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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

11,988 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

On Field, Track and Road— A Page of Sport Motor Notes Keep Battery Terminals Clean

The Land · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 8

When several terminals of the storage battery become covered with a greenish deposit which, as time goes on, grows like a fungus, it will…

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Road Before Track Amateur Cyclist's Reference

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 3

The [?] shown by Sydney [?] rather than in track events is reflected in the expert[?] of the [?] secretary of the…

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Night-watchman Killed. Bun Over by a Train

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 4

A night-watchman named Samuel McKee, aged sixty years, residing at Clyde (N.S.W.), was killed by a Carlingford train on Tuesday. He was…

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Spit Bridge. Manly Conference Early Construction Urged. Unanimous Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 10

A conference of representatives of municipal and shire councils and progress associations of the northern suburbs was held at Manly last evening to discuss plans for the…

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Car and Full 'Bus Collision in Parramatta-road

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 7

A fully-loaded motor 'bus and a motor collided in Parramatta-road this morning. The 'bus was travelling westward, and the motor car, coming out of…

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Kuringai Road Commissioner's Report in Favor of Shire

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 7

The councillors of the Shire of Kuringai are just now in a state of suppressed excitement, awaiting the finding of Mr. H. H. Newell, of the Local…

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Era Op the 'Bus Councils' Job What About Roads? Delegates Confer

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 8

The control of 'bus licensing and delineation of routes rests solely with the Police Traffic Branch which can authorise a bus to run…

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BREAKING-UP Parramatta-road's Short Life Strange Economy Idea

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 8

After a life of one year and nine months the reconstructed Parramatta- road (it cost £78,000) is breaking up. Already it is costing £3000 a year to…

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Fell into the River Collapse of a Bridge Eighty Lives Lost

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 14

The 700-ft. long suspension bridge across the river Cowlitz, at kelso, Washington (U.S.A.) collapsed on Thursday evening last week, and more…

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Relic of Pioneer Days an Ashfield Road 100 Years Old

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 9

[?] of the principal [?]…

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At Any Cost Spit Bridge Urged Manly; in Earnest "We May Build It!"

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 8

Manly is so much in earnest about the necessity for the Spit Bridge that the Mayor (Alderman Kelrle) said last night, in the…

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Sterilised Milk at Railway Refreshment Rooms

The Land · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 11

The Railway Commissioners, in order to meet the needs of mothers travelling by rail with bottle-fed babies, have arranged for the supply…

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Our Railways. a weekly budget of Information, Replies to Criticism, Statements of Policy, and General Comment, direct from the office of the Railway Commissioners to readers of "The Land." Questions and inquiries are cordially invited. Bush Fires. Railway Precautionary Measures

The Land · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 11

The city man knows that the present time is the period of bush fires, but it is the man in the country, experiencing the long, dry, hot…

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Motor Cycling Annual Conference of Clubs

Arrow · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 15

Arrangements in connection with the annual Tourist Trophy Raco will be made at a conference of affiliated clubs with the…

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Land Settlement and Development the Motor Age German Folk on Wheels Antique Machines

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 7

The conception most people have of male Germans that they are fat, easy-going, fond of large quantities of "bock" and immense quantities of…

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Border Railways Moama to Balranald Surveys Being Made

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 12

A message from Melbourne states that surveys for the railway from Molina to Balrnnald, via Monlamelu, to be constructed under the border…

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Motor Trains. Success in Victoria

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 12

The inauguration of motor trains for branch made has proved a success in Victoria, as well as in New South Wales, judging by a report made by…

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Cement Shortage the Marulan Deposits Need for Railway Line

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 2

Referring to the shortage of content in Australia the advisory committee of the Moss Vale to Port Kembla Railway League has written to the…

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A Strange Meeting. Romance of Motor Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 16

A marriage will shortly take place at a West London church as the happy sequel to a recent motor accident near Marble Arch. The motorist a man who…

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The Taralga Railway. Work of Construction Begun

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 7

The N.S.W. Premier (Sir George Fuller), accompanied by Lady Fuller, and the Minister for Local Government…

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