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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Six Motor 'Buses Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 1

Mix mammoth motor[?] each 27 feet in length and weighting 6 tons were put on the Melbourne to Elsternwick route yesterday by the Tramway's…

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Railway Workshops at Newcastle Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 5

Mr. Paddeely. M.L. A, has received from the Minister for Railways the following letter relating to the[?]…

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Motors Collide Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 5

Two motor-cycle. one driven by [?]Wallace, collided sit the intersection of Cumberland and Cooper Streets this morning…

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Noisy Motor Cycles How to Keep Them Quiet

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 5

It seems popular nowadays to make the extanst pipe of a motor cycle as prominent a feature of the layout of the machine as can possibly be…

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Seven Motors Destroyed Townsville Outbreak Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

A disastrams the ut the Strand; Motor Company. Gregory Street. North' Ward, being almost totally destroyed…

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Two Men Injured Motor and Cycle Collide Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 5

Last night about 7 o'clock a motorcar and a motor cycle collided on the [?]…

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Motor Boats 'Alma Take Christmas Cep

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 9

At Kogarah Bay on Saturday the St. [?] Motor Boat Club held the deferred general handicap speed race for the Christmas Cap Result:--Alma (A. Humphrey), racing time…

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Railways May Be Held Up An Irritation Strike Mooted Union Complains of Many Grievances

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 6

It is stated that a meeting of the State council of the Australian Railways Union is to be held on Saturday next, to consider a…

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Empire's Heaviest Engine for Canadian Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 5

The heaviest and most powerful locomotive in the British Empire has just been built for the Canadian National Railways by the Canadian…

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Motor Ships Gradually Displacing Steamers London, January 3

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

A sustained development in the construction of motor ships is recorded in Lloyd's Quarterly Register, which shows that the world's shipyards are…

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To the Editor Railway Travellers' Grievances

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 6

Sir,--Apparently the explanation by Messrs. Ball and Cocks with regard to the appointments' of the Railway Commissioners has satisfied you, but when…

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Woman and Boy Killed When Car Falls 60ft. Over Cliff Tragic End to Motor Trip Wellington, N.Z..

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 7

A woman and boy were killed and five others injured when a motor car fell about 60ft. over a cliff at Redwood Pass,…

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Hurled Into the Air Three Motor Cyclists Injured Smash at Prospect

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 7

Three youths were buried to the ground with great force when a motor cycle and side -car capsized on the Western Road, Prospect, early…

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New Express Engine for the N.s.w. Railways. Just Completed at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 12

The last day of the old year saw the practical completion of the first of the new express engines for the New South Wales railways. The new locomotive, known officially…

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Killed by Motor Car. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 10

James Bourke, of Box Grove, Kingswood, aged 65 years, was killed by a motor car in High-street, Penrith, at 7.30 to-night. The body was conveyed to the hospital morgue…

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Motoring. St. George M.b.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 13

The St. George Motor Boat Club decided a six miles general handicap for the Christmas Cup on the Kogarah Bay course at Sans Souci on Saturday afternoon, eight boats starting. There was a splendid finish, nearly…

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Motor Fatality. Two People Killed. Car Falls Into Creek. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 10

A motor car, in which two Christchurch families were touring, while attempting to turn a hairpin bend at Redwood Pass, about eight miles from Blenheim, swerved and ran…

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Motor Cycle Overturns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 10

John Purvis, aged 29, of Simmons-street, Enmore, was riding a motor cycle along the Gerat Western-road, Prospect, on Saturday afternoon when the machine overturned,…

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High-speed Motor Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 11

The King of Italy opened in September the first auto-strade (special motor road) of the system which is to link Milan with the lakes of Varese, Maggiore, und Como. These roads…

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Motor-Cycle Smash On Western Road. Three Youths Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 1

Another motor cycle accident occurred on the Western-road on Sunday afternoon, when three youths were injured by being thrown violently to the roadway…

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