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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

13,896 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 250

Tram Fatality Inquiry to Be Made Driver in Bed Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 5

The Districk-suparintendent of Newcastle Tramways, Mr. Davies. to-day visited the scene of the Wallsend tram fatality…

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Railways Union Mr. W. Smith's Resignation Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 5

The resignation or Mr. will Smith, general secretary of the A.R.U., was accepted. Regret was expressed that Mr. Smith had been compelled through…

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Wallsend Tram Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

The wrecked engine, after the tram smash at Brush Creek Junction, near Wallsend, on Sunday morning, when a young man named Robert Jefferies was fatally scalded…

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Rail and Tram Men and Happenings a New Branch

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

A new branch of the Officers' Association has been formed at Taree, with boundaries from Mt. George to South Grafton. The secretary is Mr. R. B…

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Motor Ship Handicap

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 3

A recent arrival at Sydney, this vessel is typical of modern Norwegian motor ship construction. She is engined by Su[?]zer Brothers…

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Even the Road Roller Tax for Main Roads

The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 12

Even a municipal road-roller is not exempt from taxation under the Main Roads Act. In addition, the driver of the roller must possess a…

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Road Lighthouses

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 6

According to the annual import of the National Road and Motorists' Association which was presented last night, arrangements have been made…

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Improved Train Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 16

The Railway Commissioners announced yesterday their intention of bringing into operation an improved service to pnssenger travelling to and from Condobolin. At the present…

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Playing for Safety The Bridge and City Railway an Urgent Problem

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 8

Unless disaster is to be courted, brains, money, and energy must be freely applied to the solution of Sydney's traffic problem…

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Spit Bridge and Bus Service

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 4

DISCUSSING the question of running buses over the Spit Bridger, Ald Nolan suggested at Manly Council last night that the Railway…

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The Parramatta a Bridge Is Wanted

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 5

For over twenty years councils between Granville and Burwood has been agitating for a bridge arrows the Parramatta…

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Harbour Bridge. the Workshops. "No Understanding."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 14

The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Ball) said yesterday that there was no tacit understanding with Messrs. Dorman, Long and Company that they would be permitted…

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General News Presence of Mind Prevents Train Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

ORANGE.--But for the promptitude and presence of mind of Sergeant Rossitter of the police, in breaking the glass and communicating with the guard, there…

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Railway Unification, Swimming, Motor-Boating

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 31

Mr. Theodore Premier of Queensland, is seen in the act of tipping the sod. The ceremony took place in the presence of a large gathering at Rocklea township, about five miles from the Melbourne-street Railway Station Brisbane In the course of his address Mr. Theodore said that the occasion was one of historic importance, because, what they were doing marked the commencement of railway…

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Motor 'Buses. Compete with Railways. Counter-action in South Australia. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 15

The general traffic manager of the South Australian Railways, Mr. A. N. Day, stated to-day that, in view of the serious competition from motors…

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Merely Lodgers Dorman, Long Co. to Clear Out When Bridge Is Ready

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 4

For the benefit of those who believe that once Dorman, Long and Co., get their buildings erected at Milson's Point, they will not…

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The Road Problem Types and Their Selection (Continued from last issue) A Theory Explained

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 9

These principles are manifestly of equal importance with the questions involved in the proper selection of type and the construction of the road as a…

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She Graft Inquiry "Bribe for Walker" Story of Vote-buying "£50, a Motor Lorry and the Loan of a Car" Dramatic Scene at Inquiry

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 7

"DO I understand that you were to give, or obtain, a bribe for Ald, Walker?" the Commissioner asked a witness, W. W. Barrock, who had been in the employ to the City Council for 23 years, and who left in 1922 to improve…

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