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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

9,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Motoring Something Like a Test

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 12

The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria has Received an application to supervise an extensive trial of the Albany car, which is to be assembled in…

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Fatal Motor Smash

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Matthew Davis, 32, of Merewether, who was one of the party who came to grief at Tighe's Hill early this morning, while driving…

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Boy Killed Run Over by Motor Car

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 2

Percy King, aged 5, who lived in Crown Lane, East Sydney, was standing on one of the back wheels of a stationary car in Stanley-street, yesterday…

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Tale of Typewriters. Removed From the Railway Sparkes Overhauled by Sleuths. And Sent on to the Sessions

Truth · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 5

A smart-looking young man of medium build, named Joseph Sparkes, or Bourke, 27 years of age, was brought before before Mr. Jennings, S.M., at the Central…

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Motor Accident Carpenter Killed NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 2

The rear wheel of a fastly travelling motor came off in Elizabeth-street, Tighe's Hill, last night, and resulted in the car skidding, and hurling its…

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Motor Drive

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 8

The New South Wales Cricket Association will entertain the visiting Victorian cricketers and their friends at a motor drive to National Park this…

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The Tube Railway

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 8

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

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Little Boy's Death Fell Under Motor Car

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1922 · page 5

Percy King, aged 5, who lived in Crown-lane, Dar[?]nghurst, died in Sydney Hospital last night from the effects of injuries received through being run…

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Dooley's "Double" Promises a Bridge Tourists' Little Joke Goulburn

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 8

Impersonating a Premier is a pastime which may not pay, but the instance which is reported from the vicinity of Marulan is scarcely one of…

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Motor-cycle Disappears

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. George Ferris, electrician, of Cormiston-avenue, Concord, has reported to the police that his Indian 1920 model motor-cycle and side-car was…

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The Railways. Aims of the A.l.p. to Remove Mr. Fraser

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 9

At the Clovelly branch of thr A.L.P. on Wednesday night several members were criticising the inaction of the Government with regard to the removsl of Mr. Fraser,…

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Motor Fatality. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 10

While a motor car containing four men was turning into Elizabeth-street, Tighe's Hill, on Friday night, one of the wheels came off, throwing the occupants on to the…

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Bad Road Competition

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 6

The residents of Ausbura claim to have found a werse read tha New-street, Annasdele, a photo of shich appeared in Monday's "Evening News," where it was described as "the worst in Empire." A resident of Anburn sends as the above photo of Graham-street, which he declares is "the worst road in the world"…

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Shortage of Lories Roads Construction Hampered

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 9

The Public Works Department is apparently in a desperate [?] owing to a shortage of motor [?] for the cariage of blue mental from the [?]…

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On the Road to Bathurst Public Houses of 1840 Would Motorists Have Liked Them ?

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 6

Eighty years ago the journey from Sydney to Bathurst under favourable conditions, occupied four or five days. The nights were spent at roadalde inns, and…

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Building Main Roads For Show, Not for Wear Government's Method Condemned

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 6

That the methed adopted by the Works Department is receastracting the main reads leading sat from sydney in [?]…

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Man Who Posed As a Detective Tried to Rob a Girl at Central Railway Station

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 7

The tricks of the thief are many was veried. Once be place above the plain [?] of the " [?] on the either of [?] the odisery bag-[?] be sees his wits, and [?] his dodgen have a districts big of movelty…

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Thirteen Injured Tram Smash Newcastle Engine Leaves the Rails NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 4

The ongine of the 1.30 tram from New castle to West Wallsend left the rails at the cake works crossing Wallsend, yesterday afternoon…

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Motor Bodies Burned Fire at Newtown , Brigades' Good Work

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 8

Damage amounting is about £1500 was caused by a fire which occurred among 60 motor bodies awaiting repairs in Preport's Motor Engineering Works in…

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Worried Motorists Access to South Coast Alternative Routes

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 9

Since last week when attention was drawn to the long walt motorists are subjected to at Tom Ugly's and Taren Points punts and the photo. a few days…

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