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Railways, roads & transport, 1924

15,144 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Bridge Taking Out Into Minor Suits

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 6

IT is easy enough to take a partner out of his suit into a strong minor suit of your own, became if he chooses to switch into another call no harm has…

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Rule of Road Led Horses

The Land · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. M. Ki[?]. has [?] us the following [?] [?] from the [?] [?] Governmnet Department…

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The Western Road. Wentworth Falls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 10

Motorists complain bitterly of the state of the main Western road. The by-roads here are in a bad way, and there is a growing concensus of public opinion that the upkeep…

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Harbor Bridge Tenders Close Soon Keen Competition Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

Tenders for the Harbor Bridge close on January 16. It is expected that the tenderers will also compete for the construction of the Spit Bridge…

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North Shore Bridge Tenders Close on January 16

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

Tenders for the North Shore Bridge close definitely at noon on January 10. The Minister for Works (Mr. Ball) said yesterday that he hoped in the…

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Drove on Footpath Bad Road to Blame

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

"He could not drive over a heap of blue metal," remarked Mr. le Brun Brown, S.M., to-day, at the North Sydney Police Court, when fining…

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Man Out to Pieces. Attempt to Board Moving Train

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 6

A shocking tragedy occurred at Ltd, combo (Sydney) late on Wednesday afternoon, a man named Charles Hayes being practically out to pieces by a…

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Who Cares? Road Maintenance Riverina's Answer WAGGA

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

The statement made by the State Treasurer, Sir Arthur Cocks, early in the week, that, "whilst good roads are being made in different parts of the…

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Uniform Gauge Queensland and N.S.W. Hitch About Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

Notwithstanding the conferences between the Acting-Prime Minister (Dr. Earle Page) and the Now South Wales Minister for Works and Railways (Mr…

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Empire Exhibition King Will Open Kipling Naming Roads London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 1

Lieutenant-General Sir Travers Clarke (Quartermaster-General to the Forces) presiding at a dinner of the chiefs of the British Empire…

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The Iron Road Sydney to Brisbane Uniform Gauge Line

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 6

Although several conferences have been held between Ministerial representatives of the Commonwealth, New South Wales, and Queensland…

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"Old Crocks" and No-water Board a Road Blocked

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

A new road from Brighton-is-Sands to Cook's River is blocked, because the No-Water Board wants to feed its horses on it…

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Primary Producers' Needs Sound Land Settlement and the Provision of Good Roads

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 1

As with the closing of the old year it is customary to take stock, so that we may discover just how we stand in regard to the things that matter,…

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South Sydney Trams Railway Stop Refused

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 10

The tramway department has refused to provide an additional stopping place in front of the railway steps, Chalmers-street, city for the…

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Train Tragedy Crash Down Embankment Four Killed; Five Injured CAPETOWN, January 2

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

A message from Graafe Reinet (Cape Province) states that two women and two children were killed and five persons injured in a railway accident…

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Motor Lubrication. Five Different Methods

The Land · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 5

Motor car engine lubricating systems lire grouped under five hearts, according to the method by which the oil is distributed to the working…

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Our Railways. the Railway Enquiry

The Land · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 13

The Gonvernment has annoucnced the names of the two Engish experts who are to conduct the enquiry into the New South Wales railways…

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Motoring Gossip Splashless Automobile Wheel

Arrow · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 12

From Paris comes the news of a wheel lesigned to save the clothing of pedesrians from being splashed with mud luring wet weather, says Popular…

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The Motor Face a New Type Developed From Strain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 3

The increase of motor traffic in London is developing a new type of face among these who go about on wheels, day after day, in the tangled…

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Motors and Motoring the Motor Age Engineering Progress Cutting Metal

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 3

One of the interesting features of the recent Engineering Exhibition in England was the large display of plant for welding and cutting metal. The…

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