Blood on Axe Leads to Murder Charge Mitcham Mystery Woman's Body Found on Road Melbourne
FOLLOWING a lengthy interview with a young orchard laborer, of Mitcham, Detectives McKerral and McKrogh brought him into the city…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
14,385 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250
Motors Make Money Rail Receipts Lower Bathurst
THAT the railway at Bathurst has been hard hit by motor competition in respect to goods revenue, is shown by the big decrease in the receipts for 1927…
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Sir.—Being one of the public well served for the last 20 years with the Government tramway system. I protest against any proposal to sell them. Once a company gets them it will be Heaven help…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cars. Makers Competing. New York, Jan. 6
Mr. Ford's manufacture of a new model has resulted in a battle for leadership in the small car field, which constantly increases in intensity. The first competitor to challenge Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tragic Escapade. One Man Drowned. Sequel to Motor Thefts. "Good-bye; I Am Going for a Swim."
Some of the escapades of two young men and two young girls, who left Melbourne just before Christmas were revealed yesterday, when the police discovered that one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →For Children Outback. Railway Concessions
Since the beginning the Country Women's Association has been advocating reduced fares for women and children from the outback areas of the State to visit the seaside at a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Royal Motor Yacht Club
The races of the Royal Motor Vacht Club of New South Wales at Rose Bay on Saturday afternoon were postponed…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →MOTORING. Maroubra Speedway. Successful Reopening
Good racing, free from mishaps, marked the reopening of the Maroubra Speedway on Saturday evening. A programme of motor cycle and motor car races was arranged, the chief…
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The Motor Boat Association of New South Wales held a six miles open handicap on the course of the St. George Motor Boat Club at Kogarah Bay. Sans Souci, on Saturday afternoon. There were 61 entries,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Accidents. Car Overturned. One Man Killed, Five Others Injured
One Man (Martin Madson) was killed and five other people injured when a motor car, driven by Madeline Madson, overturned on the Western-road yesterday afternoon. The acci…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Facilities. F. and S. Conference Resolutions. Commissioners' Replies
No fewer than 30 resolutions passed at the last Farmers and Settlers' Association related to railway mattors. These were submitted to the Commissioners for consideration, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Electrification. Suburban Railways
The railway authorities anticipate that [?] electrification of the suburbnn line between Homebush and Sydney will be put into operation within the next few months, probably is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Motor Record. Sydney to Melbourne. 576 Miles in 10 Hours 51 Minutes
The motor car record from Sydney to Melbourne, about 575 miles, was again broken by Messrs. E. J. Buckley and L.L. Bartlett in their 4730c.c. Hudson car on Saturday, their…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Stop Them King-street Trams Traffic Reforms Commission Meets
The abolition of tram terminal and the waiting-shed in Railway-square. The removal of the Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Hit-run" Motorist Caught at Kiama Kiama
The watchfulness of our local police was rewarded yesterday when they arrested a 'hit-[?]n' motorist. A car came into the town with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Family's Ill-luck Four Injured in Motor Smash
Four persons were injured in a collision on Parramatta Road, Leichhardt, yesterday morning, when a service car, and a motor car were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Motor Record Sydney to Melbourne at 53 Miles an Hour
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Messrs. E. J. Buckley and L. Bartlett, of Sydney, in a Hudson car, on Saturday again lowered the record between Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Best Motor Spirit at 1- a Gallon City Men May Work Newnes Shale Deposits by New Extraction Method
LITHGOW, Saturday. -- Motor spirit, extracted from shale, at 1 a gallon in the Lithgow district, at 12 a gallon in Sydney, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Will Fight for the Trams Commissioners Defend Present System
The first shots in a campaign which is likely to have far-reaching effects on the traffic of Sydney will be fired this afternoon, when the newly…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Frugality in Trams
"Independent" waxes indignant: -- Why do people in trams persist in reading one's evening paper over one's shoulder? Is it meanness? Is it…
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