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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Motor Yachting

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 12

This afternoon the Port Hacking Rowing and Motor Boat Club will decide two motor bo[?]t events. The first will be for boats capable of doing 15 miles per hour, over…

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Morris Motors Record Shipment 212 Cars and Trucks

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 17

Amongst the cargoes of the steamers Largs Bay, Moldavia, Port Albany, Matatua, and five other boats arriving this month are distributed no…

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Motors and Motoring Tetra Ethyl Lead Latest Motor "Dope" Is It Poisonous?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 16

No doubt a great number of Australian motorists are looking forward to the time when they, like their American brethren, will be able to purchase…

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Motors and Motoring Off "She" Goes at the First Kick! How Your Motor Cycle Should Start a Few Useful Pointers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 15

Easy starting is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding virtues a motor cycle can possess. To be able to go to the garage, and be certain that…

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Motors and Motoring Types of Valve Gear How They Operate "OVERHEAD" v. "Side" Valves

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 14

In a four-stroke engine there are two valves per cylinder, known as the inlet and exhaust, respectively. In some high-efficiency engines, four…

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Motor Taxation Royal Automobile Club's Views Notes for Members

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 17

The following has been prepared by the touring department of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, for the information of members and other…

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Lucky Escapes Suspension Bridge Crash Crowded 'Bus and Tram

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 2

A tram and a 'bus travelling towards North Sydney crashed into one another at the Northbridge entrance to the Suspension Bridge yesterday…

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Those Evergreen Train Tickets

Truth · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 16

Percival Bennett, of Halden-street, Lakemba, is not in the highest grade of society—at present. But he aspires to higher things. On…

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Engineer for Main Roads Board

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 11

Mr. R. R. Evans and the secretary (Mr. H. C. Morgan) represented the club at a deputation to the Minister for Local Government on Monday…

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Sunday Times Special Motor Tour Beautiful Scenes Along a Winding Road

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 10

Sydney to Richmond, Kurrajong Heights, returning through Penrith to Sydney. Leave Sydney by George-street,…

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Pretty Girl English Mystery Missing on Short Train Journey London

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 4

The police are searching vainly for Elsie Cameron, a pretty London typiste who has been missing since December 5…

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"On Time!" the Bridge Will Be Completed Says Dr. Bradfield Miss Butler's Return

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 3

"There is no reason to doubt that the bridge will be built in the contract time," said Dr. J. C. Bradfield yesterday morning, on his return…

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Fines and Fares Fetch 51/- Farrell Finds the Right Ticket in the Wrong Train

Truth · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 16

"I had a ticket, all right, but I got into the wrong train" explained stanley Farrell when charged at the Canterbury Court on Friday with having attempted…

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Tiler Loses His Head in the Train Elton a Man of Jaw with a Taste for Gore The Price of Liequence

Truth · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 19

When Edgar Gordon Elton took a trip from town to Clyde. He was what Kipling has described as "running free and wide."…

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N.R.M.A. Road Bulletin Issued by the N.R.M.A. Tourist Bureau 30 Gresvenok-street., Sydney. (B5210). North

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 10

Sydney to Windsor (Pittown-road turn-off).—Good. Windsor to Maroota, via Pittown.—Good to one mile beyond Pittown, then…

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Motoring Mishap Prominent Melburnian's Upset MELBOURNE

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 1

Four prominent members of fashionable Melbourne society were travelling in a Minerva car on the Lancefield-road, near Mount Macedon,…

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Our Railway Commissioner British Expert Is Astounded Sir Sam Fay on N.s.w. Cabinet "Perhaps, Political Reasons!"

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 7

'I CANNOT understand the action of the New South Wales Cabinet in its strange appointment of the Railway Commissioners and in not following our recommendations. We submitted the report. It was for…

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Newcastle Trams Newcastle

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 7

The electrification of portion of the Newcastle tramways system has proved so successful that the Commissioners are hurrying on extensions…

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Sunday Times Motor Section French Grand Prix This Year's Conditions

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 10

The conditions governing the classic automobile Road Race of Europe—the French Grand Prix, have been issued for this year's…

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Who's Who in Motorland Sir Samuel Hordern

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 11

Members of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia will be pleased to hear that their president, Sir…

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