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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

Railway Freights Increase. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 9

One [?] of the seamen's dispute has been to increase the freight on interstate railways, and, particularly, on the east-west line. The Commonwealth Railways Commissioner (Mr…

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Australia Wins. Motor Car Gets Excited

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 7

When the excitement over the test match was at its height in the luncheon hour an unattended motor car parked in Martin-place, near…

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St George Motor Boat Club

The St George Call · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 4

Saturday last saw the race over the usual Club course, with a light southerly blow, for the Vice-Commodore's trophy, and resulted in quite a chapter…

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Motor Collision

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 1

While Mr. Archie Thompson, of Hurstville, the well-known city cinematograph projectionist, was on his way to entertain, the children at the…

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Railway Electrification

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 1

The Railway Commissioners state that work in connection with the electrification of the railway line from Sydney to Waterfall is at present being…

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No Light on Motor Cycle

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

Arthur Reginald Connors was fined 10 and 56 costs for riding a motor cycle at night without a light…

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Peculiar Railway Methods. No Consideration for Public

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners, or their constructing engineers, never appear to give much consideration to surroundings or environment. If they come…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, January 21. (Before Mr. Longfield, S.m.) Motor Driver Fined

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

Reginald William Hobson was proceeded against by Constable Vale for driving a motor car along Prince's Highway, Rockdale, on January 16,…

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Motor Cycling. Hurstville Motor Cycle Club

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 6

The Hurstville Motor Cycle Club held a flexibility test on Saturday last. All the different makes of machines competed. The results were: -- C. Whiting, A.J.S., 1: O…

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Mysterious Explosion Glass on Street Motor Tyres Suffer

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 1

A mysterious explosion in Burton Street off Oxford Street, at 10 o'clock last night, is being inquired into by the police…

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Kyogle Railway Plenty Labor Offering Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 4

Yesterday the resident engineer of the Brisbane-Kyogle railway. Mr. Parkinson. attended, at the Labor Bureau for the purpose of interviewing…

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Yeoval Railway Official Opening Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 8

The official opening of the Molong-Yeoval section of the Molong-Dubbo railway line took place at Molong yesterday. The town was beflagged for…

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His Number Up Motor Car Driver Fined

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 8

At Paddington Court yesterday. Reginald Simmons, charged with having refused to supply to the po[?] certain information required on…

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Seeing Africa Long Motor Journey Gas From Heavy Oils Paris. December 22

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 5

M. Edmond Tranill, a Paris Journalist, has left Parts for Kenakry in French Council, whence he will start on an attempt to travel across the…

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Under Motor Lorry Bondi Nurse Killed Terribly Mangled

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 5

GERTRUDE McPHAIL. of Birrell Street, Bondi, a nurse in the Education Department, was pinned under a heavy motor lorry at St. Peters…

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General News Pinned Under Car Motorists Escape with Slight Injuries

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

TARALGA.--Messrs. Henry and Martin Anderson, and Miss Grant, of Wheeo, whilst travelling by mater to Taralga on Wednesday last, met with an accident…

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Washed to Sea Tram-Driver's Death Gallant Attempt at Rescue Fails

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 7

In the presence of his horrified workmates, Thomas M'Carthy, aged 30 years, a tram-driver, of Emily Street, Leichhardt, was…

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Rail and Tram Men and Happenings SUPERANNUATION

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

At a meeting of representatives of the Officers' Association and Railway and Tramway Unions, at Daking House on Wednesday night. it was decided to…

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Bourke to the Border Proposed Railway Extension Would Queensland Join Up?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 6

There will be rejoicings from Bourke to the Queensland border, for the fight which was started somewhere back in the eighties for a railway line to…

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A Noiseless Aeroplane

The World's News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

Experiments which have been going on in England with the object of entirety eliminating the noise of an aeroplane in flight have been so successful that the problem…

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