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Railways, roads & transport, 1928

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Special Tram Service

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 7

For the motor show and motor cycling at the Agricultural Ground. and band contest at the Sports Ground to-day. a special service or trams will run from…

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N. Z. Airmen Smoke Signals Trampers Investigate Wellington. N.Z.

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 5

MORE supposed smoke signals have been seen in the Tararuas Mountains by trampers. who are now investigation them in view of the possibility…

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Motorist's Narrow Escape. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

A motor car driven hy Mr. B. F. Kortlan[?] the well-known cricketer, crashed down [?] embankment at t[?]e Burringbar Ranges and fell into a tangle of vines, which prevented it…

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Motor Car Strikes Fence. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

Two motor cars, containing a number of young men were returning from Kurri Kurri about midnight last night, when one of the cars left the road near East Greta and crashed…

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A Week's Rations. for Leeton Unemployed. But No Railway Passes. Leeton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 16

Mon from other districts who are unemployed at Leeton have been given marching orders. They will be given a week's rations, and…

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Victorian Railways. Decline in Revenue. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 16

Raliway revenue returns up to January 14 which were completed to-day, show that th[?] revenue for the expired portion of the curre[?] financial year was £6,76[?],524, which is £387,9[?]…

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Railway Station Accommodation. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

Scathing chnrges were made against th[?] Railway Commissioners by Alderman Scannell, of the Moree Municipal Council. H[?] said that after 20 years' of continuous…

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Silverton Tramway. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

The Silverton Tramway Company's employees, at a special meeting last night, rejected the company's proposals for a ne[?] agreement. After a conference this morning…

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Self-help Among Railwaymen. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

Local railwaymen have instituted a mutualaid club, with the object of preventing subscriptlon lists. Railwaymen pay 1/ weekly, and in case of Illness receive £2/1[?]/ for the…

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Railway Team for Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 21

A New South Wales railways apprentices' team will play the Queensland apprentices at brisbane, on January 28. It will meet a Northern Districts team at Q[?] on January 2[?] and a Queensland Junior…

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Silverton Tram Dispute Settled. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

The dispute between the Silverton tramway Company and its employees was settled to-day…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

Joseph Dowling, aged 84 years, or Howarad-street, North Melbourne, was knocked down to-night by a motor car, and died shortly afterwards in hospital…

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Railway Workers' Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 21

In a letter to the Editor of the "Herald" the State secretary of the Australian Railway Union (Mr. Chapman) says that because the A.R.U. in Queensland vigorously defended its…

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Fremantle—sydney. Motorist Smashes Wheel. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 17

Dr. Mackay and Mr. B. Hood, who left Fremantle on an attempt to brook the Fremantle to Sydney motoring record, smashed a wheel at Burracoppin. They are returning to…

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Motor Show. Concluding Day. More of the Exhibits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

The show promoted by the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales will conclude to-night. To-day three sessions will be held, there being a special one from 10 a.m. to 12.30…

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Further Railway Washaways. Nyngan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

As a result of heavy rains yesterday a number of washaways occurred on the railway between Byrock and Coolaball. One near Wilga Tank is considered the worst on the line for…

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Topics for Women Picnic Races Motor Car Color Fancies Moss Vale

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 8

The weather was much kinder for the second day of the races. Although black clouds banked up in the morning, they resulted in only one heavy shower, and the racecourse was again a scene of gaiety…

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Greenline Wins Challenge Stakes by Half a Head Doing 90 Motor Show Thrill Last Day To-day

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 5

Purr-rr-rr--she's started. Burrr-rr-rr--step on the throttle. Zzzz-zzz-zz--faster, faster. Roar-rr-rr. We are doing 90 miles…

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The Motors and Finance Corporation Ltd. "Smith's Weekly's" Financial Chat-- "To Engage Generally In Profitable Operations."

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 6

FOR light reading, I commend the prospectus of this new concern. But emphatically, I advise against signing on the dotted line without…

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Gossip Railway Station [?]G Repairs" Knight of the Plough

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 13

F. W. KNIGHT, of Belinda Glen, Corowa, who has been farming on the N.S. Wales side of the Murray for more than 50 years,…

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