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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

Concluding Stages of the Motor Show. Five More Sessions. Public Interest Well Maintained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 10

The motor show is now entering its last stages, and there will be five more sessions— one this afternoon and evening, and morning, afternoon, and evening sessions to-morrow…

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Handling the Harvest. Quick Despatch Dy the Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 11

Up to the beg[?]nning of this week nearly 18½ million bushels of wheat had been despatched from country stations. Of that quantity almost seven million bushels have been…

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Country News. Railway Construction at Casino. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

Work is to be resumed on the Grafton[?] Casino railway shortly. This includes reconstruction of the line between Grafton and Casino, and relaying of the line between…

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Careless Motorist. Causes Street Fire. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

Carelessness in exposing a naked flame while filling at a petrol bowser was responsible for a fierce blaze in the main street of Kempsey. A traveller pulled into the pump,…

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Motoring Cars Cycles Lorries Launches Rich Mixtures Anticipations--1929

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 18

Out of the womb of time have come Fancies far stranger than truth; Fanciful fictions--a food for youth-- Each of the swift-fled years has scrawled,…

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MOTOGRAPHS--16 (Managing Director, Messrs. Reo Motors, Ltd.)

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 18

Statistics are his bosom friends; With them, he'll prove up to the hilt. Where profits start and losses end, In short--the reason trucks are built…

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Not for Glebe Police Motor Cyclist

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

Despite a prolonged agitation by the Glebe Council, the Police Department will not attach a police motor cyclist to the Glebe station. This…

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Sans Souci Tramway Electrification

The St George Call · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

Mr. W J, Butler, M.L.A. has again approached the Minister for Works and Railways urgiug that a deputation be received in connection with the…

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St. George Motor Boat Club

The St George Call · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

To-morrow the club will decide three class races, A class .competes for the “Flers” Trophy, 6 miles; B class will be a general handicap, 4 miles; C is…

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Motor Boat Association. Inter-club Contest

The St George Call · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

The N.S.W. Motor Boat. Association' will open its third season for the inter-club contest for the Association Shield and President’s Cup, at Cook's River,…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 7

Kenneth Gibson, 35, of Chatswood. had his skull crushed to pulp when, his motor cycle crashed through a fence and into a tree in Thurlow Street,…

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Tempe East Kills Railway. That Double Line to Dumbleton

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 6

At last night's meeting of Hurstville Council a letter was received from the Public Works Department replying to communication from the council…

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Drunken Motorist Fined

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

Edward Knight (49), was charged with driving a motor car at Brighton-le-Sands while under the influence of liquor. The defendant pleaded guilty…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, January, 15. Before Mr. MacMahon, S.M. Motor Driver Fined

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

Bernard Robinson was proceeded against for driving a motor car at Hurstville in a negligent manner. The police stated that defendant drove a…

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Progress of Hurstville. Local Railway Statistics

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 3

Local railway statistics always serve as a useful guide as to the progress of a district. For the six months ended December 31, 1928, the revenue…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

Charles James Larkin (18), of Colleen Street, Blakehurst, was riding a motor cycle along Prince's Highway, Kogarah, last Friday afternoon when…

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Sans S0uci Tram

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 3

Mr. W. T. Butler, M.L.A has again approached the Minister for Works and Railways urging that a deputation be received in connection with the…

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The World of Motoring With Special Attention to Motor-cycling the Passing Show "That's a Nice Car" Yes, Wasn't It?

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

THE Sixth Annual Motor Show is drawing to a close, and hundreds of visitors will be living in eager anticipation of the car that is shortly to be a number…

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Cyclist Is Badly Injured Collides with Motor

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

When the motor cycle he was riding and a motor car met in collision at the intersection of Parramatta and Concord Roads, Concord, yesterday…

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Speedy and Good Work Railway Wheat Transport

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 17

The Railway Department reports that up to the beginning of this week nearly 18 12 million bushels of wheat had been despatched from country stations…

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