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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

9,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Motor Car Smash [?] Persons Injured [?]

Evening News · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 6

When a water can [?] four men was turning from Maltland-road into [?]…

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Railway Fatality. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 16

A railway accident occurred at Penrith on Thursday night, resulting in the death of Vera Gordon, aged l8 years. The deceased, with two companions, was walking along the line from…

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Motor Cycling. Racing at Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 16

The annual road-racing meeting was held by the Lithgow Motor Cycle Club on Anniversary Day, events being open to members of all clubs affiliated with the Motor Cycle Club of New South Wales. The…

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Motoring. Highland Gathering Events

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 16

Members of the Motor Cycle Club of New South Wales have a big programme of events to decide at the Highland Catherine this afternoon at the Agricultural Ground. in addition to a three miles handicap for…

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W.A. Railway Award. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 9

The Railway Clasification Board has issued the minutes of an award for three years, with the right to apply for a varlation after six months. The hours of duty from Monday to…

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Retrenchment. Threat of Strike. N.Z. Railwaymen. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 12

A significant development in respect of the Govornment's retrenchment proposals is that several large branches of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants have passed…

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Motor Car Thieves. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 13

Scotland Yard has rounded up a gang of motor car thioves, who have operated in London for some time. After altering the marks the gang systematically sold the care…

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The Domala. Second Motor Passenger Ship

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 5

The trials were run recently of the second motor vessel in which accommodation is provided for a large number of passengers. The completion of…

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MOTORING The Traffic Act Endorsement of License a Western Tour

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

The New South Wales Motor Traffic Act provides that if a person convicted of an offence under the Act or the regulations holds a license to drive,…

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Motor Thieves Forty Fords Stolen LONDON, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 1

New Ford motor cars seem to have been a special prey for a gang of motor thieves, and their widespread ramifications have been discovered by…

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Tube Railway Company to be Formed

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 5

A limited company, to be known as the Kearney High-speed Railway Company (Australia), Ltd., with offices a[?] 60 Margaret-street, Sydney, is in…

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Railway Pensions Superannuation Fund Mr. R. Teece's Inquiry

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 6

Mr. Richard Teece, formerly general manager of the A.M.P. Society, who was assigned by the Government to carry out an actuarial investigation…

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Motoring -- Motor Cars and Fords Width of Tyres

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 21

The bane of the motorist is the vehicle with heavy loads carried on narrow tyres. The Main Roads Board in Queensland is out after the…

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Sermon or Railway Article? The Reverent Style of "S.M. Herald" Specials

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 18

With the rapid growth of the capitals, the Railway Commissioners in the various States have been confronted with the…

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Another Motor Tragedy Woman Killed at Manly Charge of Manslaughter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 9

About 5.30 p.m. yesterday Annie Jane Davi (41), a widow,. residing at 146 Addison Road Manly, was knocked down by a motor car on the South Steyne, near the Pacific Refreshment…

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A Train of Comedy

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 14

Harold Lloyd, in the first of his new three-part comedies, Now or Never, pears at the Lyceum and the New Lyric…

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Run Over by Train

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 5

John Alexander Luchetti, aged 18, who lived with his parents in Railway-parade, Blackheath, died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday from…

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The Sunshines Positively in the Train Chapter 17

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 2

And now at last there was the entire Sunshine family on the Sunbee station awaiting the actual train that was to boar them to Sydney--Sydney with its…

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Three Accidents Tram, Sulky, and Motor

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 2

A steam tram ran into a sulky in Kogarah Parade yesterday, and killed the horse attached to it, injured a girl, and then left the rails. While on the…

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