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Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Fettler Killed Knocked Down By Train Tragedy at Yass Junction

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 2

Mr. Frederick Weatherby, a fettler, aged 50, was knocked down and killed at Yass Junction by the South-Western mail train from Junee early yesterday…

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The 'Great White' Train Splendid Reception Throughout Tour Enthusiasm in Country Centres

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 8

The "Great White" Train which arrived at Armidale on Monday last. has, since it set out on its six months' tour on November 11th, met…

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Round Australia. Intrepid Woman Motorist

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 2

Mrs. Marion Bell the intrepid woman motorist, who left Freemantle (W.A) in October last to circle Australia in an Oldmobile…

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Motoring Maroubra Speedway

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 6

Motorists will recall that the accident which happened to Cooper's Ballot car on the speedway at the last meeting, when in trying to pass…

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The Motor Show

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 6

Car-owners who are within reach of he metropolis should not miss the pportunity of visiting the Motor show organised by the Motor Traders' As…

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Advice on Motor Transport

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 6

A well-known authority on motor transportation matters tenders the following succinct advice to those who are about to embark on the…

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Railway News

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 8

Porter W.N. Whitford, Roslyn [?] to signalman, Demondrille. Porter G. Elliott, Temora, promoted night officer, Penrose…

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Motorists' Plight SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 2

An extraordinary motor accident occurred near Uhanarra night, when a car somersaulted over a enivert and caught alight, pinning the driver and…

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Motoring Hints Cylinders Vary

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 3

H. B. M. writes: My new car was driven through to me, over the road, at from 25 to 23 miles per hour, and upon testing the compression of…

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Motors and Motorists Motor Maxims

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 3

There are maxims that every motorist should learn by heart and practise. Here are a few of them: It is criminal to attempt to pass…

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Motor Cars and Common Sense

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 4

As we look around us in the grout centres of population in Australia, a striking fact and a sense of surprise to which the fact itself gives rise…

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Motors and Motorists Valve Noises Simple Remedies for a Common Complaint Advice to Motorists

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 4

Most engines in use to-day have valves. There are, I believe, only four well-known cars that use any other type of valve—the Daimler,…

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Motorists' Plight Pinned Under Burning Car. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 6

An extraordinary motor accident occurred near Illmarra last night, when a car som[?]rssulted over a culvert and caught alight, pinning the driver and…

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Drastic Changes Railway Management Commissioners Threatened Area Commissioners Also May Go SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 5

A drastic alteration in the Constitution of the N.S.W. Board of Railway Commissioners will be made in a special Bill to be introduced into the…

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Wagga Railway Needs Area Commissioner's Visit Station Platform Congestion

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 5

The Southern Area Railway Commissioner, Mr. J. D. Reid, will be at the Wagga railway station on Thursday morning, from 10.40 to 11.10…

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Yancoeuroley Bride. Argoon Railway Proposal. Not Regarded by Narandera As Antagonistic

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 3

Mr. J. A. Lorimer, treasurer of the Narandera-Argoon railway league, writes to the Narandera "Argus" as follows:—…

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"Selling" the Railways. Lang's Littue Misconception

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 2

Lang, who is raising a big loan in Great Britain to pay this year's interest on State loans and capture a few millions in addition to give…

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Sydney Trams Increasing Losses Question of Management Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 2

In Parliament to-day, Mr. Ands son asked the Premier whether he would. owing to the losses on tram consider the advisability of separat…

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Around Australia Woman Motorists T[?] Mrs Bell in Wagga

The Daily Express · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 2

Yesterday Mrs. Marion Bell, of Fremantle, and her daughter Marion (11) stopped for a few hours ln Wagga on their hour around…

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Forty-four Hours Railway Goods Yard

The Daily Express · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 2

In consequence of the adoption of the 44-Hours Week by the Railway Department and in order to adjunct the working hours in accordance with the…

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