East Hills Railway
Bankstown council last night agreed to be represented on a deputation of councils to the Minister for Railways, requesting that the design of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250
Railway Stocks
Any cessation of [?] on the coal fields will not [?] the Railway Commissioner[?] are concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lawson Smash Motorist for Trial. Coroner's Rebuke
CHARLES EDWARD COOMBUS, [?] manager, the drives of a motor car co[?] in the [?] at [?] January [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Bill Posters. Marginal Rates Increase in Victoria
Following on a recent stop-work meeting of bill posters employed by the Victorian Railway Commissioners over the question of rates of pay, a request was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring. Hudson-essex Club
The Hudson-Essex Club will dicide its biggest event so far during the coming week-end in the form of a reliability and touring contest from Sydney, via Bowral and Robertson to Albion Park and Watsonia, near…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Lorry and Tramcar Collide. Perth
When a motor truck containing a party collided with a tramear in Mounts Bay-road late last night, Frederick Nadin, 36, brewery employee, sustained three compound fractures…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Foot Amputated. Motor Cyclist's Injuries
Terrible injuries were received by Ronald V[?]ey, 27, of West-street, North Sydney, early yesterday morning, when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a motor car on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Joy Riders. Ordered 12 Months in Gaol. Melbourne
Arthur Roberts, a gardener, of St. Kilda, Ernest Beach, labourer, of Balaclava, and Sydney Jones Smith, of St. Kilda, pleaded guilty at the Flemington Police Court to-day…
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Regulations governing motor trafic, and especially that of motor lorries, are not sufficiently stringent, says Mr. F. A. Armstrong, of Marrickville, in a letter to the Editor…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Power Alcohol. Queensland Development. Motor Spirit From Molasses Brisbank
Power alcohol manufactured in Queensland from molasses is to be marketed in this State next month. For some time its production has proceeded at the works of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Prospecting Party. Motor Car Destroyed. Broken Hill
A prospecting party of four men who left Sydney a week ago for the Macdonnell Ranges, Central Australia, to search for mica, had the motor car in which they were travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Tramping in Papua: Rain-Clouds and Land-Slides The third instalment of Mr. Price Conigrave's account of the recent Nicholls-Conigrave expedition to the Mekeo district in Papua
AT Djennie one seemed to be the very edge of the world. After having travelled for many miles through the wet soppy jungle— where at times the evil-smelling mud was knee-deep—we came…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →MOTORING Coachwork at the Motor Show
At the Motor Short just concluded undoubtedly the most prominent point to be noted was the generally high excellence of the coachwork fitted to the cars on view. Not so very long ago really good bodywork was confined almost exclusively to vehicles in the luxury class, and more often than not was specially built. At the present time, however, one can purchase standard models at quite a moderate price which in finish and appearance can stand comparison with some of the most expensive examples of the coachbuilder's art…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Motoring by Coast and Tableland Through a Bush Fire on Top of Brown Mountain — Valleys of the Tumut River and Upper Murrumbidgee
WE were to spend two or three weeks touring, and had furnished ourselves with suitable equipment to camp out. Such a scheme it was argued, would give an entirely free hand…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Rival Speed Motorists May Race at 240 M.P.H. LONDON
Major Segrave, the noted British motorist, will have a rival at Daytona Beach, Florida, when, in March, he attempts to set up a new world's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty Days' Supply Coal for Railways
The Railway Department has not increased its reserve supplies of coal for some time, and at the moment no effort is being made to do so…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →For Railwaymen Lakemba Homesites Adjoin Enfield Yards
Railway routes are on three sides of the Railway Estate, Lakemba, which is to be sold by auction next Saturday by Messrs. Fred Brown and Sons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Users See Premier
The proposed Transport Bill was the subject of discussion by a deputation to the Premier (Mr. Bavin) this morning from the Commercial Motor Users…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dieseljplane Said to Be Success New Motor Burns Oil
An American motor company has announced the successful testing of an oil-burning airplane motor, said to bo the first of its kind ever developed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Knocked Over by Motor Car Newcastle
While crossing Maitland Road at Islington to-day, Robert Crane, 7, islington, was knocked over by a motor car…
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