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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250

Motor Transport Effect of Light Cars Upon Living Conditions

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 14

Imperceptibly yet very thoroughly the motor car in particular is having an important influence upon the living conditions of men and women throughout…

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Taunt That Sped Motorist to Court

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 10

A man in a car put his hand up to his nose when I tried to pass him. I would not stand that because my car was a much better one, so I trod on the…

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Motor Traction Indispensable to the Merchant Motor Items

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 5

Captain Wade, the Australasian representative of the Port of Manchester, recently paid a visit to New Zealand and traversed it from the…

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Actress in Motor Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 15

A taxi-cab in which Miss Janet Gilmore, one of the principals of Rio Rita company was a passenger, collided with a motor truck at the Intersection of Bourke and Exhibition…

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Mystery Death. in Railway Carriage. Foul Play Discounted. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 12

Further inquiries concerning the death of Archibald McCullum, the Victorian, whose body was found in a lavatory of the Sydney-Tamworth mail train at Greta, on November…

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New Steam Railway Coach

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 15

The coach is designed to meet the competition of motor 'buses…

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Motoring News Traffic Congestion World-wide Problem. Drastic, Sweeping Reforms Suggested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 6

Road transportation is proving a problem in every civilised country, especially in the more popu[?]ous centres where the transit on from animal to mechanical traction [?] still…

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Motor License Suspended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 8

William Harold Brown, aged 38, mechanic, was fined £15. In default three months' imprisonment, at the Central Police Court yesterday for having driven a motor car in…

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The Noisy Motor Cycle. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 7

Sir,—The letter of "Coogee Resid[?]t" in your issue of to-day, is, an echo of thousands of other voices crying in the wilderness of noise. Even a casual reader of his letter will realise…

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Motor Sport. the Penrith Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 6

There was much interesting rating in the different events decided at Penrith on New Year's Day, although no records were broken in the car races, the fastest car out wa[?]…

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Motor Car Wrecked. Milton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 12

Colliding with a motor car carrying the officials supervising the Melbourne to Sydney reliability test for motor cycles, a "Baby" car was overwhelmed by the impact and…

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Prince's Highway Sydney to Melbourne Notes for Motorists

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 2

Road conditions along Prince's Highway, which is the coastal route between Sydney and Melbourne, are here described by the N.R.M.A. Touring Department. With the exception of rough metal stretches between Albion…

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Lad Falls From Moving Tram Severe Scalp Wounds

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 1

Ronnte Lewis 11. of Camden Street. Newtown. suffered severe scalp wounds, which necessitated nine slithers. and concussion when he fell…

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Support for Dr. Bradfield Quay Railway Site Town Planners' Desire

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

THE Town Planning Association, ever on the alert to secure the best permanent results for Sydney from the' outlay And construction of great…

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Drunken Motorist Ordered to Pay £15 NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 5

For driving motor car while intoxicated, Frederick Robert Cooper. 35, was fined 115, or three month gaol, at the police court to - day. In…

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Hurley to Motor to Australia? Europe Ransacked for 3-Engine 'Plane LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

Captain Hurley and Flying-officers Moir and Owens, who are now in London, have scoured Europe in search of a three-engined…

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Mystery of Motor Smash in Fiji Car Fell 120 Feet: Nurse Escaped Injury

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 2

SUVA, Wednesday.--Nurse Carr, who recently arrived from Melbourne to join the hospital staff, narrowly escaped death, and received only…

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Threw Chips at Motorists

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 17

George Martin (21), a laborer, was fined 30 at the Parramatta Court yesterday for offensive behaviour. According to the police, he was…

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Narrow Escape When Car and Rail Motor Collide

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--As it was passing over a level-crossing near Argyle Station, a small unattended platform, a taxi came into collision with…

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