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Railways, roads & transport, 1926

15,962 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

100 Yards How Train Lifted Car Smashed Three Men Escape Death Mackay

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 8

A car going to the races was thrust 100 yards along the railway tracks when a heavy sugar train smashed into it at a level crossing near…

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More Sections If Penny Cheaper Loss to Tramways

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 8

THE MINISTER for Public works and Railways Mr. nFlancey who is in favor of pany sections on the states tramway system has…

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Cyclist Flirts with Death Saved By MOTORMAN

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 4

THE DRIVE of nam [?] saved the [?] of a motor cyclist at the Hunter-street investigation of pitt-street at 9.5 a.m…

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Tram Drivers to Take the Wheel in Govt.'s 'Buses

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 4

When motor buses controlled by the Railway Commissioners aventually appear an the reads they will be driven by experienced…

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Motor Car Tax Incapacitated Diggers

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 6

On behalf of a substantial number of incapacitated returned soldiers, a section of whom have had both legs amputated, the Returned Soldiers' League…

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Japan and Russia Trouble Over Railway Ivanov Predicts War Tokyo, November 18

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 6

If America should ever declare war against Japan Americans would find the Russian railroads into Manchuria and leading to Korea at their…

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Motor Bodies Big Ford Contract Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 4

Working overtime, with a full staff of body-builders. Dunean Fraser, Ltd, manufactured 1000 Ford motor car bodies for Australian requirements…

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Chivalry of Driving Reckless Motorists Early Days of Caution

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 4

If fourteen men and women were murdered in one day the whole of the United Kingdom would be in a ferment. But kill them beneath the…

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Motor Racing at Maroubra High Average Speeds Saturday's Results

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 3

The results of the competitions at [?] Speedway on Saturday with as follow:-- FIVE MILE M.C. SCRATCH RACE…

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Railway Basic Wage Vic. Commissioners' Objections Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 5

THE "duality of Jurisdiction" which they maintain will cost there £120,000 during the next six months, condemned by the Railway…

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Lithgow Railwaymen Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 5

The Lithgow Railway Employees [?] and MUtual [?] at the close of the first complete yar that it is all experiment…

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Help for the Motorist. Keeping the Plating Bright

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 8

THE bug-bear of keeping the plated parts of the motor car bright today is nothing compared to that of…

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Motor Boating

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 9

Favored by a long handicap, P. Holmes' Valery May won the St. George Motor Boat Club's race on Saturday for a trophy donated by the Rear Commodore. She won by 35…

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Motor Cycle Capsizes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 11

A 10-year-old boy, Patrick Hinchey, of 63 Burwood Road, Concord, was riding on the back of a motor-cycle driven by a man named Thompson, also of…

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Struck with Bottle Tramguard Assaulted

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 7

Because he asked two noisy passengers for their fares on a Tempe tram, early on Saturday morning, William Henry, the guard, now lies in the Royal…

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Runaway. on the Railway. Dashes Down the Mountains. Fifty Miles an Hour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 11

A railway engine, with one truck attached to it, bolted down the Blue Mountains, from Fauiconbridge to Blaxland, on Saturday afternoon…

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Motor Accident. Three People Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 12

On Saturday evening a motor car, driven by Mr. Osborne, of Ballarat, overturned on the main Mildura-road. south of Redcliffs. Three people were injured…

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Tram Conductor. Attacked While on Duty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 12

William Henry, a tram conductor, aged 51 years, of Grove-street, St. Peters, was the victim of a savage attack early on Saturday morning. As a result of the assault, he…

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Casualties. Motoring Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 12

A motor cycle and sidecar, driven by George Case, aged 18 years, of Baptist-street, Redfern, collided yesterday afternoon with a motor car in Anzac-parade, Kensington, near…

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