Motoring Mishaps the Week's Heavy Toll Many. Fatalities
The first week of the New year was marked by a large number of motor accidents, with a heavy deathroll. Francis Williams, aged twenty…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1927
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Steam Trams Services Suspended Suburbs and Country
The N.S.W. Railway Commissioners carried out their determination, to discontinue the steam tram services at the end of the year, and the trams…
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AT a meeting last night, it was decided to end the tram regulation strike. The cars are running under normal conditions to-day…
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THE mutilated body of an elderly man, believed to be W. J. Kelly, was found in the railway tunnel at Darling Harbor early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Week's News & Views the Motor Show Host of Accessories Remarkable Exhibition
Motoring [?] of every conceivable nature will be found exhibited at the M.T.A. Motor Show which will open next Friday…
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"This is my second visit to Australia the previous one being in 1922. The difference in popularity of British motor cycles between that time and now is most…
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WHEN a collision occurred between a police car and another motor, at the intersection of William and Forbes [?] last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Letter Bag No System in the Transit System Mix-up of 'Buses & Trams Govt. Should Move To the Editor
SIR.—"Public[?]" (E.N. 5/1/27) voiced the sentiments of many when he demanded a definite declaration of policy regarding the 'buses. Either the Government should take them over…
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Sir,—The 7.21 a.m. tram from Cronu[?] is advertised to connect with the [?].12 a.m. train from Sutherland. On Monday mornings, particularly, the tram is overcrowded with those…
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Mr. [?] P. As[?] the M T A. [?] a [?] new [?] in one week…
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A four-wheel tandem-seater Motor Cycle-Cycle Car, which recently made its appearance at Br[?]klands…
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Advice has been received thai Spencer Stratton (Indian) at the Melbourne Motordrome broke the lap record, equalled the track record, and won two out of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Station and the New Central Electric Station As They Will Appear When Electrification Has Been Completed
VIEW FROM CHALMERS-STREET, SHOWING THE NEW CENTRAL ELECTRIC STATION IN THE FOREGROUND, AND THE SYDNEY STATION BEYOND. The picture, prepared under the direction of Dr. Bradfield (Engineer-in-chief for the Metropolitan Railway Construction), shows the Railway Institute on the extreme left, and the Chalmers-street entrance to Central Station in the centre. On the right of the picture are the overhead lines to the City Underground Railway, the fine arch over Eddy-avenue being prominent. Fifteen platforms in Sydney Station will be used for steam trains, and eight platforms will accommodate the electric trains in Central Station…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Level Crossing. Motor Van Run Down. Men's Remarkable Escape. Leeton
Two young men, Messrs. J. McGlynn and F. Hancock, had an extraordinary escape from serious injury in a level crossing accident here…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Railways. Alleged Discrimination. Treatment of Employees
It was roportod in union circles yesterday that certain sections of the railway service were dissatisfied with the alleged discrimination of the department in the treatment of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Border Railways. Stony Crossing to Wakool
Under the Border Railways agreement between New South Wales and Victoria, the Government of the latter State was given permission to build a number of railway lines…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Accidents. Police Comment
The weekly traffic bulletin issued by the Commissioner of Police (Mr. James Mitchell) refers to the accidents which occurred during the Christmas and New Year holidays. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Perth Tramways. Regulation Strike. Perth
There was no settlement of the regulation strike of the Perth tramway employees to-day. Negotiations between the parties were…
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Knocked down by a tram in Elizabethstreet, city, near Hunter-street, yesterday afternoon, Charles Stevens, aged 34 years, of Alexander-street, Manly, suffered a fracture…
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A man whose name has not yet been ascertained, was knocked down and fatally injured by a motor car in Parramatta-road, near Macquarie-street, Leichhardt, late last…
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