Not So Many Went Out Yesterday Fewer Trams Beaches Were Quiet
Have Sydney people given up their Anniversary Day outings, or did yesterday's rain damp the enthusiasm of the holiday crowds?…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 250
Motoring Matters of the Moment Wizard Smith Australian's Speed King Tells Sunday Times" Readers How to Become Good Motorists" Twin Top Gears are a Feature in New Graham-Paige
During the week, Mr. Norman Smith, motor expert on the " Sunday Times," undertook a test run in the New Grahnm-Paige. His…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Do You Remember?. Sunday Times Forty Years Ago. Railwaymen's Debts
The Railway Commissioners of 40 years ago caused a furore when they issued a circular to railway employees stating that unless their personal debts…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Mr. Stewart Still Eager to Buy Tramways Quite Practicable Answers Premier
"My offer still stands," said Mr. T. H. Stewart, governing director of the Metropolitan Omnibus' and Transport Co., Ltd., when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lost Motor Bicycle Youths Charged With Stealing
BRUCE KERBYSHIRE, an 18-year-old railway apprentice, last week found himself facing Mr. Perry, S.M., at North Sydney, charged with stealing a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Stole After 48 Years Said That It Was a "Frame-up" But S.M. Did Not Believe Railway Inspector Convicted of Petty Theft
A GREY-HAIRED MAN, Robert Reeves, a railway inspector, who has given 48 years' service to the State, was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor-lorry Bolts Crashes Into House
Moving away yesterday morning from the top of the hill at Craigendlane, Darlinghurst, a driverless motor lorry dashed 100 yards down an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aerial Races. at Penrith. Aerodrome Opened
The first aerial pageant organised by a private citizen in Australia was held at the Penrith Aerodrome on Saturday, when a number of events, including two races…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Windsor Aeroplane Fatality. Windsor
The Coroner (Mr. H. S. Johnston) has fixed February 4 as the date for the inquest concerning the death of Albert Charles Smith, farmer, of Windsor, who was recently killed…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Trapped by Flames on Western Road Motorists Take Refuge on Railway Line
A party of motorists travelling along the Main Western Road had a narrow escape from death when they were trapped between two bush fires near…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Miners on Roads Walcha
At a meeting of unemployed it was decided to protest against miners from striking coal districts being sent to work on the Port Macquarie-road, while local…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →From Moving Train Aged Man's Fall
Falling from the end of a moving train at the Allawah railway station this morning, Isaac Newton, aged 70, of Stanmore-road, Stanmore, dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →George's River Bridge. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Would you be kind enough to allow a reply to Mr. Bluett's assertions? Sutherland Shire only took the matter of building the bridge up because the hands of the then…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Old Prospect Road Should Money be Transferred? People Object
When Holroyd Council opportioned the £50,000 roads loan, it decided to spend something like £2000 on Old Prospect-road. One or two attempts were made to have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foreign Editor's Diary Motors & Railways Ex-kaiser's Apology
THE problem of roads versus [?] of motors against trains, which is the cause of the "Big Four's" recommendation that a full inquiry into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State's Neglect of Motor As Means of Transportation 'Buses Versus Trams Figures Show People's Choice Motor's Appeal to Travellers No. 7
Although for 24 years the State has given itself power to use the motor as a means of transportation, it has so neglected the field that 90 per cent of the road vehicles are controlled by individuals or companies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Fivedock. Tram and Motor Car
A tram and a motor cor caine into collision at the intersection or Lyons-road and the Great Northern-road, Fivedork, late yesterday afternoon. The car, which was driven…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Forced Off Road Coming From Dance Car Crashes Over Bank Maitland
Forced off the road when attempting to puss another motorist, a ear driven by O, Havliand, of Maitland, crashed down an embankment near East…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Toll of the Road in Melb.: Sydney Three Dead Strange Fatality Week-end Smashes Melbourne
FOUR motor accidents during the week-end resulted in two deaths and Injuries to six other persons. The victims were:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lasted One Day Motorist's License
CHARGED with having driven a car in New Canterbury-rd., St. Peters, on January 19, while under the influence of liquor. Arthur Albert William Henry…
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