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Railways, roads & transport, 1923

11,988 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Motor Cars Collide Woman Injured MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 7

Late yesterday afternoon a B.S.A. motor car, driven by William Benbow, of Camberwell, collided with a Ford car, driven by Ernest William…

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Melbourne Day by Day Melbourne, Sunday. Heavy Motor Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 4

When the company which contemplates running motor 'bus services in the metropolitan area gets a start this year it is likely to find that the…

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Railway Control Should It Be Altered? Board of Departmental Heads

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 5

Although the Government has decided that four railway Commissioners are too many, it has not yet decided exactly what reforms should be made. One suggestion is that the Board of Commissioners should…

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Bicycle and Motor Marrickville Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 6

George Goldsmith (17), a telegraph messenger was riding his bicycle along Wardell Road, Marrickville, last night, when he crashed into a motor car…

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White Ants Wardell-road Bridge "A Sulky Shakes It"

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 9

"If a bus load of people drop through. Wardell-road bridge into Cook's River, and we have to pay damages, we will have to sell the Town Hall, for we have no money!" THIS was the desperate position…

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England's Roads Cheap Motor Transport

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 4

Good roads and cheap motor transport are contributing largely towards England's recovery from the devastating effects of war…

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Cheap Roads Successful Trial

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 8

Motorists who daily [?] along Go[?] and many another bad road in and around Sydney, will be gladdened at the advert of the Peters road maker…

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Good Roads Woollahra's £100,000 Scheme

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 10

Woollahra Count last night appointed a committee to consider a proposal to float a loan of £100,000 for concreting all streets in the district…

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Who Will Men D This Bridge?

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 8

The Wardell-road Bridge, said to be in a state of decay. Marrickville and other municipal bodies are wrangling about who is responsible for its upkeep. The bridge is 22 years old…

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Harbor Bridge Distributing Profits Proposed Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 5

A conference of all municipalities affected by the Harbor Bridge tax is proposed with a view to concerted action in asking the…

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"Under Below!" Bridge Totters While Councils Fiddle

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 8

The Wards[?]road Bridge was alleged at the Marrickville Council last night, to be in such a state of decay that it might collapse at…

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Concrete Roads North Sydney's Pride The Longest Stretch

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 6

The longest stretch of concrete road in the Commonwealth is now completed, and stands to the credit of the Municipality of North Sydney…

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Concrete Roads. North Sydney's Big Work. Three Miles Completed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 10

A function was held yesterday afternoon in the grounds of Redlands School, Military-road, to celebrate the completion of the concrete road from Milson's Point to…

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City Roads Extension of a Contract a Tender Question

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 7

A matter of vital interest to the road-making industry will be decided at to-night's meeting of the City Council…

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City Rates. a Probable Reduction. Levy for the Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 9

The Lord Mayor, considers there is every possibility of the city rate for 1923 being reduced to /4½ in the £ on the unimproved capital value of the city, a reduction…

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1950. the Roads of 1923. "I Mark Time: Do You?"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 8

It all comes back in a flash. We had made a 300-mile motor trip one week-end in the middle of January, 1923, when we pulled up for afternoon tea at a delightful home near…

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The Otus Inquiry Concrete Road Making Fatal Explosion

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 10

THE HON. (ALEXANDRA) LOUVIMA ELIZABETH CHECKLEY, only daughter of Viscount Kollys, who married a clerk…

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"Pinkie" Man Runs Amok Trouble in Tram

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 1

"What is 'Pinkie?'" asked Mr Gale S.M., at the Central Police Court. "It is a cheap wine, more fit for furniture varnish than for drinking…

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To-day's Motor Note

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 11

Those owners who have not fitted an extra air appliance to their cars loss a lot of pleasure and sport in driving. It is one of the most…

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Kogarah Tram Electric Traction?

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 8

Following a visit by the Tramways Superintendent to Kogarah, there seems every possibility of an amount being placed on the next…

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