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Railways, roads & transport, 1927

16,644 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Railway Thieves Another Safe Failure Killara This Time

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 3

Safebreakers who bored a couple of holes in the safe at the Artarmon railway station, on Sunday night, and left empty-handed, repeated the…

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New Tram Route Relieving George-st

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 11

The tramway authorities announce that, from January 10, a proportion of the Dulwich Hill and Addison-road trams, between 4.30 and 6 p.m., will…

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Trams Held Up

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 12

A long line of stationary trams stretched from Market-street to Martin-place to-day. when a Ryde tram fused at the Market-street stopping…

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Peer Late for His Wedding Bride's Distress Taxicab and Motor Car Mishaps

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 7

Miss Olive Sainsbury had a distressing wait before her marriage to Lord inverclyde at St Margaret's Westminster The bridegroom was a…

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Motor-tyre War Britain Hit Hard Foreign Price-cutting Heavy Importations London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 1

MILLIONS of pounds have been lost by British motor-tyre companies in consequence of a price-cutting war between French…

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More Names on Motors' Red Roll

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

MORE victims have fallen to the motor during the h[?]l days Four people were killed and twelve injured…

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Fifty Men Dismissed Perth Tramway Strike Perth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

A see [?] development took place in the tramway regulation strike this afternoon when a [?] was posted at the tra[?]nways officer dispensing with…

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Only One Application to Run 'Bus Vice Tram

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 8

The traffic police at Parramatta stated yesterday that one application had been received of a motor 'bus to ply along the route upon which the…

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Children's Long Wait on Railway Station Telegram Undelivered Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

Kathleen Wallace 13.of Sydney and her two-years-old brother spent nearly four agonising hours on Newcastle Railway Station…

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Red Roll of Motor Grows Larger Four Country Fatalities Child Killed Coming From the Pictures Whole Family in Hospital

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 5

THE HOLIDAY WEEK-END was a tragic one for the country, no fewer than four deaths being reported from motor accidents, as well as 18 persons injured, several seriously. YESTERDAY WAS singularly free from motor smashes in the…

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Horseman Hips Into Motor Car Exciting Singleton Incident S[?] Leton

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 6

An extraordinary incident occurred opposite the general cemetery at, Sedgefield shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday morning…

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Motor Kills Girl

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

CORAKI.--Gladys Isabella Johnson (13), only daughter of Mr. G. Johnson, was fatally injured by a motor car at Woodburn on Sunday morning. With…

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Motor Smash Firewood Rips Car WAGGA

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

A motor smash occurred on Tarcutta Road. A car, containing six men, when near Forest Hill, was steered to allow…

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Steam Trams Gone Broken Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

With the cessation of the Broken Hill steam trams, all kinds of buses are on the routes to-day. There is no systematic running, 'buses having…

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Motor Cars Stolen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

Motor cars of a total value of £4000 were reported missing over the holidays. Of 15 cars which disappeared from city and suburban streets…

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'Bus Overturns Three Persons Injured Hit by Tram Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 7

Carrying six passengers, a privately owned motor 'bus overturned near St. Kilda Junction this morning. The driver of the 'bus. R. Thickens, of…

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Motor Fatalities New Zealand's Total AUCKLAND

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 7

Fatal motor accidents in Auckland and suburbs during the year reached a total of 40 deaths, which is believed to be as many as the whole of the…

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Head-on Smash Motor Cars Collide Four Injured Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 7

A serious head-on collision between two motor cars on the Maitland Road, about 200 yards on the Newcastle side of Hexham, to-night, resulted in four…

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Pyrmont Bridge Road

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 11

The Royal Automobile Club of Australia has been informed by Glebe Council that that section of the Pyrmont Bridge Road which is in a bad…

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Relieving Congestion Pyrmont Bridge-road

Evening News · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 3

THE Royal Auto[?] Club of Australia has [?] informed by Glebe Council that that section of Pyrmont Bridge-road, wh[?] is in a bad state…

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