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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

9,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Motoring the Piano

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 21

Just before Christmas a motor was seen towing a lorry on which was a piano and other furniture. The carrier who had been engaged to take…

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Real Estate World Doings in the City and Country Idle Wheat Land in N.S.W. School Teacher as Grazier-- Origin of Sydney's Slums-- Money in Cane-- Ridding Brisbane of Hovels --How Building Prices Have Grown What a Railway Would Open Up

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 20

What about abandoning visions, and getting down to cold fact? Two million acres on either side of the abandoned works of the Griffith-Hillston…

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Motoring-- Motor Cars and Fords Nuts in May

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 21

Here we go gathering nuts in May, Is not a ridiculous thing to say; For a little Ford car has just passed this way,…

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Fatalities & Accidents Children Killed by Motors

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 5

A finding of "accidental death" was returned by the City Coroner (Mr. Jamieson), after inquiring into the death of Amy Jane Barham (7), at St. Vincent's Hospital on December 23 from…

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Motor Cycle Club

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 3

The announcement that Mr. J. A. Fair has decided to resign from the position of hon. secretary of the Motor Cycle Club of N.S.W. has come as a big surprise to members and…

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Marine Motoring

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 3

The Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales, which will control the racing at the Anniversary Regatta on January 26, has allotted the courses for the various events. The boats of…

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£12,000 a Day Loss on Australian Railways Position Becoming Worse What Will Mr. Dooley Do?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 12

According to figures compiled by Mr. S. W. B. M'Gregor, the Senior British Trade Commissioner in Australia, the combined loss on the working of the…

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Woman Killed Horse Dashes Into Tram Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 7

A horse attached to a dogcart got out of control in St. Kilda Road last night. It dashed into the dummy of a cable tram at the Domain Road intersection and killed Emily…

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Motoring, Motor Cars, Motor Cycles, Tyres and Accessories Business Improves Cars in Favor Manufacturers Boy Trucks

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 3

Steadily increasing sales of passenger cars during the week' ended yesterday has tended to raise an even, greater confidence in the automotive industry. There is a feeling in all…

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Motor Cycle Overturns. Two Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 13

A motor cycle with sidecar attached skidded and overturned in Alison-road, Randwick, last evening, and as a result two persons were removed by the Eastern Suburbs Ambulance to…

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Motor Yacht Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 16

Entries close to-day for the races which will be decided by the Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales next Saturday. The events, both handicaps, are the Vice-Commodore's Cup, for boats over 12 m.p.h., on…

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Motor Cycle Club of N.s.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 16

Entries close on Saturday for two track races, limited to machine 250 c.c. and under, and the four novelty events which will be decided at the Highland Gathering on January 28, at the Royal Agricultural Ground…

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Motoring. Royal Automobile Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 16

The roads and tours committee of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia has drawn up its programme of events for the year, reliability touring contests forming the bulk of the events. The suggestion to…

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New Railway Rates. Commissioner's Reply to Criticism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 11

The remarks of Mr. W. W. Killen, president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in reference to the new railway rates book just issued, were brought under the notice of…

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Motor Fatality. Charge of Manslaughter. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 14

An inquiry into the death of Elsie Muriel Wilson and her young daughter, Beryl, caused by the overturning of a motor car near Healesville at about 1 o'clock on the…

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Railway Proposals. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 14

This week the Public Works Committee motored over the route of the Oaklands-Yarrawonga railway, which it is proposed to build with the object of linking up the…

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Workers As Business Men Successful Co-operative Trading by Railway and Tramway Employees

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 January 1922 · page 2

Favored with fine weather, members of the Railway and Tramway Co-operative Society, Ltd., held their anniversary Dicnic at Athol Gardens yesterday. The…

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MOTORING Brakes on AH Four Wheels

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 January 1922 · page 14

It is clear that, before long, four-wheel brakes will become a standard fitting on all fast and heavy cars. To-day most of the French manufacturers of powerful…

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Cruise of the Speejacks Millionaire's Big Adventure Little Motor Yacht Reaches Sydney on Her Way Round the World

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 January 1922 · page 3

It is not everyone who can afford to take a two years holiday to tour the world. Those who could do so in a sumptuously appointed private motor yacht are fewer still.Yet this is what Mr. Albert Y. Gowen, a young American…

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Motor Smash Two Men Taken to Hospital

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 January 1922 · page 2

As a result of a collision between two motor cars in Kogarah-road, Kogarah, last night two men were injured and had to be taken to the hospital. The…

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