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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

12,561 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Manly to Spit Tram

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 12

The tramway authorities notify that commencing from to-morrow, 9th just., the line from Manly to The Spit, via Belgrave-street, Ivanhoe Park, and Sydney…

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Motoring in the Edhn-monaro District

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 4

The Eden-Monaro district has made great strides as a tourist resort during 1910, and its various beauty spots may now be gained by hire motor-cars from…

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Tramway King's Death

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 20

It is the irony of fate that Sir Clifton Robinson, the British tramway king, should have been taken fatally ill in a tramway car in New York. With him at…

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Chaos at Havre. The Railways Congested. Suspension of Traffic Proposed. Paris

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 7

The special correspondent of "Figaro" describe the condition in railway affairs at Havre as being one of chaos. Thousands of tons of merchandise are…

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Tram Troubs' Troubles. Fierce Fight at Forest Lodge. Hudson Gives Joy a Hidins. Connors Breaks Parkinson's Jaw. One Policeman, Two Civilians, and a] Mob of Tramway Men

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 3

Three cases of assault, in which the defendants were a couple of civilian a tramway troubadour, came before Mr. Barnett, S.M. at the Glebe Police…

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Crilly's Coin. Slithers While He Sleeps Weary Wanderer from Willowtree Cools His Coppers at the Coffee Stall. and Sinks in Slumber at the Tramway Shed

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 9

It would seem like a reversal of the natural order of things if the mug from outback were to come to the city and leave it without coming across one…

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Denis Dumbfounded. Christmas Morn in the Cooler. Flinty Cop Hueston's Frisky Freak. Tram Troubs' Evidence Taken No Notice Of. "Not Prepared to Say the Police Had Perjured Themselves."

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 10

A well-fought case was that which came before Mr. Smithers, S.M. at the Redfern Police Court on Tuesday, when a stalwart young fellow named Dems Brown, of…

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Suburban Roads

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 4

IT is high time that in some of the Sydney suburbs a drastic alteration was made in the system of road-making at present in vogue. As matters are now, the money…

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Railway Fettler Killed. Run Over by a Train

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner this morning at the conclusion of an inquest into the death of a railway fettler, Patrick Fanning, lately…

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Run Over by a Train

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest at the City Coroner's Court this morning on the death of Patrick Fanning 47, a railway laborer, who was run down by on…

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Successful Aeroplane Flight. Seventy Miles an Hour. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 9

Mr. Hammond, of the Bristol Biplane Company, who had twice disappointed tho people of Perth owing to boisterous weather conditions, went up in a biplane on Friday…

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On the Road to Mosman. the Powers of Tram Conductors. a Magistrate's Decision

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 5

A case which bore in interesting fashion upon the powers of tramway conductors to deal with passengers who may be acting in an offensive fashion was heard at the North…

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Lost in the Air. News Delivery by Aeroplane. Vancouver. Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 9

M. Didier Masson, a French aviator, in flying from town to town delivering newspapers, lost his way in the mountains at Pomona, California. He landed, repaired…

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Killed by a Train. Young Boilermaker's Death. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 12

The body of Norman Leslie Colquhoun, aged 20 years, was found on the railway line between Kensington station and the Saltwater Bridge on Saturday morning, It was cut in…

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Redfern and Railway Resumptions

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 2

The Mayor of Redfern is [?] at the afton of the Government of in resuming land in the municipality for railway purposes and not paying rates The Railway Commissinners,…

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Tram and Sulky Collide

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 2

Frederick Moles, a tramway employee, was driving a sulky containing Ernest Todd. Mrs. Todd. her two children, and John Driscoll along Milton-road. Brisbane, on Sunday afternoon…

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Proposed Ryde-parramatta Tramway

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 4

A meeting was held in the Rydalmere Town Hall on Saturday evening to urge the extension of the Ryde tramway to Parramatta through Ermington and Rydalmere. Mr. F. J. Foster,…

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Notes. Redfern and Railway Resumption

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 4

It is easy to understand the annoyance felt by Redfern Council because of the loss of rates caused by resumptions for railway purposes, but it is hard to suggest any remedy. The…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Siberian Railway Frauds. OVER £2,000,000 Stolen. High Officials Implicated

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 6

ST. PETERSBURG. Sunday Evening.—The investigation as to the extensive frauds in connection with the Slberian railway has ended. 90,000 complaints having been examined…

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Motor Cycling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 12

What is claimed as a remarkable ride is the performance of Mr. G. Cavey, of Summer Hill, one of the competitors in the recent Melbourne to Sydney motor cycle reliability trial. Mr. Cavey, who…

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