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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

The Road Problem Types and Their Selection Lessons from Bombay From a Series of Articles on Bombay Roads (Continued from January 14, issue) Offsetting High Temperatures

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 8

Mineral matter in a bitumen has a tendency to stabilise it physically without changing it chemically. It has been shown by experiment that the…

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Stubborn P.m.g. Widening a Road Woollahra Grievance

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 10

In connection with the widening of New South Head-road, Woollahra Council has been vainly negotiating with the postal…

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Idle Quarrymen No Work at the Dams the Bridge a Frost

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 6

Men who follow the work of quarrying are just now experiencing great dearth of employment. There appears to be scarcely a single…

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Doings in Councils Cook's River Bridge Tenders Within a Week Linking Up the Suburbs

The Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 11

At the Mascot Council meeting last night the Mayor (Alderman King) reported that he had obtained an official assurance that tenders for the…

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Two Burned to Death Gallant Effort in Vain Tragedy in Road-side Hut Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 9

Valentine Mitchell, a roadman, was burned to death in a desperate attempt to rescue his mate, William Kane, from a blazing whare…

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The Law Real Estate, Industrial and Otherwise Cancellation of Railway Contract for Electricity— Expert's Views

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 5

In anticipation of the City Council giving effect to the policy of Labour to cancel the contract for the purchase of electricity in bulk from the Railway Commissioners, the…

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Motors in Collision

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 6

When Henry Gwydir M'Cabe, of Haig-avenue, Maroubra, was driving a motor along Anzac-parade, South Randwick, last night, he came into collision…

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Spoon-fed Trams the Spit to Manly Council Against Buses

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 10

The Spit Bridge certainly is a boon, but it is not one that is greatly appreciated by pedestrians who have to cross it in wet…

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Electric Railway Mosman to Manly

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 4

The Mayor of Mosman, Ald. Burrows reported to the council last night that he had received a letter from Cr. Parr, president of Warringah Council. In…

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Bus Monopoly for Melb. Trams Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 10

THE Minister for Works heard a deputation to-day in protest against the proposed monopoly of bus servicer for the Tramway Board's buses…

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RAILWAYMEN. Conference at Melbourne

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 5

The annual conference of representatives of railway workers organisations from all parts of the Commonwealth will be commenced at the Unity Hall,…

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Motoring Peeps at the Dark Ages of Motoring

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 35

With a sense of the utmost security and with the feeling that the worst that can happen will be a puncture, necessitating a few minutes' halt to change a wheel, the owner of the modern multi-cylinder de luxe "tourer" sweeps triumphantly on his way, and seldom casts a backward thought to those early days of motoring when his predecessors wrestled and struggled with the caprices of one and two…

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Runaway Tram. Orchaedist Killed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 14

Evidence given at the inquest into the death of John Balley, orchardist, of Doncaster, who was killed when a tram struck a waggon driven by him, showed that neither…

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Motor Cyclist Killed. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 14

Albert Guide, a young man from Broken Hill, was riding with two companions on a motor cycle and sidecar last night, when the machine struck a bank a mile from…

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Motor Accidents. Car Falls 400 Feet. Occupants Uninjured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 14

Remarkable escapes from serious injury were experienced by a woman and two men when the car in which they were travelling to Melbourne overturned and tell 400ft to the…

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Interstate Railway Match. Prisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 16

The annual match between members of the Queens land and New South Wales Railway Departments commenced to-day on a good wicket. New South Wales in the first innings made 144 (Poole 31 and Hea[?]…

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Price of Motor Spirit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 15

The price of motor spirit, whether petrol or other volatile oil, is a burning question with retailers and consumers alike. Retailers are not unanimous in their rates, as may be seen from the charges displayed…

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Motor Car Burnt. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 14

A Ford motor car, said to be the property of the Perdriau Rubber Co., was destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon at Mudie's Creek, four miles from Singleton. The car…

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Proposed Railway Line. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 14

The Public Works Committee to-day tool evidence at Mount George on the proposed railway line from Wollun to Mount George. A number of settlers gave evidence in support…

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Tram Accident. Car Leaps Rails. Collision with Telegraph Post

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 13

A tram car travelling to Watson's Bay last night, and driven by Walter Baynes, leapt the rails on New South Head-road, near Serpentine-parade…

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