Farm Tractors Tyres for Road Work the Workshop
A farm tractor in originally designed for working on [?]able land, and consequently iran-shod wheels with lugs are [?]tted. It is found, however that when…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1925
13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250
Missing Money. From a Train. £150 Goes Astray. Katoomba
Stationmaster Cormaclc, head ticket clerk Brownlow, and Porter Wootton, of the Katoomba Railway Station, are greatly perturbed by the mysterious disappearance of a leather…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Iron Road Kyogle to Brisbane Uniform Gauge Line
A beginning is to be made almost immediately with the construction of the railway from Kyogle to South Brisbane, which forms part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bulwarra Road Levels Royal Commission Report. C.P.S. STATEMENT
The Country Producers' Selling Company. Ltd., has asked as to publish the following statement over the signature of Mr. Peter McWilliam…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →62-Tons Road Load. 11 Days to London From Birmingham. Three Miles an Hour "Burst."
After eleven days on the road from Birmingham, a 15,000 kilowatt electrical generator, weighing 62 tons, for the St. Marylebone borough power house, reached the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Loyalty to the Employer. "A meeting of the State Council of the Australian Railway Union has been called for next Saturday, the 10th January, to consider a proposal for an invitation strike throughout the railway service."
This was the announcement in last Saturday's Sydney newspapers. In the event of the strike being put into operation it is considered likely…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Motor— Engine Lubrication
The best results from a motor car come almost entirely through correct lubrication. Correct lubrication can only be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Administration—New Commissioners and Area Officers—Some Distinguished Workers Mr. James Fraser
Mr. James Fraser commenced his engineering career on 8th July, 1878, as a cadet under the late Mr. John Whitton, Engineer-in-Chief for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our Railways— a weekly budget of Information, Replies to Criticism, Statements of Policy, and General Comment, direct from the office of the Railway Commissioners to readers of "The Land." Questions and inquiries are cordially invited. The Christmas Traffic
As indicated in a previous article, the holiday periods of the average worker are periods of strenuous endeavour for the railway man and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Tramways
While the tramway traffic man's duties during rush traffic are not perhaps as onerous as those of his railway confrere, by reason of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Cyclists Douglas' Progress About Lightweight Machines
(By WHEELMAN.) During the last two years over 2000 Douglas motor cycles of twin-cylinder design have been sold in N.S.W. The Douglas is a machine which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Station
During the holiday season just closed. the traffic to Meadowbank station has been abnormal. During the period form December 20 to January 1, the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring and Engineering
Motorists often desire-to travel over consideragle distances, and to camp at some convenient spot by the roadside, Whenever they feel so inclined, rather…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →December Railway Traffic
The traffic at a railway station may generally he taken as a fair indication of the progress of the district. Ryde railway station, on those lines, indicates…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Traffic
During the month of December, Beecroft railway station has shown a slight increase as compared with the previous year, so far as passenger traffic is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Improved Tent for Motorists. a Local Patent
TENT AND POLES—ATTACHED TO FOOTBOARD…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motoring Up Skiddaw. Tyres with Steel Pronge
A 22-h.p. motor cycle and sidecar climbed Skiddaw, the Cumberland mountain, 3,054 feet high. Starting from Keswick, the ascent was made in 21 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Revenue
From a compilation of returns at Guildford railway station for the month of December, it is elicited that 11,184 ordinary tickets were issued, whilst the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor-cars in Pawn
A cablegram through the Australian Press Association, fram Paris, states that owing in the rapid increase in the practice of paw[?]ing motor-cars the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor-buses Increase. Melbourne's Preference
The Melbourne Tramway Board has found that the city's traffic cannot be transported br the existing tramway aerviers, and it has placed a bus [?]…
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