Shore Line Railway Inspector Busy Gets a Haul
[?] Railway Commissioners are not [?] about improving the railway [?] on the North Shore line, it is [?] that they ar concerned about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Long Long Queue Motorists at Tom Ugly's One and a Half-hours' Wait
The glorious weather yesterday brought motorists out by hundreds. Cars which had been stored away for many weekends were hauled out of the garages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Railway Early Start to Be Made Mr. Estell Definite
According to a statement made this afternoon by Mr. Estell. [?] her for Railways on early afart is to be made with the long-promised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed in a Tram Randwick Boy's Death in Melbourne MELBOURNE
As inqu[?] was held at the City [?] converning the death of [?] parr. 15 son of Colonel [?] A.S.W. Repatriation Commissioner who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railways. Union Control. Twenty-three Demands
The members of the State branch of the Australian Workers' Union are making a big effort to secure control of the railways. They have served a series of 23 demands on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Knocked Down by Motor Car
At about 6.15 p.m. yesterday Cecil Gray, 26, tram conductor, living at Plunkett-street, St. Leonards, was knocked down by a motor car in Alfred-street, North Sydney. The Civil…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Yacht Club of N.s.w
Two long distance handicaps were decided by the Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales on Saturday afternoon, both being handicaps. The class A boats raced over the course known as No. 3, which includes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring. Motor Cycle Club of N.s.w
The Motor Cycle Club of New South Wales held a successful road competition over a quarter of a mile on a secret course on Saturday afternoon. The competition, styled a "flying quarter," was electrically…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Financial. Commonwealth Railways
According to the report of the Commissioner for the Commonwealth Railways the earnings amounted to £332,415 for the year ended June 30, 1921, and the working expenses to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Wagging It." Railwaymen's President That Trip to Moscow
The main item to be discussed at to-day's special interstate conference of the Australian Railways' Union will be the position of Mr. Will Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →City Railway "Electioneering Stunt" Estell's Denial
The Minister for Railways (Mr. Estell) this afternoon said he hoped that work on the city railway would be resumed very soon. "Following upon…
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