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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

9,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

County Council Municipalities' Scheme to Save £71,000 for Kuring-gai Roads

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 11

A project which should have a beneficent influence on their municipalities is the agreement reached by Kuring- gai, Willoughby and Lane Cove…

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To Moruya by Motor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 3

Const. J. Constable returned to duty last week after a holiday spent at Moruya. Travelling by motor bike, he did the trip to Bulli on the down journey in…

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The Ryde-parramatta Tramway

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

Mr. A. Bruntnell, M.L.A., has received the following from the Under-Secretary, Department of Public Works:—"In connection with the proposal for the…

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Motor Smash at Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 5

On Sunday morning, a few minutes to 9 o'clock, when hardly a soul was to be seen in what is usually recognised as the busy centre of Granville, a rather sensational…

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Motor Accidents Car Dashes Into Creek Funeral Party Injured GOULBURN

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 1

Several persons were injured as a result of a motor car socident on the Rungendere-road. A Gibbs, of Braid-wood. was driving a car contaiaing…

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Motor' Bus and Cycles Indignanl Bondi Residents Houses Violently Shaken

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 3

Protests concerning a traffic outsance at Bondi were brought before Waverley Council last night by Alderman Loewen-thal, who road a letter on the subject…

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Motoring Record Attempts Fail Can and Motor Cycle Figures Still Stand

Referee · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 15

The record-breaking fever to still on. Last week [?] were made upon both the motor car and motor cycle [?]…

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Tram Fares. Systematic Evasion. Union's Grievance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 13

Mr. E. J. Doran (Tramway Traille Manager) notified the Tramway Employees' Union yesterday that the following prosecutions under the By-laws and the Police Act, had taken…

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St. George Motor Cycle Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 16

Entries close to-morrow for the second annual twelve hours' reliability trial of the St. George Motor Cycle Club, which is to be held next Sunday, starting at 7 a.m. from the club rooms, Rockdale. The trial is…

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Motoring. Motor Cycle Club of N.s.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 16

The 18th annual meeting of the Motor Cycle Club of New South Wales, the oldest motor cycle body in Australasia, will be held at the club rooms, Elizabethstreet this evening. Among other elections to be held…

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Rabbits on Railway Lines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 11

The Chief Railway Commissioner referred yesterday to the letter in the "Sydney Morning Herald" by Mr. T. W. Higgins, of Scone, complaining'of the rabbit pest on the railway line…

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Railway Coal. Diminished Lithgow Contracts. Small Supply From State Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 12

The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Fraser) made reference yesterday to the complaint from Lithgow that there had been a very big falling off in the quantity of railway…

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Motor Fatality. Car Overturns. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 14

An elderly man, Edward Harrop, a Gippsland farmer, was killed through the motor car in which he was riding overturning late this afternoon. Three other occupants of the…

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Railway Combine. British Amalgamation. London. Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 13

The "Manchester Guardian" announces that the London and North-western Railway Company is taking over the Midland railway. The headquarters of the combined concern will…

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Motoring How to Drive a Motor Car—V

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 37

THE other day some friends were discussing gear-changing and one of the party mentioned that he had been reading something about changing down on…

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Motor Cycling Reliability Trial GOULBURN

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 4

The Goulburn Motor-Cycle Club hold its most important reliability trial run on the Yass-Queanboyan-Goulburn route, 100 miles. Though the club now has a large…

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Railway Sleepers Industry Booming NARRABRI

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

The sleeper-cutting industry is very brisk just now owing to the favorable weather. It is estimated that there are 8000 lying in the yards at Narrabri…

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Brisbane Tramways Government Proposals BRISBANE

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 8

The Government has published proposals for a municipal trust to take over the Brisbane tramways. Eight members with a general manager will…

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The New Exodus Grim Army of the West on the March Tramping to the Plains Restless, Frantic Searchings for a Job

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 8

There is dust on the Great Western -road --the dust that is stirred by the march of tramping feet. The great trek west has begun --the exodus out to Beyond. The left-overs of the metropolis have silently mobilised, and they have…

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Tram Fares Excess Rates Proposed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 6

The Tramway Employees' Union has been notified by Mr. E. J. Doran, traffic manager o tho Tramways Department, that during month of December the following police court…

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