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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

11,988 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

To-day's Motor Note

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 7

Motor cyclists, partly from necessity it is admitted, are far more particular to secure the correct [?] off for their machines than…

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Casualties. Killed on Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 14

Last evening, between 5 and 6 o'clock, Samuel McKee, 66, of Carberry-street Clyde, was walking along the railway line between the Sandown Meat Works, where he was…

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Motor Collision. One Man Killed. Charge Against Car Driver

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 14

A collision resulting in the death of Cecil Hamilton Fawcett, 24 years of age, of Holden, street, Ashfield, occurred between a motor cycle which he was riding and a motor car at…

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Gountry News. Railway Officer Charged. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 14

Yesterday afternoon Walter Sydney Henry McJannett, railway stationmaster at Garah, was brought to Moree by Railway Inspector Hillyard and Inquiry Officer Buxter and handed…

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Motoring. Royal Automobile Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 15

The Roads and Tours Committee of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia will draw up the programme of events for this year on Tuesday evening. The first event of the year will be held towards the end of…

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Motorists Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 16

At the Ashfield Police Courtt yesterday Reginald Alfred Harris, of 25 O'connell-street, Sydney, and Ewan Cameron, of Gordon-street, Lindfield, were each fined by Mr. W. S. Arnott, S.M., £5 with 8/ costs…

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Man Killed Summer Hill Collision Driver of Motor Arrested

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 2

A motor car and motor-cycle collided at the intersection of Henson and Herbert streets, Summer Hill, yesterday afternoon, and Cecil Hamilton…

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Crash Some Day Life on the Rolling 'Bus Forty=seven Aboard and Folly at the Helm Tilting at the Tram Conductor

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 1

THE motor 'bus services in Sydney are fulfilling a long-felt want. Were it not for them thousands of people would have to walk to work…

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Crowded Trams Eastern Suburbs' Troubles Ald. Goldstein's Hopes Favors Trust to Control

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 2

"The Tramway Department lacks enterprise. "It has to be forced into making reforms."…

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Blow to Combine Railway Commissioners' Stand Premier's Intervention Sought Legal Side of Cement Deal

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 3

The coal combine apparently received a rude shock when the Railway Commissioners refused to accept high-priced tenders for coal far the present year, unless a new protective clause was inserted in the agreement. When the fact that they had been…

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Railway Prosecutions Apprentice Tickets

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

Inspector H. E. Morris, of the Railway Department, proceeded at the North Sydney Police Court against a number of young persons for…

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"Regular Nuisance" Catching the Scorchers Motorists Fined

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

Reginald Alfred Harris, of 25 O'Connell-street, Sydney, and Ewen Cameron, of "Broombee," Gordon-road, Lindfield, were each fined £5, with 8s…

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MOTORING For Those Who Don't "Buster" or Adjuster? The Science of Motor Manhandling Profession Insurance Has Developed

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 14

With the advent of the motor came the comprehensive insurance policy and the claim adjuster. In their train the motor "buster," into which category a majority of owners come, for the reason that insurance companies are regarded as fair game when a car reaches the…

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Aditorial Central Railway Subway

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 14

A good opening for willing workers in Sydney. NOT YET. An undertaker used to advertise: "The…

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Toll of the Vend Coal Control Ends--but War Price Stays Railway Commissioners' Fight

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 7

The Coal Vend has refused to reduce the price of coal, although the controlled prices expired with the old year. There is evidence that a substantial drop could be made, despite the continuance of high wages…

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Motor Lorry Burnt West Maitland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

A motor lorry owned and driven by Mr. O. Sharpe, was destroyed by fire near Raymond Terrace. The engine backfired, and the lorry burst into flames…

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Altered Tram Service

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 17

The Tramway Department calls attention to the altered running of through trams from Lane Cove (Longueville Road) and Gore Hill to Balmoral and…

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Coogee Trams Outdone

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 16

Whatever complaints there may be about the strap-hanging and crowding on the Coogee and other suburban trams, they must pale before the overcrowding…

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Cement Contract And City Railway Big Supplies Involved

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 8

Another unsatisfactory feature of the big cement contract was revealed yesterday. It is possible that all the cement…

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Marine Motoring Australasian Title Ocean Race in March

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 22

The nor'-east gale at the end of last week was responsible for the abandonment of the ocean race to Broken Bay and back…

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