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Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Actor Injured Motor Car on Stage Continues Programme After Treatment Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 3

Frank Neil, the well-known actor-producer, was knocked down by a motor car on the stage of the Majestic Theatre, Newtown, last night. The…

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Motor Fatalities Woman and Child Killed Tooyal Man in Collision Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

Two persons were killed in motor car accidents on Parramatta-road to-day. A motor cycle and sidecar containing…

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Motor Race Totalisator

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that the prospects of the ultimate extinction of horses in Europe, hitherto rendered nugatory by the interest of…

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Railway Fatality at Darling Harbor

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

Andrew Carroll, aged 34, was found on the railway line at the Darling Harbor yards on Saturday with his right arm mutilated and shoulders injured…

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Motor Vehicles One Year’s Production Washington. January 22

The Daily Express · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

The production of passenger automobiles and motor-trucks in 1925 created a record; the former totalling 3,817,635 compared with 3,262,764…

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British Railways the Wages Question Another Conference (Reuter Service) LONDON, January 24

The Daily Express · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 1

The conference of delegates of the National Union of Railway Men has instructed the Executive to open negotiations with the railway…

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Motor Fuel Opposition to Alcohol. (Reuter Service) LONDON January 22

The Daily Express · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

A question involving a threatened ban, and, therefore the possible cancellation of the 1926 tourist trophy races was settled at a…

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Traffic Laws. Hints for Motorists

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

Several br[?]aches of the motor traffic regulations were dealt with in the Wagga Police Court yesterday by Mr. J. B. Gibson. P.M…

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Motor Cycle Blaze

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

In Fitzmaurice Street at about yesterday a motor cycle travelling along the street, suddenly caught fire through back-firing into the…

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Threat of War Russia Feverishly Mobilising Against China Dispute Over Eastern Railway Agreement Soviet Allows Three Days for Re-dress of Grievances and Release of Russian Officials London, January 24

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

A report from Oslo states that Russia is se[?]ously and feverishly preparing for war with China. The Soviet Army is mobilising and…

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Steering Gear Failed. Fatal Motor Smash West Maitland

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

A motor-car driven by George Crisp and occupied by five people dashed [?]to a fence owing to the steering gear falling…

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Cape to Cairo Wonderful Motor Trip London, January 24

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

Major Treatt and his wife and party have arrived at Cairo after covering 11,000 miles from the Cape, in motor-cars. They were…

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Train Partly Derailed Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 1

When the Sydney to Tamworth train, which left the Central Station this morning, had travelled only a few hundred yards one of the buffers of…

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Railway Fatality Coroner's Strong Comment. Departmental Negligence Yass

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

At the inquest held at the Yass Court House yesterday into the death of F. Weatherby, who was killed by the South-West mail train…

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Railway Inquiry a Weak Spot in the Working SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 1

It is understand that G. A. Julius, of the engineering firm of Julius, Poole, and Gibson, has been asked by the Railway Commissioners to consult…

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Strike Averted British Railwaymen Wages Board Award Accepted London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

At to-day's negotiations the railway companies declined to concede points raised by the railwayman's union, but pointed out that they accepted the…

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Administration of Railway London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

Reuter's Moscow correspondent. states that a semi-official report gives the text of the agreement signed by the Russian Consul-General at Mukden,…

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Off Side A[?]m Lights on a Motor Car

The Daily Express · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

[?]van [?] of [?] owners and [?] [?] Hay [?] Court last…

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Motor Racing Maroubra Speedway Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

The big attraction at Maroubra Speedway to-day was the Grand Prix, 150 miles motor cycle race for “b” class machines (350 cc and up to…

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Cootamundra Railway Dam

The Daily Express · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

Work had not been carried far with the construction, at Cootamundra, of the biggest railway dam in Australia when i[?] was discovered…

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