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Railways, roads & transport, 1927

16,644 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Mail Train Crashes Near Forbes Carriages Off the Line Vans Telescope Passengers Escape Injury Forbes

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

PASSENGERS on the Forbes mail yesterday, when it crashed between Tichborne and Daroobalgie, assert that they were extremely…

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Reaching the Man Out Back "Farming Train" Up-to-date Tuition New Scheme by State Ministry to Start in Few Weeks

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 5

THE Great White Tram, made famous A in the campaign to boost Australian made goods throughout the State, is to be converted into a "Better…

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On Wrong Side Fell on Railway

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 2

Stepping from the wrong side of a train at Hornsby on Saturday morning Edward George Jerome, aged 41 years, of Glenmore-street, Paddington, fell heavily…

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Driver Convicted Sequel to Motor Smash "Gave No Warning"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

The case in which Michael Joseph McKeown was charged with having driven a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public was resumed at the…

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Motor Car Burnt Engine Back-Fires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 2

A back-fire in the carburettor was the causes of a blaze in a motor-car, the property of the Granville Carrying company, on Saturday last, at 11.40 a.m…

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Preparing for the Motor Show

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

The Show Ground will be busy all this week, as preparations for the Motor show, which opens on Friday, are being made. The pict are shows additional stands being provided outside Hordern Pavilion…

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Motor Show Catering

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 4

The Adult Deaf and Dumb Society will have charge of the catering arrangements at the Motor Show, which is to open on Friday. The whole of…

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Motor Fatality Sequel in Court

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 10

When Douglas Arthur Newell, 26, bailiff, who is charged with having slain Mary Thompson, was called at the Central Court…

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North-south Railway. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 12

The Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Earle Page) will turn the first sod of the Oodnadatta to Alice Springs railway at Oodnadatta on January 21…

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1000 Dismissed. Railway Workers. "Black Outlook."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 11

Mr. G. Bodkin, secretary of the railway workers' branch of the Australian Workers' Union last night said that 1000 men employed by the Railway Commissioners on…

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Newsboy Knocked Off Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 14

Edgar Eastman, aged 12 years, a newsboy, residing at The Avenue, Randwick, was selling papers on the offside of a city-bound tram at the intersection of Silver-street and…

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Motor Collision. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 12

A head-on collision between a motor car and motor cycle occurred yesterday afternoon. Two men received serious injuries. J. D. Lucas, of Cootamundra, was driving a car…

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Motor Show. Comprehensive Exhibits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 6

The opening of the motor show, which is attracting so much interest throughout the State, will take place on Friday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, and the greatest exhibition of motor…

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Motoring News Motor Racing. Suggested Safeguards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 4

The deplorable accident at the Maroubra Speedway on Saturday evening, in which one of Australia's greatest racing drivers, Mr. R. G. Garlick, lost his life, is a matter of…

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Fatalities. on Electric Railways. Report Ordered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 12

Since the electric railways have been running a number of fatal accidents have occurred— two through passengers being struck by stanchions, and a third through a passenger falling…

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Deaf Motorists to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 8

Sir,—Dr. Fullerton's letter, "The Toll of the Motor," in your edition of Friday, December 31, interests me, as I cut the enclosed clipping from an English paper last…

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Leader's Advice to the Railwaymen. "Less Blather; More Brains." London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 11

"Singing the national anthem or the "Red Flag' won't settle industrial problems," Mr. C. T. Cramp, Industrial National Secretary to the Railway Union, told a meeting of…

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Railway Disasters. Royal Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 10

The Cabinet is finding considerable difficulty in securing the services of a suitable man to act as a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the recent railway disasters…

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Stop Press. Motor Ships. for Australian Service. New York, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 10

Mr. Kermit Roosevelt (president of the Roosevelt Steamship Co.) announces that the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation has assigned two…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 12

At the coroner's inquiry into the death of Archibald Gordon Rankin McLaurln, 39, owner of Tiverton estate, 12 miles from Holbrook, as the result of a motor accident, David…

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