Employment. on the Railways. Cause of Fluctuation
The Under-Secretary for Public Works (Mr. G. W. Tye) has advised Mr. J. J. Cahill, M.L.A., that the Railway Commissioners state that the railway and tramway staff is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
14,385 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250
Motoring. Port Hacking M.b.c
Three new trophies, the Kerr Cup, Gould Cup, and Nulmburra Cup, will be competed for by members of the Port Hacking Motor Boat Club at Lilli Pilli on Saturday afternoon. The first race will start at…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Boys Rescued. From Quarry Face. Motorists' Quick Action. Goulburn
Two boys climbed the face of or an abandoned quarry at North Goulburn on Saturday afternoon. When 30ft-from the bottom their foothold gave way, and they were left hang…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Motor Traders. Annual Meeting
The president (Mr. Boyd Edkins) presided yesterday at the annual meeting of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales. Reference was made in the annunl report to…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Railway to Narrabeen
Mr. R. W. D. Weaver, M.L.A., and Mr. A. Reld, M.L.A., have arranged with the Minister for Public Works and Railways (Mr. Buttenshaw) to make an inspection of the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Motor Traders. Optimistic Speeches
Optimistic speeches were delivered at the dinner of the Motor Traders' Association which was held at the Wentworth Hotel last night. The function was attended by about 200 mem…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →1000-Guinea Cup. for Motor Record
Sir, Charles Wakefield, governing director of the firm of C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., manufacturers of lubricants, has made an offer of a 1000-guinea gold cup, with a replica to…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Upper North Coast. Proposed Railway. Lismore
Giving evidence before the Public Works Committee to-day at the inquiry into the proposed construction ot a railway from Murwillumbah to Tweed Heads, William Sidway,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Championship. Hatherley Beats A. Willard
The railway and tramway tennis championships were concluded, when the final of the singles championship for the Barnet Glass Cup, in which Aub. Willard was opposed to G. (Bob) Hatherley,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Aviation. a Novel Venture. "Tramps of the Air." London, Jan. 9
Flying Officers Newell and Vincent, accompanled by a mechanic and a photographer, left Staglane Aerodrome in two three-seater Siddeley aeroplanes for Singapore, via…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Cyclist Injured. Hazelbrook
Eric Ferguson, son of Mr. R. J. C. Ferguson, a well-known resident, met with a serious accident on the main western road at Wentworth Falls last night, when a motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Requests for Railway Improvements. Wagga
Mr. J. W. Reld, the area Railway Commissioner, who is on a tour of inspection, received several deputations. The Mayor, Alderman Day, and Alderman Collins,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Blazing a Trail. for Motorists. Tumut to Canberra. (From Our Special Representative.) Canberra
Forty Tumut residents, travelling in nine motor cars, arrived here on Monday Afternoon. Their trip of 78 miles through teep mountain country was accomplished without mishap…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Great Flight. "Sydney Mail" Pictures. Athletics and the Motor Show
The "Sydney Mail" issued to-day is an excellent record of the athletics of the past week. Cricket, tennis, football, and the Australian national games in preparation for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Finances Keeping Them Apart Committee Appointed
In pursuance of its policy of separating the railway finances from the general finances of the State, Cabinet to-day appointed a departmental…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Motor Features Novelties at Show 'Planes and Used Cars
Novelties will be the main feature of Hie motor show, which Will be opened by the Acting Premier, Mr. Buttenshaw, at the Showgrounds on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Hoodoo Spot for Motors on the Mountains Several Capsizes Wentworth Falls
Eric Ferguson, who liven at Hazelbrook, while riding a motor-cycle to Katoomba, was seriously injured by a collision with a car wriven by J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What Motor Car Is Doing Value to the World How Edison Sees It New York
THOMAS EDISON, the famous inventor. In an Interview to-day, gave the motor-car credit for making America a nation of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Skids Rider Badly Hurt
When a motor-cycle he was riding skidded in Oxford Street at 5.50 a.m. yesterday, James MacMillan Reid, of Darling street, Bronte, was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Perilous Time in Motor Boat Nearly Swept to Sea Opportune Wash in Nick of Time Byron Bay
Another tragedy very nearly occurred on the Brunswick bar yesterday afternoon. Messrs. C. Furlonger and N. Craven had been to New Brighton in…
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