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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Motoring Insurance Companies Don't Like Holidays Time When Compensation Claims Pour In

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 24

AND yet it is said at increased premiums on motor cars are not justified," remarked the manager of a big Sydney insurance office the other day. "Look at that!" and he drew "Smith's" motor writer's attention to a list in front of him, which showed that his company had paid out a small fortune…

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A Motor Funeral

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 13

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Motor Speeding a Fine of £5 Persecution Alleced

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

A melodramatic touch was introduced into a traffic case a: Ash-field Police Court yesterday, when a man, and his son alleged that…

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New North Motor Service "Comfort Is Everything" Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

Attention is drawn to an announcement in the issue, made by Mr. Hancock, of the Great Northern Motor Service, of a new service of white…

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Latest Motor Ship Freighters

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 3

The twin-screw ore-carrying motor ship Pajala, 10,500 tons deadweight. She is one of eighteen vessels ordered by the Grangeberg-Oxelosund Ore Co. for the Goxaverken Motor Ship Construction Co. of Gothenburg…

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Railway Responsibility

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

There are a number of aspects of the recent railway accident at Central Station which require earnest consideration, and public opinion is not likely to be lulled into silence either by the fact that the incident, through good fortune, failed to develop into a…

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Swedish Motor Ship Hemland at Newcastle Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 3

The Swedish motor ship Hemland, which entered port this morning, is claimed to be the first power-propelled ship to come direct from Swedish ports…

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Hunter Motor Service How It Is Conducted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 14

The following information has been supplied by the Hunter Motor Service, Ltd., regarding the manner in which their Willard Service Station, at 68-72…

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Motors and Motoring Overhauls and Renewals Where New Parts Are Necessary How the Owner-driver Can Judge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 13

It is an established fact that, in nine cases out of ten, the private owner-driver is influenced solely by the advice of the expert mechanician…

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The Recent Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

Sir,--Years ago the writer pointed out that where the human factor comes [?], as it does on all steam-worked railways, it was inevitable that a had…

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Motors and Motoring Motor Cycling Odds and Ends LITHGOW M.C.C. Annual Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 17

The annual carnival of the Lithgow Motor Cycle Club, to be held on Hartley Course de Circuit on Anniversary Day, January 26, promises to be the…

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Placing Heavy Loads on Motor Lorries a New Form of Hoist the Biblis Auto-basculeur

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 15

Manufacturers and other who have to use motor lorries for carrying heavy and difficultly-handled loads, will no doubt be interested to learn that a…

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Motor Ban Canadian Protest Exhibit at Wembley London, January 15

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 7

Representatives of several Canadian motor manufacturers cabled the Canadian Government last night, in reference to the ban on exhibiting at the…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Break Control Pierces Brain Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 7

Thomas Anthony Murtagh (20), a clerk employed at the State coal mine, was killed when his motor cycle skidded and overturned in inch Street last…

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Road Bulletin

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 10

The following road bulletin has been issued by the N.R.M.A. tourist office for the use of week-end motorists. Further road information can be…

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£50 a Day From Bridge

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 6

It is shown above how rapidly Manly has grown, but what will the growth of The Village he like when the North Shore Bridge is an…

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Car and Sulky Parramatt-Road Collision. Three Injured

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 5

Three occupants of a sulky were injured when the vehicle collided with a motor car in Parramatta-road, Concord yesterday…

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State to State 600 Bullocks on the Road BATHURST

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 3

To drove 600 bullocks from Queensland to Victoria is being undertaken by Drover Mark Collins for Messrs. Cohen and Highfield, auctioneers, of…

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Build That City Railway Without it the Bridge Will be Useless and Millions of Pounds Wasted Qovernment Governed by Country Party Chief Commissioner Fraser and Experts Tell Fuller and Company What Their Duty Is

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 1

THE expenditure of millions of pounds of the taxpayers' money on the Harbor bridge will be nullified unless the City Railway is completed by the time the bridge is constructed, and yet this does not seem to matter one iota to the Fuller Government. QUITE recently Chief Railway Commissioner Fraser, who says that it is "a matter of the greatest urgency," told Cabinet in no unmistakable manner what he thinks of its failure to carry out this plain duty…

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