The Country Cheaper Freight ? Motors v. Railways BATHURST
The Bathurst Chamber of Commerce has received a letter from a Sydney firm offering to carry goods between Sydney and Bathurst at from 7½ to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1923
11,988 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250
High Fares and Humbug State Treasurer's Strange Attitude Trams Pay Off Railway Losses
This is not the time to reduce tram fares, the Treasurer, Mr. Cocks, said yesterday. He went on to explain that the railways have lost so much money in the last six years that a reduction of tram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Botany-road. Trusts First Meeting. Large Sum to Be Expended
The members of the Botany Road Trust, together with a large number of aldermen and other visitors, met at Mascot Town Hall yesterday afternoon to commemorate the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At Long Last New Botany Road "Worst Highway" to Become Best
The inaugural matting of the Botany Road Trust, authorised by the Bill which Mr. J. R. Lee. Government Whip, successfully…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Letter Bag Council's Roads Tender or No Tender Is There a Monopoly? To the Editor
Sir,—Upon reading the [?] papers on Wednesday morning. I was surprised to know that our City Fathers had given a large contract for [?]tumen load construction on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Tram Smash. Twenty-Three Persons Injured
While a cable tram, crowded with passengers, was crossing the interaction of City-road and Clarendon-street, Melbourne, on Thursday night last, it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Caught in Points. Railway Employes Injured
A shocking accident occurred at the Harden (N.S.W.) goods yard on Friday afternoon last, resulting in serious injury to a cleaner employed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Help for Motorists. Spot Lights and Tyre Troubles
An old proverb, evolved out of the experience of mankind, has impressed upon us the danger that is likely to result from the loss of a nail in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heroic Mother Her Life for Her Child Crushed by a Motor
A singular fatality, in which a mother sacrificed her own life in order to save her child, occurred in a street at Hull, England, last week. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Trains. Service for the Riverina
A report from Albury (N.S.W.) states that it is expected that the first motor train to be placed in commission in the Riverina will be running…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tarana to Oberon. Good Progress with the Railway
Since the beginning of the new year consideration progress has been made with the construction of the railway from Tarana to Obaron. Temporary…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Car Smashes Five Persons Injured Car Turns Somersault
A serious motor smash occurred on the Hillgrove Road, within half a mile of Armidale (N.S.W.), on Saturday afternoon. A car owned and driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lamb Settlement and Development the Motor Age the Popular Saddle Comfort for the Riders
Every year vast improvements are being made in the construction of motor bicycles. Indeed, the latest models almost attain the acme of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Holiday, Trams
The tramway authorities notify that on Anniversary Day timetables similar to week days, with slight alterations between 6.30 and 9 a.m. and 4.30 and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Reduction Sydney Tram Fares Mr. Cocks Explains Why One Way Out
THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY of tram fares being reduced. The State Government is determined to continue the practice of making the trams carry the burden of non-paying railway lines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day's Motor Note
To-morrow is a holiday, and motorists trill probably [?] going for a long run. That little time spent on going…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fight the Trains Motors to Bathurst BATHURST
Six large motor lorries now make the trip between Bathurst and Sydney regularly. The loads comprise wool, hides, fruit. vegetables, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Strike Echo Tram Guards' Claim Allege Victimisation Mr. Oakes Reply
Representatives of tram guards, who went out on strike in 1917, waited upon the Acting Premier this afternoon, and complained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cotton Waste Firmer. Shipments of Motor Spirit
All brands of cotton waste have been advanced £2/10 a ton, owing to the world-wide rise in cotton prices. Japanese No. 1 white is now available at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Official Charged
At the Central Police Court yesterday. Thomas Alexander Bray, railway stationmaster at Carrathool, was charged with misappropriating the [?] of £37/17/[?], the property of the Railway Co[?]ners…
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