General News Killed by Train Man's Body Found
GRETA.--The body of Stephon Morris, native of Lochinvar, lately residing at Branxton, was found on the railway line near Greta Railway Station, on Sunday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1925
13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250
The Road Problem Types and Their Selection Lessons from Bombay From a Series of Articles on Bombay Roads (Continued from last issue) Tar Macadam
Tar macadam may be constructed by the so-called "grouting'' process. In the "mechanical mixing" process, the metal of various sizes is first dried in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Spit Bridge To Close Temporarily Punt Comes in Useful
Owing to a defect in the lift span of the new and unlovely Spit bridge, the structure is to be closed temporarily to traffic, and once again the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fairfield Train Late. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I note with pleasure that the late running of the 8.2 a.m. train, Fairfield to Sydney, has been taken up in your columns by "Disgusted." Any traveller by this train can…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →De Garis Mystery on Sydney Train? His Loan Scheme Melbourne
A STATEMENT was made to a detective to-day by a friend of De Garis, that he had seen De Garis boarding the Sydney express last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Who Is to Get Them? Some Good Positions Open Meat Board and Main Roads Control
Cabinet will be called together today by the Premier (Sir George Fuller) to discuss several important questions arising out of future…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Melbourne Boxing Changes Motors As a Counter Attraction Will It Be Permanent?
Ambitions of sports promoters have resulted in a change of dates by the Stadium that reminds one of the war period, when the building…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →N.S.W. Motor Taxation Act. To Operate on January 1
The N.S.W. Government has decided that the Motor Vehicles (Taxation) Act shall be administered by the Chief Secretary, and come into operation on…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →N.S.W. Railway Commissioners. Protest by Railways Union
At a meeting of the New South Wales Branch Executive of the Australian Railways Union, held on December 30, the following resolution was unanimously agreed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. RAILWAYS. Area Commissioners Appointed
The Chief Commissioner for N.S.W. Railways (Mr. J. Fraser) announced last Monday that the following officers had been appointed as Area Commissioners:…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Kyogle-brisbane Railway. Start to be Made
A commencement will be made almost Immediately with the Kyogle to South Brisbane railway, which forms part of the uniform gauge scheme. The work will…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →N.S.W. RAILWAYMEN. Have Many Grievance
In connection with statements appearing in the columns of the capitalistic press that the members of the N.S.W. branch of the Australian Railways Union…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motoring A Pilgrim by the Nepean Pleasant Scenes Which Lie Off the Beaten Track
IF you, fellow-motorist, are a lover of the bush for its own sake and seek to shun such traces of a passing civilization as old papers, defunct sardine tins, and…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Motor Car Overturned. Maitland
Mr. Trevor Thomas, accompanied by his brother and sister, was driving from Lake Macquarie to Maitland in a motor car, when the steering rod broke. The car turned over,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Child Injured. Jumping From Moving Tram
Konneth Lambert, aged 4½ years, of 67 Orchard-road, Chatswood, was seriously injured yesterday when, in jumping from a moving tram, he was knocked down by a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motoring. Motor Yacht Club
Two races for members of the Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales will be provided at the Anniversary Regatta on January 20, entries for which will close to-morrow. The races are both handicaps, one…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Shipping. Increasing Tonnage. London, Jan. 5
Sustained development in the construction of motor ships is recorded by the quarterly edition of "Lloyd's Register" showing the construction at present in progress in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Railways. Chief Electrical Engineer. Mr. Myers Appointed
Mr. W. H. Myers, who held the position of Chief Assistant Electrical Engineer of Railways, was yesterday appointed Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Fires. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Under the above heading in the S.M.H. of the 3rd instant, you give prominent notice to the recent fires in motor cars and 'buses, and the opinions of Mr. William O'Neill in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →RAILWAYMEN. Running-to-Rule. Suggested in the Union
Mr. E. A. Chapman, State secretary of the N.S.W. branch of the Australian Railways Union, yesterday confirmed the report published…
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