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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
14,385 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250
ON the all important subject of tyre mileage, and the serious effects of under-inflation, Mr. Harry James, the popular manager of Dunlop Rubber Co., Melbourne, who is one of Australia's oldest motorists, writes as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WITH the targe number of motors in use to-day it is remarkable what a big percentage is used for utility purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE figures 6-65 are intended to denote firstly, that the Paige has a six-cylinder engine, and secondly, that it is capable of developing sixty-five brake horse power. THE particular car taken on test was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MONTE BLUE makes his appearance again in the hard-hitting role of a railway engineer in "The Black Diamond Express." showing at the Lyric and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Roads of gravel, sand, and other comparatively low-priced materials, are practical for many regions of the United States where improved surfacing is urgently needed. C. N…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Mr. H. H. Newell, deputy president of the Main Roads Board, was for 31 years an officer of the Public Works Department. While district engineer in 1926, he was appointed one of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →WILLIAM HACKETT, 23, a native of Galway, Ireland, who arrived in Sydney by the Mamillus to-day, had never been in a train until he started on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A small party of the mainland delegates to the Science Congress, which is to commence its sittings at Hobart next week, was travelling to-day by train from Meehan to Strahan…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A dangerous depression on the Newcastle Maitland read at Two-mile Creek was filled in yesterday morning. This will be appreciated by the thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AN infant boy of nine months, travelling with his mother. Mrs. Bayliss, of Narromine, and two other children, by train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST MAITLAND, Sunday. -- A pathetic tragedy was enacted on the roof of one of the carriages of the Grafton mail in the early hours of yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Attempting to pass another car, George Gardiner, 24, of William Street, Balmain, overturned his car on the Western Road, Parramatta, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riding on the roof of a sleeping-carriage of the North Coast mail, about 2 o'clock on Saturday morning, George Strickland, aged 19 years, of Pennell-strect, Newtown, was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →BLUE Mountains Shire Council has decided to send a deputation to the Main Roads Board concerning the condition of the Great Western-rod, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEAT SOME OF THE BEST TROTTERS in Australia. -- Golden Rose, winner of the Bracelet and Gold Cup races at the £1200 meeting, of the Goulburn Trotting Club. THERE WAS NOTHING in the general appearance of Cobaki…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →THE Sydney Traffic Commissioner held its first public sitting to-day, when evidence concerning the pertis of Railway-square was given by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TOWN HALL employees are watching with keen interest a silent struggle between Chief Commissioner Fleming and Town Clerk Layton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"B'dad an' it was a foine trip!" Five feet eleven inches of brawny Irishman, Mr. William Hackett, of County Galway, was in the best of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CLINGING desperately to the lifeless body of his youthful mate on the roof of a sleeping-car of the Grafton mall, as it roared its way north at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ONE man was killed and five people injured when a motor car somersaulted on the Great Western Road, near St. Mary's, yesterday afternoon…
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