Railway Notes Competition of Motors Complementary Services
Repeated reference to road competition with the railway in New South Wales renders it desirable to point out the inconsistency of fostering…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
14,385 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250
Railway and Tramway Dismissals
Mr. J. J. Cahill, M.L.A., notifies that in reference to his question in the House on December 7, regarding the matter of Railway and Tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Special Trams for Motor Show
In connection with the Motor Show at the Agricultural Ground to-day, a special service of trams will be run from Circular Quay and Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Fire in Broken Hill Mine Stops Working Poppet Heads, Bridge, and Bins Were Destroyed Poor Water Supply
BROKEN HILL, Thursday. -- A serious fire occurred in Thompson's section of the British mine this evening, when the poppet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Wreck Train at Chullora Police Scout Suggestion That it Was Boyish Prank Fishplate in Points
An attempt was made yesterday to wreck a workmen's train at Chullora. A fishplate was inserted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Letter Bag the Pitiable Plight of Our Roads No System No Science the Policy of Drift To the Editor
SIR.—I confirm the opinion expressed in the "News" roads report of January 5 as to the general state of disrepair of the majority of roads in the County of Cumberland. The great increase…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Problem of Day Labor or Contract Fairfield Council and the Road's Loan Alderman Adopt Non-party Attitude
Whether the departure of the Mayor (Ald. A. M. Jentsch) on holidays has had anything to do with the matter is not quite clear yet, but the all-important fact remains that Fairfield Council promises to lose its reputation as representing two distinct parties, for during a special meeting, which was. held on Tuesday night, the aldermen voted just as it pleased themselves personally, and with…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →When Motor Spirit Is a Shilling a Gallon Syndicate to Work Shale Deposits Optimistic About Prospects: Sydney to Melbourne Motor Record: Maroubra's Auspicious Reopening: Speedway Royal Gets Interstate Riders
When motorists pan ret motor spirit at 1/- a gallon, they'll hardly be, able to believe it. But it is a possibility of the near future, for a syndicate that is negotiating for the Newnes shale properties, near Lithgow, claims that it will be able to extract motor spirit from the sale and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Cycling Parramatta District Club
At the last meeting of the club Mr. E. Johnstone was elected captain for 1928. This office had been left vacant at the previous meeting…
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With the gradual improvement in the late of the main country highways, of New South Wales there is an increasing temptation to the motorist to seek…
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All the intersection of The Avenue and William-street, Granville, about 6-45 p.m. yesterday, a motor-ear, driven by Charles Linkenbagh, of Rose-street, Parramatta,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring & Engineering Baulkham Hills Council
The usual meeting of the Baulkham Hills Council was held on Tuesday, Councillor J. G. Black presiding. Others in attendance were Councillors Firth, Best,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Railway Traffic Liverpool
During December, 1927, the number of tickets issued from Liverpool railway station was 13,780. The coaching revenue amounted to £1806…
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Allowing for this State's greater density of population, especially in Sydney, the number of motor accidents in New South Wales compares favorably,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →50,000 MILES Old Motor Ambulance
Liverpool Ambulance transport consists of two motor vehicles. One is old and the other quite new. The old "bus" has a record of 50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring Around the Suburbs
Difficulties are usually encountered by the motorist unfamiliar with suburban localities in determining the most advisable route between given points, or…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Display by General Motors Ltd. Fine Range of Cars
The display of General Motors (Australia) Pty. Ltd. is in conjunction with their metropolitan distributors, Messrs. Boyd Edkins Ltd., and Messrs. John McGrath Ltd., and a wide range of all General Motors cars and trucks will be featured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Buy the Right Kind of Car. First Rule of the Motor Show Season
Choosing a car is not the life-and-death sort of business it used to be, when every mechanical feature had to be examined, and merits weighed against rival merits, long and seriously, before it was safe to risk the adventure of purchase…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hudson & Essex Make Good Dalgety's Exhibits at the Motor Show
The visitor to the Show will find much to interest him at Dalgety's Stands, of which there "are no less than three, covering their agencies for cars and trucks. Stand No. 39 will be a Mecca for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The F.S.A. and the Railways Commissioners Reply to Conference Resolutions
Resolutions concerning the railways were submitted to the department by the general secretary. Mr. W. C. Cambridge, after the…
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