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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

9,158 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

VICTORlA. Railway Men's Wages. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 8

A scheme for the reclassification of the Railway Service, consequent on certain increases granted by Parliament to daily paid railway employees, has been approved of by…

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Proposed New Railways. Inverell to Guyra. Guyra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 8

At a meeting of the Guyra Railway League yesterday, Mr. W. M. Stevenson presiding, a resolution was carried expressing satisfaction with the report of Mr. Johnson (Chief…

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Tramway Extension. the Government's Obligations. Mr. C. A. Lee at Gore Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 8

At the invitation of Mr. David Fell, M.L.A., the Minister for Works visited Lane Cove yesterday for the purpose of meeting residents of the district and others interested in a…

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Casualties. Cab and Motor Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 8

Timothy Buckley, 60, residing at 415 Bourkestreet, city, while driving his cab along Elizabeth-street, was run into by a motor car at the intersection of Park and Elizabeth streets…

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Tramcar and Lorry. Collision in Loftus-street. Lorry and Horses Dragged a Distance of Sixty-five Feet

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 7

A startling collision took place this afternoon in Loftuss-treet, city, between a tramcar and an empty lorry. The lorry, which belongs to Messrs, Thomas…

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Zig Zag Railway Fatality. Accused Before the Court. Verdict of Not Guilty. Parramatta

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 7

The case in which James Bourke, William Henry Fowler, and John Corr are charged with feloniously slaying James W. Costello at Lithgow, on December 9, was continued…

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The Zig-zag Accident. Charge Against Three Railway Men. Verdict of "Not Guilty" in Each Case

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 5

James Bourke, engine-driver, William Henry Fowler, fireman, and John Corr, guard, were brought up at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge Docker, and charged…

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Bellevue-hill Tram. Where Should Sections End?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

A deputation representing the Woollahra Municipal Council and residents of the district was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Colonel Onslow, M.L.A., to arge…

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Railway Development. Glen Innes-inverell Line

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 8

GLEN LNNES, Wednesday.--At a meeting, of the Railway League yesterday, the Mayor presiding, strong exception was taken to the figures of probable revenue given by the Chief…

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Tram and Lorry Collide. Three Persons Injured. Driver's Narrow Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 8

Shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon a railway tram laden with passengers, bound for Circular Quay, was running down Loftus-street at a good pace, when it came into…

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An Australian Aeroplane. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

Mr. W. Thomson, mechanical engineer at the Perth Mint, has been communicated with by the War Office, London, and the Commonwealth Department, in regard to his aeroplane…

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Slow Train Travelling

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

Apparently the railway commissioners have never travelled to our farback railway centres by the ordinary passenger trains (writes our travelling…

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Sutherland Road Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 10

Fourteen entries have been recived for the road race on Saturday. The handicaps are as follows:—Grimshaw, Meives, Loveday, scratch; Fletcher, 5s; Wilson, 10; Beach, Beach, Bench, 30; Beach, Bennett, 40;…

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A Dangerous Road

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

KIANDRA, Friday.—Tourists and others travelling via Rule Point to Tumut complain of the bad state of the roads. Gadara Shire councillors have been repeatedly written to…

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Row in Glebe-road

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

Bella Flanagan, of St. John's-road Forest Lodge, appeared at the Glebe Police Court on a charge of having assaulted Mrs. Florence Twigg on December 24. She was also charged…

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Parramatta-road. Request for Wood-blocking

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

A deputation waited upon the Minister for Works today from the Leichhardt, Annandale, and Petersham Councils, and the 'Camperdown Ward of the City Council,…

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Parramatta-road. Plain Talk to the City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 11

A deputation, representing the municipal councils of Annandale, Glebe, Petersham, Camperdown, Leichhardt, and the City Council, was introduced to the Minister for Works (Mr. Lee)…

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"A Dust Hole." Parramatta-road. Minister Declines Responsibility

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

A deputation representative of Annandale Globe, Petersham, Camperdown, Leichhardt, and the City Council, introduced by Mr. Mahony, M.L.A., waited upon the Minister for…

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Abercrombie-street Tram

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

The Minister for Works will officially open the Abercrombie-street tramway at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. The Minister with golden scissors will cut a blue ribbon stretched…

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The Railways and the Farmers Discriminating Rates

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

A correspondent gives an instance of the way in which discriminating railway rates operate against both producer and consumer in the country…

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