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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

Motor Traders Wembley Exhibition Association's Ban

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 12

A serious situation has developed in connection with the motor section at this year's exhibition at Wembly (Eng.) as a result of the Society of…

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Around Australia Grady's Great Feat on a Motor Cycle Thrilling Experiences in the Never Never

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 12

That the pioneering spring of the old generation of Australian explorers is still active among young men to-day has again been demonstrated by the…

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Crude-oil Motor. An Australian Invention

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 12

Inventors in England and America have been trying for years to discover a method whereby they can use a Diesel water engine running on crude oil, for…

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Luggage on Motors a Country Protest LISMORE

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 5

At the meeting of Byron shire Council Cr. J. W. Banner drew attention to the heavy loads frequently carried on the running boards of…

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TRAM & CAR Pitt-street Collision

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 7

A COLLISION in which a tram and two motor cars were concerned, occurred in Pitt-street, City, this afternoon…

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"News" Motorists' Guide a Women's Motor Club Opening up the Far North The Week's News That Women's Club

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 10

The woman motorists of Sydney are still without a motor club. That they value membership in a motoring association is amply proved by the fact…

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"News" Motoring Guide Continued Garage Man's Complaint

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 12

"It seems to me that some members of the N.R.M.A. are showing great selfishness and inconsideration for others in respect of minor assistance," writes a…

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Leap for Life a Woman Motorist

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 7

A WOMAN who was driving a motor car in Milson-road, Cremorne, had a miraculous escape to-day. She was driving down hill, near the…

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Stock on the Railways an Owner's Tribute

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 19

Mr. Cecil Oilman, of Danmuir, via Tomingley, sends along to "Country Life" a word of praise for the Railway Department…

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Motor World (Continued from page 12). Douglas Hat Trick

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 13

At the big New Year's Day carnival at the Penrith Speedway. "DOUGLAS" machines ridden W. Conoulty and A. Clifton, succeeded in winning three…

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Motor World the Week's Maxim. a car in hand is worth two in the ditch. Rollin Surpasses Expectations

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 12

Ever since the Rollin first made its appearance, in Australia, it has met with the unqualified approval of the motoring public. This is in a large…

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Railway on Ararat

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 18

Mount Ararat, on the sumit of which, according to Biblical tradition, Noah's Ark rested after the Flood, will be turned into a modern resort for tourists from all parts of the…

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Country News. Railway Area Commissioners. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 10

Mr. J. D. Reid, of Goulburn, one of the newly-appointed Railway Area Commissioners, paid a short visit to the town and received the congratulations of…

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Proposed Railway. Bourke to Barringun. Favourable Report by Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 10

The preliminary report of the Railway Commissioners regarding the proposal to build a railway from Bourke to Barringun was presented to the Public Works Committee…

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Low-powered Aeroplanes. Motor Cycle Engines Fail in America

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 6

That the low-powered engines fltted to aeroplanes made in Australia, and flown at the recent Aerial Derby meeting in Sydney were even more successful than was generally considered, is shown by the…

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Australia's Motor Imports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 6

Figures have been compiled which show that during the first half of 1024 Australia imported seven times more American motor cara than did Great Britain, and during that period paid the United States over…

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Motoring. Crass Track Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 6

The annual grasa track championship meeting win be held by the Victoria Motor Cycle Club on Monday at Ascot Racecourse, near Melbourne. Five events, styled Australasian grass track championships, will…

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Motorist Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 6

Charles Clarkson, aged 42 years, the proprietor of a wine saloon, at 474 Pitt-street, cily was convicted by Mr. Gale, S.M., at the Central Police Court, yesterday, on a charge of driving his motor…

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ELECTRICITY. Railway Agreement. Mr. Fraser Explains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 8

Mr. Fraser (Chief Railway Commissioner) stated yesterday that he had no desire whatever to enter into a controversy about electricity supplies. The Railway…

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Railways. Australian Systems. Favourable Comparison

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 8

Mr. G. A. Hobler, chief engineer of the Commonwealth Railways, who has just returned from a tour of the world, said that, considering the small population of…

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