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Railways, roads & transport, 1924

15,144 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Motor Reliability "The Daily Guardian" and "Smith's Weekly's" Three Days' Contest

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 26

"THE Daily Guardian" and "Smith's Weekly" have registered a distinct achievement in the conditions drawn up for…

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Richmond Residents Object to Railway Route

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 5

A representative deputation of resident and ratepayers of Richmond waited upon Mr. Cana, Assistant-Commissioner for Railways yesterday, and…

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Guyra-dorrigo Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 4

COONAMBLE, -- Messrs. [?]orby and Ivneent, Ms.L.A., met district landholders to-day to discuss the Guyra-to-Dorrigo railway proposal, which has…

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Bonus System Railway Department Union Opposition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 7

A meeting of shop stewards employed in the Railway and Tramway service, representing the Amalgamated Engineering Union Australasian Society of Engineers…

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Motors and Motoring. Are Cars Over-eng1ned Is the Small Car Over-driven? Suggestions for Improvements

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 19

Considering the wide variation in the power output of modern engines -- from barely double, figures for the small "twin," air-cooled car to something…

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British Motor Trade Indications of Real Revival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 19

A real revival in the British motor industry is being foreshadowed by many experts in the trade. At the recent motor, show at Olympia, London, orders…

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Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 12

Charles Miller, aged 12, was crossing Botany Road, Mascot, last night, when he was struck and knocked down by a motor car. The lad, who lives…

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British Motor-cycles Large Shipment Arrives Douglasses 176, A.J.S.'S 68

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 20

The s.s. Hobson's Bay, which arrived in Sydney this week,, had on board one of the largest cargoes of British motor cycles ever landed in Sydney. The…

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Motor Cycling Club Doings Western Suburbs M.C.C.

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 20

The Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club has issued its programme for January, which is as follows: -- Sat., Jan. 12. -- Quarter-mile flying hill…

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Motors and Motoring. Points for New Drivers Drive in Comfort and Safety

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 20

At this time of the year there is generally a large number of persons who have recently bought new cars and are driving for the first time. That is to say…

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Model Bridge for Soldiers

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1924 · page 7

Out of a piece of white cardboard cut (as large or small as you like) a piece the same shape as the shape shown In the right hand of the sketch…

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Battling With the Books Can Layers be Beaten With "Systems"? Various Wagering Methods Analysed No Royal Road To Success

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1924 · page 6

STUDENTS of betting systems argue learnedly of the money they will make by following some pla of selecting horse to be backed, and then proceeding accordingly. THE proof that they fail is that bookmakers remain in business and…

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Accumulators and the Careless Motorist to Give Good Service, the Storage Battery Must Receive Attention

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1924 · page 1

"Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you," may be a good maxim for the general ills of life, but with regard to the accumulator it is a dangerous…

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Record Shipment of Motor Cycles Manufactured in England

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1924 · page 2

By the c.s. Hobson's Bay on Monday morning last arrived what is, so far as can be ascertained, the largest single shipment of motor cycles of one make…

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Accident Causes Hold-up Tram Service Disorganised At an Awkward Hour

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1924 · page 7

A serious disorganisation of traffic waf one of the results of a tram accident in Elizabeth-street, Dear Campbell-street, early last night…

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Motoring (Continued From Page 22) Should Driving Tests Be Harder? Objections to Graded Licences

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1924 · page 2

There has been much discussion of late regarding the number of apparently incompetent drivers who mismanage their curs on the road. Actually the…

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France's Colonies Man who Saved North Africa the Trans-saharan Railway Backward State of French Congo PARIS, December 3, 1923

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1924 · page 5

MARSHAL LYAUTEY, one of the greatest organisers and adminisrators whom France has sent to her Colonies, has just celebrated the 50th…

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The Fool Motorist

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1924 · page 1

DEDICATED to the fool-motorist who swanks on Sunday:—"Here lies the dust of Edward steel, who might have travelled far—…

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Motor Cycle Hits Car

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1924 · page 2

A motor cycle driven by Allen Powers, Lord-street, Newtown, got out of control in Milton-street, Ashfield, last night, and when the brakes were…

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Motor Cyclist Crashes Swerved to Save Woman

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1924 · page 2

Swerving his motor cycle to avoid knocking down a woman, Belmont Thomas, of Augusta-street, Manly, crashed into a motor lorry in South…

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