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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Cheap Horses Bought and Turned Out on the Road

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 2

Tresspassing stock — particularly horses—are very prevalent on the roads about Forbes now, and their presence is causing landowners a good deal of…

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Melbourne to Darwin in Seven Days Train and Car Service Proposed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A regular service between Melbourne and Darwin by train and car in seven days will be introduced by the Commonwealth…

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Timber on Road Car Ran Into It Narrow Escape Wollongong

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 2

Mr. W. Jones, manager of the Corrimal Collieries, was returning from Wollongong by car, accompanied by his family shortly after 11 o'clock…

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The Motor World N.R.M.A. NOTES

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 6

The maximum fine (£20) under the present Act was inflicted by a Sydney magistrate upon a drunken driver recently, reports the N.R.M.A. In…

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" Not Justified " Liverpool-Mulgoa Railway

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 1

Once more the proposal to construct a railway from Liverpool to Mulgoa has been officially "wet blanketed." The Railway…

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Motorists Fined £15 Can't Drive Till 1930

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 1

WILLIAM Edward Casey, [?] motor driver, was fined £[?] at Newtown Court for having driven a car in Enmore-road. Newtown while he was under the…

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Where to Motor Kurrajong-bell "News" Thanked for Aid Latest Touring Reports

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 7

TO-DAY a resident on the Bell's Line Road writes thanking the "News" for great assistance in obtaining the re-conditioning of the Kurrajong-Bell Road. Attention is drawn to repairs needed on the Blue Mountains Road…

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Motoring. Anniversary Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 17

The Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales will control and conduct the motor boat section of the programme of the Anniversary Regatta to-day For the first time the programme will include…

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Railway Inspector Sentenced. Conspiracy Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 16

Robert Reeves, 63, a railway inspector, charged before Mr. Camphin at the Central Police Court yesterday with having stolen a golf bag, valued at 15/, the property of the…

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Motor Taxation. New Plans. Discussed by Premiers. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 16

Important proposals for a variation of the method of taxing motor vehicles were discussed by the Premier (Sir William McPherson) and the Premier of New South Wales…

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Car's Dash. on to Railway Line. Tears Away Fencing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 16

Driven by George S. Wilson, of Stewartstreet, Paddington a motor car raced through a fence in Railway-parade Erskineville, last night and pulled up on the railway line. No…

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Theft of Golf Bag Railway Employee Convicted

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 9

The case in which Robert Reeves 53. railway employee, was charged with having stolen a golf bag from the Sydney station lost property office…

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Links with North Rail and Motor Service Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 9

The Federal Department of Railways and works has issued a statement to the effect that the links of the North-South railway between…

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Bush Children Railway Concessions

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 10

"DOR the benefit of the children of the bush, the Railway Department has granted a concession to enable children who reside 200 miles or…

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Holiday Trams

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 10

The Tramway authorities notify that in connection with holiday to-day, holiday timetables, commencing and finishing at the same times as week…

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Boy Trampled by Mob of Horses Neck and Back Broken

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 3

HUGHENDEN, Friday.--Rounding up horses at Prairie this morning, the nine-year-old son of David Colquhoun was killed in the mob…

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Motor Transport Big Organisations Convene Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 26

The respective presidents of the M.T.A. and the C.M.U.A., Messrs. Dumbrell and Moat, are convening a meeting at the Chamber of Manufactures…

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A Human Shuttlecock Motor Cyclist's Dual Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 10

GLEN INNES, Friday.--To collide with two motor cars in as many seconds was the hair-raising experience of a Glen Innes motor cyclist, G…

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Co-operating with Railways

The Biz · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 8

At Tuesday night's meeting of the Granville Council, the Mayor presented a minute, reporting the visit of the Engineer-in-Chief of existing…

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Bridge Drive

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1929 · page 43

SEEKING funds for the Little Citizens' Free Kindergarten at Surry Hills the committee has organised a bridge drive, which, will…

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