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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Car and Motor Cycle

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

Harry Adams, of Ragian-street, Mosman, was travelling along Belmont-road, Mosman, in his motor car, when at a street intersection his vehicle and a motor cycle and side car…

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Callous Motor Cyclist

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

A pedestrian, walking homeward along the Woodville-road, Granville, on Saturday night, was knocked down by a motor cycle and sidecar, which, travelling without lights,…

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Motor Car Overturns. Molong

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

While driving along the Orange-road from Eugowra. Mr. Durnham, the district ag[?] for a Sydney tea firm, had his car overturned through the wheels skidding on the wet ro[?]…

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Commercial. Britain's Motor Car Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 9

Exports of touring cars from Great Britain for the first nine months of 1924 were valued at £2,001,000, almost three times the value of the exports for the same period of the…

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Lunatic on Tram Demanded Woman's Seat

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 6

A man who had lost his reason created a disturbance on a Clovelly tram in Elizabeth-street, near Liverpool-street, city, on Saturday…

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Motor Shows London, January 24

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 5

The committee of the Association of British Motor Manufacturers adopted a motion endorsing the action of the Society of Motor Manufacturers, and…

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Man Badly Hurt Struck Down by Motor Cycle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 5

Arthur Halligan, aged 50. of Waratah Street, Granville, was knocked down and badly injured on Saturday night by a motor cycle, the driver of which…

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Roads Again Hurstville Council Scheme

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 8

At last it would seem Feather Ward of Hurstville Council, is to [?] into its own. Repeatedly there have been…

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On Caves Road Motor Car Overturns Two Badly Injured Bathurst

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 7

Mrs. M. Lucas, of Melbourne, and Mr. George Dunne, of Sydney, are lying in Strathmore private hospital, Bathurst, suffering from injuries…

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Slippery Roads The Cabbies' Lament Majority Rule

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

If you want to know how bad Sydney roads really are ask a cabman. A deputation of them waited on the Town Clerk to-day, in the absence…

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In Bad Shape Suburban Roads Travelling an Ordeal

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

Few people have any ides of the terrible condition of the majority of the roads connecting important Sydney suburbs…

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Two Injured in Motor Smash Car Overturns on Caves Road Melbourne Party's Mishap Oberon

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 7

A man and a woman were seriously injured when a motor car overturned on the Jenolan Caves, Road, three miles from Oberon,…

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Car Somersaults on Caves Road Miraculous Escapee BATHURST

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 7

A party of tourists had a mircuious escape from deth when a motor car completely somerssuited on the Jenolan Caves-road three…

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So Near, and Yet... Cook's River Bridge Waiting for Labor Government?

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 4

FOR many years it hat been painfully apparent that Cook's River Road, as a main artery to…

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Series of Accidents Several Motor Smashes Cricket Ball Fractures Boy's Skull

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

Quite a chapter of accidents occurred in the district during the week-end. It included motor smashes, a drowning fatality, and a cricket accident that…

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The Letter Bag Newcastle Trams "Rejects & REBUILTS" To the Editor

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 6

Sir.—Your article in the "Sunday News" (26/1/25) affords amusing reading for tramway men in Sydney. Here in Sydney we all knew only too well the type of cars the…

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Motor Traction Control. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 10

Sir,—There is no gainsaying the fact that motor traction of the future will call for more scientific supervision than is shown by the administrative heads now controlling the…

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Union Friction. Railwaymen's Secretary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 10

Hostility between the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Australian Railways Union is being increased by the action of the latter body in taking in members of the…

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Motor Accidents. Car Capsizes. Several Injured. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

A serious motor accident occurred about three miles from Oberon yesterday. A party of four tourists, believed to be residents of Melbourne, were travelling from the Caves…

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Motoring. Royal Automobile Club. Opening Run

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 13

The opening run of the Royal Automobile Club will take place on Saturday afternoon, February 7. The objective will be Warumbul, which is located in National Park, on the shores of Port Hacking, about…

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