Went Punting Motor Salesman Committed for Trial on Embezzlement Charge
"I lost £30 out of my pocket, and went to the races punting to get it back. I lost the lot." Such was the dismal tale of Horace…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1925
13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250
Rich Motor Merchant's Son Has Hectic Time at Bondi Cheques Galore But No Cash Bertram Bungey Peeps at Melbourne— Then Seeks Fame and Fortune in Sydney—Tradesmen are Left Lamenting Frantic Appeals to Pa in Adelaide Meet With No Response
THE way to live without working never was a problem. The solution was discovered somewhere about the time the Ark bumped the mud. and Noah sat back to spend the rest of his days under an olive tree…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Children of the West Motor Cars Wanted
Mr. A. E. Hunt and Dr. Arthur are appealing to generous-minded owners of ears to volunteer to-go to the railway station next Wednesday and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclist Hurt Collision With Car ORANGE
William Blowes, 22, orchardlst, so[?] of Alderman Blowes, was admitted to the local hospital this afternoon suffering from loss of two toes on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car and Tram Oxford-street Smash
A motor car, driven by James A. Lyons of Matilda-street, Bondi collided with, a tram in Oxford-street, near Ocean-street, Wollahrn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Balmain Ancient Clashes With "Bashful" Land Salesman When Go-getter Greig Refused "to Get" "Stop That!" Cries Sweet Maiden of Sixty-eight—A Model of Courtesy—Annandale Man Denies He Assaulted the Ancient Quietude of Wharf-road Rudely Shattered
HE might be a Shakespearean scholar or, on the contrary, he might never have heard of the Bard of Avon. But, just the same, he literally lives and acts up to the above quotation. THE gentleman referred to is John Gardiner Laing, of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Blown Off Railway Mishap to Irish Train. London, Jan. 31
Four passengers were killed and 10 injured through a gale blowing a train over an embankment near Creeslough, in Donegal. The engine remained on the rails, but both coaches…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Died in a Train. Casino
Joseph Selig, commercial traveller, [?] found dead in a train on its arrival at [?] from Lismore last night. The causs of death is said to have been heart failure…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stones on Rails Jolt For Passengers Train Stopped
A Banks town train on the way to Sydney at 8 p.m. yesterday ran into a heap of stone on the railway line near the Dulwich Hill railway…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →To Wreck Train Stones on Line Dulwich Hill Outrage Fortunate Escape
AN ATTEMPT was made to derail a train near Dulwich Hill Station last night. The engine struck some large stones which had been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Enveloped by Fire Wallsend Tram Smash One Killed; 18 Escape Motor Falls 15 Feet Sewcastle
THERE was a complete repetition of the Cronulis tram smash near Brush Creek junction. Young Wallsend, in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Car and Tram in Collision Three Persons Injured
When a motor-car, driven by James A. Lyons, of Matilda Street, Bondi, came into collision with a tram in Oxford Street, on Saturday night, thre children…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ambulance Corps Railway and Tramway Meeting
The annual meeting of the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps was held at the Devonshire Street Institute on Saturday night. The Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City Railway Satisfactory Progress Minister's Tour
"The work on the City Railway is going on satis[?] and the number of men [?] about as mary as [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fritz's First New Motor Ship Modern Appliances
The North German Lloyd, better known in pre-war days as the N.D.L., flag in Port Jackson again. To-day the K[?]geberg arrived the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hurt by Motor Cycle
Albert Wickam, 51, a wire worker. Paddington, was knocked down by a motor cycle and side car at the corner of George and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Racing Smash Penrith Tragedy Motor Cyclist Killed
"The track, at cycle tracks go, was as perfect as possible, and there could be no cause for complaint with it," remarked Raymond…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Modern Motorship. Konigsberg Due To-day
On her maiden voyage to Australia, the new N.D.L. motorship Konigsberg, under the command of Captain Beusch, is due to arrive at Sydney to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MOTORING. Motor Yacht Club. Miss Aussie Wins Eastway Shield
The Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales held an afternoon of championships at Rose Bay on Saturday, the principal event, the Eastway Shield Championship of New South Wales, being won by Mr. A. J. Allan's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steam Tram. Overturns Near Wallsend. Youth Killed. Newcastle, Suuday
As a result of being pinned under the boiler of the engine of a steam tram, which overturned at Brush Creek, near Wallsend, shortly…
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