Drunken Motorist Fined
At the Parramatta Police Court yesterday. Edmund C. Dummer was fined £10, and his license was suspended for three months for having driven a motor-cycle along…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
15,962 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250
Alleged Theft of Motor Cars
Cyril Brownly, aged 26 years, appeared at the Central Police Court yesterday to answer a charge of having stolen a motor car, valued at £210, the property of Sadie Jane Davis on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor-rail Cars. South Australian Trials, Adelaide
Slightly more than twelve months ago the Railways Department decided to use internal combustion vehicles. A dozen rail cars, with seating capacity for 50 passengers each, were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motoring. Grand Prix Meeting
With 50 entries in the two events comprising the Motor Cycle Grand Prix, which will be decided at the Olympia Speedway, Maroubra, on January 26, the public should witness some excellent sport. In…
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Arrangements are now proceeding rapidly for the opening of the motor show on Friday, and the section of the Royal Agricultural Ground which will be devoted to this exhibition is one of the busiest…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tram Lines. in Centre of Streets. City Council's Request
The works committee of the City Council yesterday decided that a deputation representing the council, should wait on the Minister for Railways with a view to having all city…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Accident. Man Killed; Two Others Injured. Melbourne
A serious motor accident, resulting in the death of one man and the injury of two others, occurred yesterday evening on the Moyston-road, four miles from Willaura…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →City Railway. Town Hall Station
Alderman O'Dea, vice-chairman of the City Council works committee, stated at the meeting of the committee yesterday that Dr. Bradfield had submitted amended plans for the…
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Shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday morning a tram carrying newspapers from the city left the rails in New South Head-road, Rose Bay, near Lyne Park. It ran obliquely across…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mr. S. Stanton Dead Ex-railway Inspector
Mr. Samuel Stanton, honorary house steward of the Manly Bowling Club, died at a private hospital in Manly at 2.30 a.m. yesterday, following an attack of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chamberlain Improves Chill While Motoring London, Tuesday Night
The Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, who has been suffering from influenza, is improving rapidly, thanks to his strong constitution and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sell the Trams! Henley's Proposal in Assembly the Cost of 44 Hours Lang's Simple Theory of the Gas Bill
A proposal that the Government should sell the whole of the tramway services, as an alternative to the taking over of the buses, was made by Sir Thomas Henley when Parliament met this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatal Blow Out Motor Cyclist Killed Dubbo
Charles McKeogh was thrown from his motor cycle and killed last night. He was travelling at a fast speed when a tyre blew out…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →40 Hours Now! Railway Tunnel Men
The underground workers of the city railway ventilated grievances to the Minister for Labor and Industry today…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tramway Swimmers Waverley Club Formed
Though somewhat late this season the swimmers attracted to Waverley Tramway Depot last week decided to form a local swimming club, and with that object in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Buses Win Trams Driven Off Streets Premier Explains No One Will Suffer
"THE position is becoming untenable. The buses are driving the trams off the streets, and without any compensation to the taxpayers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Dismissals Merely Temporary
RUMORS that some hundreds of men recently employed on the widening of the main suburban line between McDonaldtown and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Quick Tyre-change on the Roadside Help for the Motorist
ONLY a horn Ananias would say that he enjoyed tyre-changing, particularly on the roadside…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Workmen's Train Tickets
Sir.--I wish to point out an injustice to the suburban worker using a workman's weekly ticket. The department has only taken into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great White Train
Mr. R. B. Orchard, manager of the "Great White" Train, reports to the director of the Ausralian-Made Preference League that the exhibtion…
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