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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250
One of the D 57 mountain type of locomotive—the largest engines south of the Equator. Twenty-five of these have been built at the Clyde works, near Sydney. Each is 250 tons weight and will haul 1100 tons, although loads of 1400 tons have been drawn down the Blue Mountains from Katoomba to Penrith…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →The ability to overcome successfully some unusual or embarrassing roadside mishap is just as essential to the comfort and peace of mind of the motor tourist as a conventional and capable knowledge of the mechanism of the car and its common ailments.—By " Spotlight." THEN something goes wrong and the driver is far removed from a garage or even perhaps…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →It is shown in the Melbourne Harbour Trust returns that during 1930 3,214 vessels entered the port of Melbourne. This was 312 fewer than the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Some measure of political control of the railways is likely to be the outcome of the refusal of the Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Cleary) to release Mr. E. J. Goode to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway earnings for the week ended January 7 show a marked falling-off, compared with the corresponding period last year. This year they amounted to 39,136, and last year…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A sensational police chase of a new limousine car in the city on Monday night had its sequel at the Central Police Court yesterday when John Ernest Bringolf, 29, motor driver,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Lester, of North Sydney, and their two children, had a narrow escape when travelling between Burleigh Heads and Southport at an early hour yesterday. A motor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →There were 218 fatal motor accidents in the streets of the metropolitan area in 1930, and seven caused by trams. Both figures show a decrease compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A bulletin of the manufacturers' section of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, points out that the virtual collapse of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE railways of to-morrow may be very largely single lines. Already it is generally agreed in official circles that single lines can be worked more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Analysing the official returns of motor vehicle registrations just available, the N.R.M.A. points out that they falsify the production that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Men in the Traffic Department of the railway are anxiously waiting to learn the result of their attempts to have the working of the 44-hour week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An amendment of the Railway Act, clipping the commissioners' powers and bringing the railways more under Ministerial control, is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Construction has begun at Belfast of a new motor ship, a sister ship to the Britannic, which was completed last year…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ON Monday F. McGrath states it was unlikely that Amounts would be raced in the autumn. He has been showing soreness, and unless there is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The chairman of the Country Roads Board in Victoria recently stated that in 17 years the board had spent £23,250,000 on roads. Some 11,500 miles of road had been laid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Vatican dignitary, Monsignor Carretti, who is also an engineer, has invented a device for enabling aeroplanes to rise almost instantly from the ground, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →The secretary of the Long Bay Progress Association (Mr. F. A. McNeill) said yesterday that the recent road taxes imposed on bus companies by the Transport Board had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Falling from a train at No. 15 platform Central Station. yesterday. Arthur Hind, 44 guard of Sydney Road, Granville, suffered se[?] wounds and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WHEN a tram caught fire? outside North Sydney Police Station to-day, several constables formed a bucket brigade, and extinguished the flames…
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