West Australian Railway Strike
PERTH, Tuesday. — Yesterday passed quietly in strike circles. The Ministers met and discussed emergency measures for the conveyance of passengers and focal supplies,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1921
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Tram and Car. Collision with Loss of Life
'SYDNEY, Monday.—A. terrible tragedy occurred at Parramatta to-night, when a, motor car collided with a steam tram in Church-street. Two people [?] killed,…
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Under the so-called license system (writes the "New York World" of September 11), apparently anybody is permitted to drive an automobile in this city. Health Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Runaway Trucks. Excitement for Dubbo Railway Officials. SYDNEY
A brakevan and several trucks broke away from a station four miles east of Dubbo last night and dashed westward,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →W.a. Railway Trouble. Secretary's Statement
PERTH, Wednesday.—The secretary of the Perth Trades Hall disputes committee states that that body has no intention of commandeering the railway rolling stock…
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The three members of the Main Roads Board have now been appointed, one of them, Mr. Fraser, being a construction engineer of the Railway Department with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Resilient Roads. Case for Wood Fibre
The Spanish engineer who conceived the plan of concerting waste glass into road material by melting it down and pouring it out like lava, will have to look to…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A Perth message says that the Government are arranging to commandeer motor ears and petrol…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Returned soldiers at Perth have carried a resolution expressing the opinion that the present industrial dispate there rested soley for…
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One feature of Christmas Day was the number of fashionable surfing parties to be seen at Manly. All through the afternoon car load after car load…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Denis O'Brien, a railway fettler, was committal for trial at Goulburn on a charge of having stolen a quantity of lemonade. He was also fined for…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—-There were two persons more or less seriously injured through the capsize of a motor car at Lithgow…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Pereival Longhurst, employed as night watchman at the railway bridge about three miles from Tabletop, near Albury, was found dead on the line early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Killed. Railway Fatality Near Sydney. Party Overtaken on Bridge
Wilmot Roughley, Mrs. Victor McKenzie, and two of her children, Harold (aged 11) and Gladys McKenzie (aged 2½), met frightful deaths by being…
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The same excellent Universal special attraction will be repeated again to-night at the Star Court theatre. This fine feature deals extensively with the divorce question,…
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The P.M.G.'s Department has written to Mr. Massy Greene with reference to a communication from him of November 19, enclosing a letter from…
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A shocking fatality occurred at Woy Woy last night. It appears that Wilmot Rouahley, of Dural, Mrs. Victor McKenzie, of Gosford, and the latter's…
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The strike ballot progressing among members of the Drivers and Firemen's Union was mentioned to Commissioner Davidson to-day. Mr. Davidson said…
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[?]urt was crowded to-[?]lway employees, when [?]ded against Thomas [?]ard Hughes, both…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parramatta Tram and Car Collision. Sydney
The condition to-day of Oliver Hempel, who was injured in a collision between a motor car and a steam tram at Parramatta on Tuesday, is reported to be…
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