Plucky Motorist Flashes Past Highwayman Maitland
Two men, one masked, and armed with revolvers, attempted to bold up a car near Farley last night, but the driver, William Monteith, accelerated the engine,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1927
16,644 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250
The Spending Power of People As Expressed in Motor Car Ownership: One Person in Sixteen Owns a Motor Vehicle
The number of motor vehicles on the register in New South Wales on June 30, 1926, was 139,236, or one vehicle for every 16 persons in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Truth Ap [?] It Motors To-day Dodge Brothers' Sedan Trying Them Out The Improved Dodge Sedan Comfortable, Capable Car
NICELY run in after having covered over 1200 miles, the Dodge under review provided road comfort of a very high order, protection from unfavorable weather conditions, and a performance which was singularly impressive…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Six Days' Trial Triumph Motor Cycles Triumph
Of the 35 starters who competed in the fifth annual six days' reliability Trial promoted by the Motor Cycle Club of N.S.W., only four completed the course…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wouldn't Stop Murderous Motorist Shoots Policeman London
Receiving a complaint from a girl in a lonely country la[?]e near Newark (Notts.), Plain clothes Constable Dainty endeavored to detain a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Odyssey On Wheels Motorists' dash across australian Desert
In this article, Mr. Frank Money tells a vivid story of the adventurous journey by motor car of himself and two friends across the Australian continent from Bunbury to Sydney. A ROAD through the centre of…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Northern Floods Water Near Railways Farmers' Plight West Maitland
Although the flood gates in Wallis Creole, between East and West Maitland, have been open for a week, the flood water south of Maitland has not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rodrick Wins Stealing Shield Motor Boating
The races at Rose Bay yesterday under the auspices of the Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W., were disappointing. In the first event, for the Stelilng…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Trampled on Panic at Manly Crowd Stampedes Ferris Wheel Mishap
Many people were trampled by the crowd, and one woman was seriously injured at Manly last night in the excitement following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Head-road. Further Improvements. Main Roads Board's Plans
Important proposals for the widening and improvement of further sections of New South Head-road have been forwarded by the Main Roads Board to the Woollahra Municipal…
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At a conference at the office of the Main Roads Board on January 13, the system of book-keeping introduced by the Alain Roads Board will be…
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The first stretch of concrete road of any length to be laid in the country is to be constructed on the main road between Richmond and Windsor…
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The Royal Automobile Club of Australia has received a report stating that the Main Southern Road between Yerrinbool and Mittagong is impassable owing to heavy rain, although it was only recently opened…
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Mr. B. Schleicher, of Hazelbrook, in a letter to the "Herald," contends that all repair work on the Western-road to the Blue Mountains should include some form of impervious…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fall From Train
Stepping from the wrong side of a train at Hornsby on Saturday morning, Edward George Jerome, aged 41 years, of Glenmore-street, Paddington, fell heavily to another set of rails…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →For Bridge Span 600 Tons of Steel a Railway Problem London
A SPECIAL train travailing along two parallet lines of track, to-day transported from Darlington to Middiesborough docks two of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Late Search for Child MELBOURNE
Missing her child on the express from Melbourne to Geelong, a woman pulled the communication cord near Laverton. The train was stopped and a search…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →From Moving Train Elderly Man's Fall Bathurst
When the mid-day passenger train to Sydney was approaching Bathurst to-day. at a speed of thirty miles an hour, a passenger named Stephens. an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murray River Bridge Work to Cost £180,000 ALBURY
The Murray Waters Commission has begun the preliminary work in connection with the building of a bridge over the River Murray, two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Suburbia's Roads Paved with Good Intentions Who Is Responsible? Those Rail Crossings
THE question whether the Railway Commissioners or municipal councils should be responsible for the maintenance of crossings over and…
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