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Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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Cycling and Motor Cycling

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 5

A general meeting of the recently formed Leeton Motor and Cycling Club will be held on Monday evening next in the White Rose Cafe. All…

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Motor Trains

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 1

In an official statement the Minister for Agriculture takes all the credit for securing a motor train service to be introduced shortly between…

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City Railway Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. R. T. Ball, Minister for Works, stated to-day that he hopes the City underground electric railway will be opened for traffic from Bankstown…

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New Motor Cars

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 3

It is a matter far regret that the influx of new motor cars into this district has [?] been on such [?] scale that the “Review” has completely lost count. This…

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A "Good Roads" Man

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

Cr. W. Pyle has been elected president or the Berrigan Shire. He is the president of the New South Wales Shires Association, and is an…

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Albury Road Hogs

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Albury Municipal Council the Mayor drew attention to the fact that the motor traffic was getting our of hand. He…

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The Rand Railway

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 4

To determine the terminal of The Rand-Ringwood railway extension previously undefined on account the Victorian Railways extension to…

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Ford Motors. an Australian Project. Newcastle's Opportunity. NEWCASTLE

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 5

Alderman Light, [?], Newcastle City Council, who has just returned from America, states that he was informed while in New York that Mr…

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Rising Waters Flood in River Seine IMPERlLS Paris Underground Railways and Cellars Flooded Torrent Rushing at Seven Miles an Hour Through . the Streets

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 1

PARIS, January 3. The River Scine has risen another 18 inches, and if [?] rises another 41 feet Paris will experience a flood…

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A Railway Extension

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

The extension of the railway which terminates at [?]udgewa further into the Upper Murray Valley has been referred to the Victorian Railways…

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Narrandera's Claims New Motor Train Service

The Daily Express · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 2

The Honorary Secretary of the Progress Association has written [?] the Chief Traffic Manager for Railways, as follows:—“I have been…

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Motor Car Smash. Driver Arrested. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 2

A serious motor smash occurred at Arncliffe last night as the result of which a motorist has bee arrested. According to the police, Stephen Langley…

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Fire at South Wagga. Motor Car [?]And Shed Destroyed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 2

At 8.50 o'clock a.m. on Saturday Mrs. Cameron, a resident of South Wagga, saw dense smoke rising high above a private garage in…

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Six Days' Awheel. Motor Cycle Reliability. Conoulty and Howarth Winners

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 4

The official results of the six days' motor Cycle Club's reliability tour from Sydney to Kiandra and back through Cootamundra and Goulburn…

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Local and General Railway Gates Smashed

The Daily Express · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 2

On Saturday night the limited express from Melbourne to Sydney smashed the Albury road gates at Wagga. For some reason the gates at…

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British Railways Serious Trouble Feared Another Wages Award London, January 5

The Daily Express · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 1

A ballot of locomotive engineers [?] Bremen is against acceptance of the Railway Wages Board award. A serious situation on the railways is…

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Motor Lokry Capsized Auckland, December 4

The Daily Express · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 1

A motor lorry got out of control when descending a steep hill and crashed into a concrete bridge; and then fell into the river…

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Motor Train Service

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2
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No word has been received as to when the Narandera-Leeton-Griffith-Hillston motor service will commence Motor trains are already running on…

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Animals Upon Roads

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 3

Councils are given special tights of impounding in regard to animals "at large in any public place." The power to impound only exists in…

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