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Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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Motor Car Overturns. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 1

A motor lorry, containing live persons, overturned at the corner of Pitt and Bathurst streets to-day. Two of the men were admitted to…

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Motor Train Time Table

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 4

Messrs. R. T. Ball, E. A. Buttershaw, and M. Kilpatrick, Ms.L.A., have forwarded copies of the following letter received from the office of the…

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North Shore Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 2

Official sources at Newcastle will neither deny nor affirm the statement of an engineer employed at the steel works to the effect that the whole of the steel…

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Motor Trains. an Inefficient and Inconvenient Service. No Daily Train on Leeton Griffith Line. Railway Department Competes with Itself

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 2

Mr. R. T. Ball, Minister for Works and Railways, advises that it is the intention of the Department of Railways to place a motor train service…

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A Time-wasting Timetable Motor Train Damned From Start

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 2

In another column we publish the motor train time table and altered railway services to come into operation on the Narrandera, Leeton,…

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Yarrangobilly Motor Car Smash

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 2

The latest bulletin regarding the survivors of the Yarrangobilly Caves motor smash indicates that Mrs. Clapham is still unconscious and in…

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Police Court Monday, Feb. 5. Before Mr. Cohen, P.M. Motor Breaches

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 3

D. Cullen, far failing to produce bis motor license, was fined 5/- and 8/-costs. Same defendant was charged…

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Constable Arrested Alleged Motor Car Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 2

A constable has been arrested in connection with an inquiry into the circumstances concerning the stealing of a motor car at Oakland During a…

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North Shore Bridge. Danger of Loss of Prestige. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 4

At a meeting held yesterday of the Council of the New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures it was unanimously agreed to send the following…

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Harrbor Bridge Tenders Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 1

The Minister for Works, Mr. R. T. [?]all, states that there is no like[?] of the final report on the [?] Bridge [?] being issued this week…

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Correspondence. the Jugiong Road (To the Editor.)

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 2

Dear Sir.—Your leader in last Wednesday's issue of the "Daily Herald," re road to Jugiong, was read with much interest by local residents,…

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Motor Trains. Complaint From Walbundrie

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 2

The Walbundric correspondent of "The Daily Advertiser'' writes: "The motor train on the Rand line, of which we boasted some time ago,…

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Tram and Bus an Unusual Accident. Melbourne. Wed

The Daily Express · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 1

A “trak” [?]bus on the way to St. [?] attemted to pass an electric [?] and came in contact with a [?] box containing an [?]solating…

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Roads

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 2

The wheat carting has again had the effect of demoas[?]ating that those portions of the dis[?] reserved for the passage of vehicular traffic…

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Good Roads Government’s Million. How It Is to Be Used

The Daily Express · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 1

The Works Committee of the Wagg[?] Municipal Council is to consider a circular from the Local Government Department regarding…

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Railways and Tramways. Increased Revenue

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 2

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ending December 31 last has has been presented to the Minister for Works and Railways…

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Motoring Across Sahara

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 1

Renter's Paris correspondent, reports that three Citroen motor cars, fitted with caterpillar wheels left. Colon on January 23 and arrived at Fort…

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Motor Truck for Council Work

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 2

"We beg to give notice of motion that at the next meeting of the Council, we will move:- "That a Fordton truck be purchased at an…

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Motor Notes

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 6

Messrs. Brown Bros. report the sale of a 5 passenger 6 cylinder Nash car to Messrs. Franks Bros., "Rose-Mount," Jugiong, in conjunction with…

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They All Do It Government Motor Cars. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 1

The Commonwealth Gazette to-day records the payment of more then £824 for two new Hudson cars for the Commonwealth garage…

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