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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—Eleven persons were injured, one seriously, when the Gympie Express crashed into the rear of a crowded suburban train at Eagle Junction station, four miles from the city,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BACK of the lack of roads through the rain forest area of the Mount Keira Boy Scouts' Camp is a story rich in wisdom…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sir,—The Main Roads Board has become the Department of Main Roads (boards have a way of expanding into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Red army of 150,000 is driving a dangerous wedge down the centre…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THOUSANDS of cars have been held up in N.S.W. in recent hot weather by vapor lock, and N.R.M.A. patrolmen have had their work sharply increased. On the first hot day in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Standard Cars Ltd. announced that 4,735 new Standard and Triumph cars were registered in New South Wales and Victoria in the six months ended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.) .--Seventy-two men were killed and 80 were injured in an explosion near Chimbota, Peru, yesterday while repairing railway lines damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Once more I stand with a New Year ahead, An unknown road spread out before my view; Grant, Lord, the path on which I have to tread Be not too difficult, though strange and new,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There were a few motor tricycles in Australia before 1900, but the first car was steam-driven and made in Australia by Mr. H. Thompson of Armadale, Victoria. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Twenty-fwo-years-old Winifred Wells reached Sydney last night by motorcycle on a trip she began in Perth on Boxing Day. She will leave on the return trip tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A 27-year-old woman caught a train into the city last night after a man stabbed her in her home at Westmead. She is Joan Laurel Bailey, of Alexandra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ADELAIDE, Saturday.—A train examiner narrowly escaped death yesterday when a train steamed out of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, January 6 (A.A.P.).-—The Scottish mountain Ben Lomond, rising above the famed Loch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Residents along Whisky Bottom, an old but recently macadamised road near Laurel, Maryland, were…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →THE fact that motor cycling is recognised not only as one of the most dangerous sports, but also a hazardous means of transport, has not deterred many Sydney women from acquiring their own machines…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Royal Motor Yacht Club, Port Hacking.—First specdboat point score handicap, E. Chadwick trophy.—Heat 1: Diane (N. Walker), 1; Lady Eve (N…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Four motor cyclists from Maclean failed to take a curve in the road to Chatsworth on their way to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BILLY HILL. 7. of Fitzroy, Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I agree with "Driver For 25 Years" (a record which I have equalled), that excessive speeds of 35 and 40 m.p.h. are the rule…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain which poured through the roofs and ceilings of carriages on a train…
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