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Railways, roads & transport, 1928

14,385 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

Motor Car Falls Into Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 13

HAY, Wednesday. -- A fatal motor accident occurred at Box Creek, near Booroorban, early yesterday morning, when a motor car, driven by Angus…

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Big Cricket in Brisbane -- the Mecca of the Motor Men

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 10

THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS in the automobile and its accessories are summarised in the fine exhibition which is drawing big crowds daily to the Agricultural Ground. -- The exhibit of the General Motors, Australia, Pty., Ltd. IN SHEFFIELD CONTEST (Queensland v. South Australia) in…

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Aeroplane As Ambulance

The Land · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 7

The value of the aeroplane in onses of sickness occurring in country districts was demonstrated recently at Longreach (Q.) when portions of the…

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Bridge Queries

Evening News · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 19

"Stickler" (Woollahra): Your opponent was correct, but I am not surprised at your surprise as the right is availed of so [?]…

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Train Alterations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 12
Also in The Labor Daily

The Railway Department notifies the running of a number of special trains to and from Sydney to-day, to-morrow, and on Sunday, and alterations in the arrangements for…

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Glass on Roads

Evening News · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 14

The N.R.M.A. to maintaining a lively campaign against purpose who throw glass on reads, in the hope that public opinion as well as the effect of heavy [?] will put a…

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Mona-Street Bridge

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 17

Granville Council, on Tuesday of last week, decided to join forces with Auburn Council in requesting the Public Works Department to construct a footpath on…

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Road Notes

Arrow · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 15

Gangs of workmen have wrought a wonderful improvement in the condition of the Wiseman's Ferrj-Wollombi road. This is splendid news for…

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Road Openings

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 8

At last night's meeting of Hurstville Council the building inspector reported that dissatisfaction with certain builders in the past had been caused owing…

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Knocked Off Train

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 6

In the report of an accident to a boy named Joseph Beveridge. who was seriously injured by being run over by a tram at Cremorne Junction…

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Sale of Unused Roads

The Land · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 4

As settlement in the country increases it is frequently found that for various reasons roads as originally surveyed are of no use, and that it is…

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Bridge Over the Gwydir

The Land · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 7

The necessity of a traffic bridge over the Gwydir Rivet at Gravesend was strongly emphasised at a public meeting held on Saturday, when it was…

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Mangled His Victim by Car, Then Train Fiendish Motorist Paris

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 1

A MOTORIST who knocked down and seriously injured a workman, fearing the consequences of his act, placed the injured man on the…

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Proposed Road Minister Apathetic

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 2

"No useful purpose could he served by receiving a deputation on this matter." states the Minister for Lands to Lidcombe Council with regard to the…

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Goodyear Wants Good Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 16

Desiring all improvement in the condition of George-street, which leads to its works the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. sought an interview with Parramatta…

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Leaving Its Mark Glebe's Good Roads

Evening News · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 17

"I THINK it is the ambition of the aldermen of this, the first all-Labor council of Glebe, to leave a monument to their administration by constructing…

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Sheep Dogs. How to Train Them

The Land · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 12

Although the instinct of a well-bred working collie puppy prompts it to round tip and work sheep or other animals at a very early age. a certain…

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Road Transport Union Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 10

Hating already decided to form a Road Transport Workers' Union, the Ade[?]de branch of the Carters' and Drivers' Union will hold a special…

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The World of Motoring Motor Cars and Motor Cycles For the Farm or the Road, Business or Pleasure Record Breakers Danger on Country Road Shirk Takes Action

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 12

Councillors of the Humo Shire (N.S.W.) have declared war on record-breaking motorists, and have decided to ask the Local Governmentt…

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