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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

9,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Motoring

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 16

The bad crossing of Paddy's River on the Main Southern road, between Berrima and Goulburn, was again impassable for cars on Boxing Day, and 50 were reported to have been held up there until…

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Motor Cycling. Motor Cycle Club of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 16

The Motor Cycle Club of New South Wales will decide its postponed "flying quarter-mile" contest on the secret course next Saturday, entries closing at thc clubrooms, the Friday night before. The club…

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Uniform Railway Gauge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 12

It will be an unfortunate thing if the state of politics in New South Wales prevents a further stage being advanced in the work of unifying the railway gauges…

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265 TONS Passenger Train's Record BATHURST

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 5

The western passenger train left Bathurst this afternoon with a record load of 265 tons, being 35 tons above the previous record. Tickets issued at…

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Military Train Nuns Novel Departure Physical Culture Classes

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 4

The nuns of a Catholic order, representatives of which are now in Sydney from all parts of the State, will commence a three weeks course in…

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At Sunshine Farm High Life on the Farm the Sunshines Chapter Xiv. Sticking Up an Aeroplane

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

So there were the bushrangers, floating like balloons in mid-air while the children drove gaily home in the Rolled Rice…

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Tale of the Garden Train Window Glimpses Rise and Fall of Romance

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 3

You see them every day--man and maid, picking a laughing way through life, seeing nothing but the silver lining to the clouds. For…

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Motoring (Continued From Page 12.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 13

and distribution of industrial and power alcohol throughout the Empire, to consider the necessary action to facilitate the same. It recommends that each…

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A Tram Ride

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 7

Dinty (Bondi) enjoys Sunday: "I would like to tell you how I spent last Sunday. In the afternoon the sun was shining bright, so I asked Dad to let…

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To Save Motorists' Eyes

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 21

Motorists, will welcome a new and very simple little device intended to overcome the dazzle from glaring headlights on aprroaching cars. This is the 'glare…

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Motor Driver's Luck Uninjured in Collision With Pole

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

Roy Wright, a motor driver employed by Mr. Sid King, of the Edzecliff garage, is a lucky man. On Tuesday afternoon he was driving…

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MOTORING What the English Motor Show Revealed

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 12

The annual Olympia Show in England attracts attention all the world over, as it reveals the various models for the forthcoming year. The outstanding…

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Tram Smash in Brisbane

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday.—Several persons were injured in a tram smash on the Clayfield line near Albion Hill to-day. An outward bound car from Dutton Park…

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A Curious Case. Marrickville Machinery Merchant. His Experiences With a Motor Car. Alleges Was Assaulted in Cell by Constable Magistrate Convicts of "Drank in Charge of Car"

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 7

At the Newtown Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Giles' Shaw, S.M., Percy Robert King, a well-known and prominent resident of the district,…

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Struck by Tram

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

In alighting from a moving tram on the off side, Charles Capper, aged 9. of Miller-street, Pyrmont, was knocked down by a car proceeding in…

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Tramway Smash Accident in Brisbane Several Persons Injured BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

A serious tramway accident occurred oil on the Clayfield line, noar Albion Hill, this afternoon, when several persons were injured. Two cars were on…

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Road Transport Motor Train at Bathurst Sydney to Parkes BATHURST

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 3

After smashing through a culvert, and being at times bogged to the axles on the storm-damagod roads, a train of International motor lorries and a…

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Born on Train "Both Doing Well"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

A little stranger came into the world to somewhat extraordinary surroundings yesterday. A woman on the 4.49 p.m. train from Castle…

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Tyre Blew Out the Battle Bridge Smash Coroner Discharges the Driver

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 3

The death of George Augustine Rad ford 42 a commercial traveller which [?] at Lowisham Hospital on the which of December 15, following a motor…

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Missing Motor Car Police Inquiring

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

Inquiries are being made by the police about a five-seater ford car, value at £230, belonging to Mr. George Walker, It was taken from the front of Miss…

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