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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Tramway Cricket Trial Game Played

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 3

A Tramway trial match was planed on. Thursday at Ra-heutter Bay between teams selected from the Easter and Western Depots. and reunited in a Win for…

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Brown Coal and Adelaide What Will Tram Trust Do ?

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 9

Interest is taken be the Adelaide Municipal Tramways Trust in efforts to find a profitable brown coal miner in South Australia…

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Lady Motor Cyclist From England Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 1

Miss Fay Taylour, an English girl motor-cycllst and dirt track rider, arrived In Perth yesterday from London, Miss Taylour ts a cousin of Lady…

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Tramway Man's Thigh Is Fractured

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 6

When the tram he was working on collided with another tram Rozells tramway depot Into yesterday afternoon. John Cocke, 42. conductor, of…

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Motors' Very Heavy 1928 Toll in Vic. Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 4

A REPORT issued by the City Coroner for 1928 states that motor vehicles killed 193 people during that year, as…

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Cyclist Killed Headlong Dash Into Motor Car

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 6

Hiding headlong into a motor-car at the Intersection of Liverpool Road and Shelldott Street, Bankstown late last night, a cyclist. John Robertshaw.45…

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Unknown Boy Killed by Motor Car

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 6

An unidentified boy about 14 years of age was killed instantly by a motorcar which ran over him at the intersection of Pitt Street and Eddy Avenue…

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Real Estate Moss Vale-port Kembla Railway Provides for Important New Centre

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 18

Perhaps the most important new railway of recent times connecting the hinterland with the coast is that now being constructed from Moss Vale to Port Kembla…

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Increasing Motor Thefts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 6

TO prove his country the greatest on earth an American wag recently remarked that its trains were bigger, burst their…

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Motors and Motoring Round the Speedway Royal Skidding on an Ariel Motor Cycle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 24

SPEEDING AT PRACTICE.--L. Van Praag turning at very fast speed on the Show Ground's track. He is here seen getting back to form after his recent accident…

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Chaff Derails Tram Blown From Lorry at Ashfield

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 5

Snatched by the gale from a motor lorry in Liverpool Roal, Ashfield, a bag of chaff was flung on the rails in front a a passing tram, which it…

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Two Killed in Storm Ships Adrift and Shop Windows Blown In Trams Disorganised

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 5

Two people--a man and a boy--were killed during last night's storm in Sydney. Shop windows were blown in by…

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Hosiery Manufacturer Killed Head-on Collision Between Car and Motor Cycle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 5

Biding through the storm with his head over the handle-bars Robert Robertshaw (40), hosiery manufacturer, of Cardigan Street, Bankstown, was killed…

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Motor Ship with List to Port

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 13

The Danish motor ship Stensby, from the Pacific Coast, with 4,000,000ft. lumber, arrived at Sydney yesterday and anchored in Snails Bay…

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Radio on the Motor Bus

The Biz · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 7

The first radio-equipped coach in Australia now runs between Sydney and Goulburn. The receiver is a five valve, the aerial being hidden in the…

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The Bridge

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 2

Arise, great towers, and strength unknown be thine To carry on this mighty plan of ours; And curve, strong steel, to give it grace as…

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Road Neglect

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 3

Miss Gloria Grant, Imperial Hotel, King's Cross, writes: Nestling away to the south of Camden lies a valley. Its peerless beauty…

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Boatmen Safe Floods Cover Railway Bridge BRISBANE

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 2

Further heavy rain is reported from North Queensland. An additional 4½ inches fell at Cardwell, and the Tully River at noon to-day was 6½ft over the…

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Home From the Wide, Long Roads

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 5

Mr. A. Biden, of Biden and Roberts, welcomed members of the Indian Motor Cycle Club back from a road lour to Melbourne. He shook hands with Miss "Jacky" Barnes, the only lady rider of the tour…

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Better Roads What They Mean to Australia

Truth · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 12

"SEE Australia First" is a good slogan, but until recently it was a difficult matter for most people to live up to it, but…

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