ELECTRICITY. From Railways. Council Contract Cancelled. New Power-house
The City Council last night, by 15 votes to 10, adopted the Lord Mayer's recommendation to cancel the contract with the Railway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1925
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Man Knocked Down by Motor Car. Wauchope
Mr. J. Clark, a well-known local resident, was knocked down by a motor car on Sunday night, and seriously injured. He was removed to hospital in a critical condition, suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Country News. Motor and Buggy Collision. Albury, Wednesday. Before the district coro[?]
Before the district coroner, Arthur Edword Sheehan, aged 18, was committed for trial at Albury Quarter Sessions, with a ball of £50, on a charge of having feloniously…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£3,000,000 SCHEME Council to Build New Power-House Competition with Railways
Last night, in a long debate, the Labor majority in the City Council decided to give the Railway Commissioners five years' notice of the cancellation of the electricity contract, and to take steps immediately to erect a new power-house, costing, in the vicinity of…
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The List of the overhead bridges in connection with the city railway is now being built at Eddy Avenue…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Northern Railway Manly and Mosman
Resident of the Northern Suburbs are not all sure that the intentions of the Government in regard to the proposed railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five Years' Notice to Railway Commissioners City Lighting Filching Resented
TO protect and preserve the Electricity Department of the City Council from possible subservience to the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor 'Bus Men Loyal to Their Union Juvenile Labor Indicted
An attempt which has been fostered for some time by interested parties to form a union of motor bus drivers and conductors. apart from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Traders Do Good Business
Members of the Motor Traders' Association gathered at Sargent's last night for their annual dinner, the chair being occupied by the president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-cycle Turns Turtle Rider Injured
A severe collision occurred last night between a motor-cycle and sidecar and a motor-car at Camperdown. The cycle was overturned by the force of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Growth of the Motor N.S.W. Progress Traders Pleased and Optimistic
The great British oil interests, controlling a capital of about £300,000,000, earn a net profit of only three-farthings a gallon on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Power Station to Cost £3,000,000 City Council Decides to Go Ahead Without Delay Agreement with Railways to Be Cancelled Mr. Ball Throws Out a Plain Threat
A new No. 2 power station, involving an expenditure of probably over £3,000,000, is to be erected on a site to be recommended by Mr. Forbes Mackay (general manager of the city electricity department),…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Queries
Answere [?] questions received will be given in to-morrow's paper…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Western-road Motor Traffic
The Inspector-General of Police intimated to Tuesday night's meeting of Prospect and Sherwood Council that, in special attention was being given to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blaxland Road
Ryde's engineer actually admits. that Blaxland-road is showing bad signs of wear, and recommends that. "where the wear has not already been too great,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney-road
Good progress has been made by the contrators (Australian Roads. Ltd.) with the re-construciton of Sydney-road allowing for adversae weather von[?]tions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Mails Burnt. The Aeroplane Destroyed
Information was received in Melbourne by the secretary to the Postal Department (Mr. H.P. Brown) on Tuesday that the aerial mail scheduled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under a Train Newcastle Railwayman Loses Leg NEWCASTLE,Thursday
While crossing the rail at Newcastle railway station late last night, Reginald Williams, 25, a relieving porter of John Street, Dudley, fell beneath…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Epping's Worst Road
Alderman Harley, at Wednesday nitht's meeting of Dundas Council, expressed the emphatic opinion that Midson-road was the worst through fare in Epping…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pendle Hill. That Overhead Bridge
Mr. H. C. Dc Low. acting on behalf of Mr. Goodall, who has purchased Mr. Fowler's land at Pendie Hill, interrogated Prospect and Sherwood Council as to…
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