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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 250

Sad News for Motorists New York

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 7

Following the sensational decline of petrol prices about the middle of last year the commodity made a proportionately high advance at the New…

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Sunday Times Special Motor Tours New Feature Continues To-day

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 8

Each Sunday on this page the Sunday Times will publish the route and instructions for a special motoring tour. This feature is the consequence of special arrangements with the National Roads and Motorists' Association. The tours will cover a wide…

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Sunday Times Motor Section Who's Who in Motorland Mr. Tames McMAHON

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 8

A great National Roads and Motor Association enthusiast is Mr. James McMahon, in point of service its, oldest member. As chairman of the…

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Tram Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 1

James Magney (56). of Denning-street, Coogee, was knocked down by a tram yesterday afternoon near his home. He was taken by the Civil…

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Railway Ramps Commissioner's Cross-Fare Puzzle

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 13

JOHN SMITH, returned soldier and toiler, lives at Granville, and holds down a job at Chullora, some miles away. He…

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Motors at Wembley Traders on Dominion Values LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 1

An association, comprising exclusively British motor manufacturers, has endorsed the larger society's decision not to participate in the…

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£30 for a Job Anxious Motor Drivers MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 2

How four men Booking a position as a motor driver deposited £30 each in a promotion scheme with a promise of £5 a week and 10 per cent,…

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'Buses Too Popular Trams Feel Competition MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 2

It is believed that the Tramways Board is considering the abandonment of its outer suburban tramway extensions owing to the competition of…

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Edgecliff-road Hullabaloo is Echo of Davis Divorce Hubby Harold Hunts Evidence Whirlwind Descent on Wife—Davis Declares She Was On Poultryman Randle's Knee—The Mill on the Car Running Board Magistrate Declines to Believe Husband's Story

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 12

WHEN love flies out of the window, anything is likely to come in at the door—if it's open. AND in the case of Mrs. Davis it was her irate husband, Harold Davis, who came in the door along with a friend at whirlwind…

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Collision. Dangerous Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 8

The narrow bridge on the Woodville-road at Granville was responsible for another accident on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Oscar W. Fletcher, draper, of Penrith,…

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Car Over Bridge Record Breakers' Close Call Two Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 1

Two motorists, while attempting to lowe rthe record between Sydney and Newcastle on Saturday, crashed through the railings of a bridge, and…

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Bridge of Sighs? at Cook's River a Missing Link

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 4

Is the proposed bridge across the mouth of Cook's River to be another bridge of sighs? Several months ago the…

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Drilling Holes For Harbor Bridge Asquith Machines to be Used

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 3

Special considerations, involving the tremendous sizes of members to be drilled, as well as the enormous holes to be sunk, make the arrangements…

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Train Smash Forty-five Injured at Glasgow London, January 24

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 1

A crowded football special train crashed into the buffers at the central station, Glasgow, and the two first coaches were telescoped, 45…

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Foreign Editor's Diary Japanese Submarines Motors and Wembley

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 1

BRITAIN: The circular of the Motor Traders' Association confirming the decision [?] to [?] at Wembley [?]…

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The Letter Bag Our Railways Late Transit & CONGESTION To the Editor

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 6

Sir.—The article in your issue of 20th inst. regarding burnt smoke box doors of our railway engines, interested me very much. On January 10, I had to [?] some hours on a…

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Stray Punch Surprises Passenger Tram Incident

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 4

WHILE travelling in a from pound for Clovelly on Saturday. Fredick Laith, 36 of [?]. [?], received a blow on the jaw…

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Country News. Motor Cyclists Injured. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 8

A motor cycle and sidecar, conveying two tourists, struck a stone and turned over on the road between Cundletown and Taree. The driver was pinned beneath the machine. A…

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Motor Accidents. Three People Injured. Pinned Beneath Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 8

Travelling down a steep incline on Taren Point-road, Taren Point, on the road to Cronulla, on Saturday, a motor car turned a somersault when the rear tyres burst…

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Four Injured. Motor Cars Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 8

The formidable list of motor accidents on the Parramatta-road was increased by another serious collision which occurred near Homebush yesterday afternoon…

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