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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

Pocket Aeroplane Goulburn Mechanic's Work Stowed in Motor Garage Goulburn

The Sun · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

George Murray, a young carpenter, and a clever mechanic, has almost completed an aeroplane which seems to be the nearest approach to a…

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Road Closed

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

Motorists are reminded that the road from Sutherland to Mena is temporarily closed for repairs…

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Motors and Motoring (Continued.) National Roads and Motorists' Association Recent Activities

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 15

Another very prosperous week for the National Roads and Motorists' Association ended on Wednesday last, January 21. During this period 145…

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Make Way for the Bridge!

The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 1

Buildings being demolished in Campbell Street, North Sydney…

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Harbour Bridge. Writs for Libel. Against Government

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 18

Both the Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Ball) and the Under-Secretary to the department (Mr. Cooper) yesterday received writs for the alleged libel issued by one of the…

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Isolated Sydney Our Main Roads Where Are They?

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

Sydney is almost isolated from the outside world, thanks net only to the shipping strike, but to the fact that the reads to almost all parts of the…

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Mr. Ball Receives a Writ From Harbor Bridge Tenderers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 10

Writs were served yesterday on Mr. Ball, Minister for Works, and Mr. Cooper, Under-Secretary of the department, by a representative of Messrs…

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Died in a Train Sister of Mercy NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 6

Sifter Mary Teresa, a member of the Order of the Sisters of Merry was found dead in the north-west mail when it reached Broadmeadow…

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In Concrete New South Head-Road Big Improvements

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 1

For many centuries after the fall of the Roman [?] the art of road-making was counted among the lost ones…

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Railwaymen Hopeful Clerical Regarding

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 6

After many weary months of waiting the clerical division of the railway service have had their position regarded the Commissioners having…

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No Case to Answer Motorist Discharged

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 1

On January is an old man was blocked down in Canterbury-road. Canterbury, by a motor-car driven by W[?]peam John Woodward, 24,…

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AFTER 42 YEARS Railway Officer Retires

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 1

Mr. Arthur Edward Henry, who has been in charge of the adjustments branch of the Railway chief accounts office, is now on his annual leave, at…

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Two Injured Motor Cycle Turns Over TAREE

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 6

A motor cycle and sidecar, convoying two tourists, struck a stone and turned over on the road between Cundietown and Tarce. The driver was…

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"Tables" Turned a Railway Muddle

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 6

LAST night's experience of train travellers on the Illawarra line, who usually Join their train at Redfern. was not an enviable one…

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Where to Motor Splendid Trips Hints from Tourists

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

FOR the convenience of week-end motorists, the "NewS" publishes…

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Tram Alterations Eddy Av. Repairs

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

The tramway authorities notify that owing to the work which is being carried out in Eddy-avenue, it will not be possible to run trams through…

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The New Watling Street. Great Motor Highway Where Roman Legions Trod

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

What would the first Roman builders of Watling Street, from Dover through Canterbury and Rochester to London (all Roman cities), have said to the great new motor…

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The One-man Tram

The World's News · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 28

A new type of tramcar is to be put into service in London. It is controlled entirely by one man, who combines the jobs of driver and conductor…

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Conference Railway Concessions (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 8

Sir,—Permit me to intimate that I am authorised to issue certificates for railway concessions to ministers and representatives and their wives…

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Motoring. Sydney Newcastle Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 20

In the motor record from Sydney to Newcastle, established recently by Mr. A. Vaughan, the motor spirit used was C.O.R., produced by the Commonwealth Oil Refineries, Lid., at Laverton, Victoria…

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