Govt. Help Sutherland Seeks It That Bridge
The Sutherland Shire Council last night decided to send a deputation to the Premier asking for a reasonable contribution towards the building of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
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Road to New Ferry Ryde Considers Cost
Ryde Connell's engineer has been instructed to propers an estimate of the cost of making [?] from high water mars to [?] on the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Motor Traction Indispensable to the Merchant Co-ordination Between 'Bus and Tram How a Wise Consideration of the Possibilities and Limitations of each Form of Transport may be used with Advantage to Both
Although 'buses, strictly speaking, are not In the fullest meaning of the term, factors in commercial transport, the question of the taking over of the bus services in the County of Cumberland by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Few Demonstrators on Great White Train They Come to Sydney Lithgow
Some resentment has been felt here during the visit of the Great White Train, which is boosting Australian made goods, that a charge was mode…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Show Big Crowds Officials Pleased Essay for Children
THE M.T.A. Motor Show continues to attract big crowds. The body work, both on cars and trucks. has been highly praised…
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"THE POSITION is absurd. The Government will not permit motor 'buses to run directly or indirectly in opposition to the trams, yet it will not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cinderella Among Railways Goes Nowhere Forgotten 8 Years Falling to Pieces
[?]ing th[?] have been [?] western New [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motoring an Experiment Maroubra on
For next Saturday the management of the Marouhra Speedway has arranged an experiment—motor-paced cycle events introducing a number of star "push…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland. Railway Dispute. Trouble at Ipswich. Brisbane
Shortly after his return from the North to-day the Premier (Mr. McCormack) invited the representatives of the Railway Unions to meet him at his office in regard to the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Anxiety for Motor Cyclist. Perth
Anxiety is felt rogarding the safety of Mr. Jack Payne, a motor cyclist, who is endeavouring to ride from Sydney to Perth on a light-weight machine. The last heard of him was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Flooded Railways. North Queensland Lines. Brisbane
As a result of the abatement of the heavy rains, the water covering the Babinda line has rapidly subsided, and the mial train for Cairns, which was held up at Innisfail…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Show. Accessories Display. Variety of Exhibits
The secretary of the Motor Traders' Association (Mr. L. E. Stevens), on whom has fallen the bulk of the work of organising the Motor Show, remarked yesterday that so…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Motor Accident
Crossing Chaurch-street, Parramatta, to take his seat in a Sydney-bound motor 'bus, Thomas A. Fayburn, lately resident in Vista-street, Saas Souel, was knocked down by a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Extension. Line to Alice Springs. Melbourne
Documents giving details of the proposed extension of the Port Augusta-Oodnadatta railway to Alice Springs, were laid on the table of the House of Representatives to-day by the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Cars Collide. Wentworth Falls
Yesterday a collision occurred between two cars at the junction of the Main Western-road and Boonara-street. One car was driven by Mr. Ru[?]ert Pe[?] of Wentworth [?]s,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Drunken Motorist Punished. Cessnock
At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday Peter Craft was fined £10, with £3/16/ costs, for driving a motor car while under the influence of drink, and fined £5, with 8/ costs, for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Country News. Railway Scheme Condemned. Wagga
The proposal for the construction of a railway line from Wagga, via Tumut, to the Federal capital. Canberra, has received a severe setback owing to the outspoken opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Lorries Burned. Lithgow
M. Bowson, a travelling draper, at Portland, had his motor lorry, which was filled with softgoods, destroyed by fire. The occurrence took place about six miles on the western…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →On the Punts Motor 'Bus Privileges
Sylvania Progress Association wrote to Sutherland Shire Council last night protesting against the action of the Works Department in taking from the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sport Sayings and Doings Motor Cycling Grand Prix Chances. Internationals' Opinions
That the 22 h.p. Grand Prix will be won at an average speed of between 70 and 72 miles per hour at Maroubra, next Tuesday is the opinion of Stuart. Williams, the A.J.S…
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