Revised Rules of Bridge. London, Jan. 10
Detailed revision of the lawn of auction bridge has been completed, and the work is now in printing, but the changes made will not be available for publication, or the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
14,385 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250
Derailed Engine of Train Fishplate in Points
The engine of a workmen's train was derailed this morning near the Chullora railway yards owing…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Stats Of, the Roads on Brisbane Tour the Right Roads to Travel North Tablelands to Coast Conditions Round Newcastle
THE direct route to Brisbane by way of the Northern Tablelands is described by the N.R.M.A. Touring Department in this week's bulletin according to the latest information on hand. It is particularly noted that the condition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hit by Train Bricklayer Killed Effect of Vibration
Robert McDonald, aged 64, foreman bricklayer, employed by the Railway Department, was killed this morning on the line near the Summer Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →"Hand of Misery" £20 to Repair Road
THE Main Roads Board [?] treat Eastwood with the Hand of misery and meanness and [?] at last night's meeting of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Vain Search Aeroplane Returns Didn't Know Morse "Hood Couldn't Wireless," Says Brother
One of the aeroplanes searching for the missing airmen flew over the coast in the neighborhood of Cook Strait to -day but found no trace of the men or the plane. The cruiser Dunedin left Auckland at noon to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Road to Trentham. Cook Strait. Character of the Country
In selecting Trentham racecourse as their place of landing Moncrieff and Hood must surely have excluded the possibility of having to approach that locality at night. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Death Ride on Top of Train How Youth's Head Was Battered
WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday. --"I heard a thud as we passed under a bridge. I looked up and saw Strickland hanging over the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Auburn Council Roads to Be Closed for Lino. Works. Auburn Council Wants £1,000
Messrs. Michael Nairn and Co. (Aust.) Ltd., submitted an application to Auburn Council, under the Public Roads Act, 1902, for the closing of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Inquiring Train Runs Off Rails 300 on Board Might Have Been Fatal
It was reported this afternoon that the workmen's train from Enfield, which was derailed this morning 200 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Letter Bag the Road Hogs' Motto "Get, Out or Get Under"
SIR,—The traffic problem has to be dealt with seriously and soon. The pedestrian no longer has the right to walk. The right to run, slide, an jump is his. "Get out or go under"…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dominion Profoundly Moved. Lost Heroic Airmen. Fears That Flight Ended in Tragedy. Hundreds of Miles at Sea. Anxious Search by Steamer and Aeroplane
Our cable and wireless news from New Zealand shows that the Dominion has been deeply moved by what is now generally believed to be a tragic ending to the heroic attempt of Captain Hood and Lieutenant Moncrieff to fly across the Tasman Sea. Efforts made to trace the monoplane have not resulted in the discovery of anything to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rough Patches Direct Road to Brisbane N.r.m.a. Bulletin Newcastle and Armidale Districts
The direct route to Brisbane, via the northern tablelands, is described by the N.R.M.A. Touring Department in this week's bulletin. It is particularly noted that the surface of the road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1000 Guinea Cup World Motor Record
SIR Charles Wakefield, governing [?] prior of C. C. Wakefield and Co. Ltd has made an offer of a special [?] to the [?] of the world's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Worth £1,000,000 Motor Show Exhibits Opening Tomorrow
THE Motor Show which will be held under the [?]pices of the Motor Traders' Association o N.S.W. will be officially opened by the Arting-Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Motor Ya[?]ts Ladies' Events Rose Bay, Racing Saturday's Handicaps
HAVING brought the annual Christmas cruise to a successful Batch, the flag officers and committee of the Royal motor Yacht…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Finance Committee Chosen
THE State Government has appointed the following committee to report on the separation of the railway chances from those of the State, a decision reached by…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Boats St. George Club
THE George's River motor handicap for the Stewart Trophy over their Oatley course, which has been preferred by the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Upholster Tram Seats!
Sir.—I have been reading the many complaints about our tramways and the great opposition on the part of the motor 'buses. I feel certain if the trams were made easier to get into and the seats…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tram Fatality Driver for Trial
AT the conclusion of the inquiry this afternoon into the death of Princes Ol[?] Josephine Dunn, 24, on December 17, the AcUng-City Coroner, Mr. Flynn,…
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