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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Motor "Touts." Request for Removal. Minister Sympathetic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 15

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Bruntn[?]ll) promised a deputation from the Royal Automobile Club of Australia and the National Roads and Mo[?]ts' Association yesterday to bring…

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Motoring News Noisy Motor Cycles. Muffling Difficulty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 6

In the campaign against the noise of motor cycles many critics do not always show the necessary technical familiarity with their subject to give their exprossions of opinion the…

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Drunken Motorist Fined £20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 7

John O'Donohue, aged 40 years, salesman, pleaded guilty at the Central Police Court yesterday to a charge of having driven his motor car while under the influence of liquor…

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Knocked Down by Motor Cars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 13

Two persons were seriously [?]njured when they were knocked down by motor cars in the city yesterday. Harold Kurts, 16, a messenger boy, suffered…

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Contempt of Court. Motorist Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 7

James Morgan, aged 40, blacksmith, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having driven a motor car [?]n Darl[?]hurst-road on December 28, while under…

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Rail Motor. Runs off Line. Six Passengers Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 12

Travelling rap[?]dly on the Geelong line, about 12 miles from Melbourne, a large rall motor from Geelong, carrying 17 passengers, became derailed to-night…

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Country News. Reckless Motorists. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 12

Many complaints have been made by sheepowners nnd drovers regard[?]ng the reckless driving of motorists on country roads. It is stated that motorists race along roads into…

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Spain's New Law Pedestrian's Paradise Gaol for Motorists Madrid

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 1

By a stroke of the pen the Prime Minister (General de Riviera) has made Spain a pedestrian's paradise by…

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Five Injured Derailed Motor Hits Post Victoria's Worst Graphic Stories by Passengers Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 15

The derailment of the Geelong rail motor last night, when five people were injured, one seriously, at the Commonwealth Oil Refineries' Station between Laverton and Newport, 12 miles from Melbourne, is the worst rail motor casualty which has occurred in…

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Color Riot "Which Will You Have?" Motor Luxury Cars Worth £1,000,000

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 15

"What color, madam?" "Elephant's breath, please!" "Yes, certainly. Please step this way."…

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Burning Tree Crashes on Motor Car Tourists Injured Eden

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 17

Bush fires, raging for miles around Eden, enveloped the town in dense smoke. Cars loaded with volunteers were rushed out to assist farmers…

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Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 1

Robert Eastwood. 22. of Iredale Street, Newtown,suffered a fractured Kneecap when a motor par knocked him down at the intersection of King and…

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Motor Lorry Plunges Into Gorge Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 7

A motor lorry laden with mean Plunged 120 foot into a gorge in Adelaide hill and was smashed. The driver had engine trouble, and alighted…

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Pedestrians' Paradise Gaol for Spanish Motorists MADRID

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 4

By a stroke on his pen, the Prime Minister, General Prime de Rivera, enforced the immediate arrest of any motorist who knocks down a pedestrian,…

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Give a Tip, or Get a Punctured Tyre Motorists and City Car Attendants

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 24

"Give some car" attendants a tip of two-bob and they will tell you to take your pick of any car in the line; no tip, and you may find tacks…

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Motor Boats Race at Oatley Bay Eleven Boats in General Handicap

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 27

The George's River Motor Boat Club will hold a general handicap over its registered course at Oatley on Saturday…

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Unnecessary Roads

The Land · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 13

Resolution: "That shire councils he allowed to sell unnecessary roads, and revenue from same he placed in trust funds and to he used in opening up…

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Developmental Roads

The Land · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 7

Resolution: "That, with the object of increasing production and developing the resources of the State, the Government be requested to make…

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Roads Board Members

The Land · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 7

"That us shire and municipal councils are representative of the motor taxpayers of the State, the appointment of a fourth member to the Main…

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Reckless Motorists Destruction of Sheep on Country Roads

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 16

Many complaints have been made by sheep-owners and drovers in the Wagga (N.S.W.) district regarding the reckless driving of motorists on…

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