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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

12,561 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Fire Brigade Funds Alleged Irregular Methods. Payment for Railway Tickets. a Bootmaker's Allegations. Interesting Evidence Before Royal Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 9

The Royal Commission (Acting Judge Edmunds) appointed to inquire into the expenditure of public funds by the Fire Brigades Board and the Board of Fire Commissioners,…

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Accident at a Railway Station. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 7

Another accident occurred at the railway station on Saturday, when a moving truck struck and caught the wheel of a cart, pulling a horse and the sulky, to which it was…

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Stoem at Glen Innes. Dangerous Floods. Motorists' Exciting Experience. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 10

On Saturday afternoon and night a terrific storm swept over Glen Innes and district. Rain fell in torronls for a couple of hours. An inch and a half was rocorded locally; whilst…

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A Strategic Weakness. Interstate Railway Systems. Major-general Hoad's Views. Possibilities of Attack

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 10

"The railways of New South Wales disclose a strategical weakness owing to their lack of intercommunication." Major-General Hoad, chief of the…

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Casualties. Pony Collides with Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 7

Robert MacCullum 14, living with his parents at Rowley-street, Camperdown, was treated at the Sydney Hospital last night for severe lacerations to the right leg. He was…

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Railway Accident. Farmer Seriously Injured. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 10

A shocking railway accident occurred on the North line near Mount Bryan on Thursday. The Broken Hill express ran down F…

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Disastrous Railway Collision. Passenger Carriages Telescoped. Many People Killed and Injured. Soldiers Carry on Rescue Work. Eleven Bodies Recovered. Cardiff

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 1

A dreadful smash occurred on the railway at Hopkinstown, near Pontypridd, to-day. A coal train crashed into a passenger train bound for London, and which was filled with…

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A Dying Kick. Paddington Council's Last Protest. Extension of the Tram Section

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

Paddington is still considerably exercised over the length of the first penny tram section on the eastern suburbs lines. The following letter from the Public Works…

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Railway Accident

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 3

A train of coal trucks was running down the gradient to the Adamstown Station yesterday afternoon when the brakes refused to act. The trucks jumped the runaway points…

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Bellevue Hill to the Railway

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

The retiring aldermen of Paddington were fairly unanimous last night in the expression of a desire for a more direct tram service from Believue Hill to the railway than…

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Fire Brigades' Commission. a Letter to the Chairman. Use of Official Motor Cars. Trips to Cronulla and Liverpool

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 5

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the administration of the Fire Brigades Acts heard further evidence at the Chief Secretary's Department to-day. Mr. Acting…

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The Country. Illabo-tumbarumba Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

JUNEE, Monday.--A large and intentional meeting was held at Nangus on Saturday to agitato for the construction of a railway from Illabe to Tumbarumba. The speakers declared…

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The Land. State Policy Speech. Mr. Nielsen at Yass. the New Legislation. Passing of the Freehold. No More Large Estates. Railways and Settlement "Fair and Reasonable" Compensation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 7

YASS, Monday.--Mr. Nielsen,. Minister for Lands, who delivered his policy speech tonight at the Mechanics' Institute, Yass, was listened to by an audience which did not…

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"Treated Like Schoolboys." Chief Commissioner and Paddington Trams. "Worse Than the Other Fellows."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 8

The Paddington Council last night had under review the action of the Chief Railway Commission in regard to the extension of the penny sections of the various trams running into and…

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Railway Company's Steamer Stranded. Passengers Rescued by Lifeboats

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Great Central Railway Co.'s steamer Lincoln has been stranded in a fog on Hasborough Sands, Cromer…

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Congestion at the Railway. Only One Weighbridge at Redfern

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

Much delay and inconvenience was caused at the Sydney goods yard yesterday morning owing to there being only one weighbridge in operation. On Saturday one of the two bridges in the yard…

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Bellevue-hill to Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

Last night the Paddington Council approved of a motion by Ald. Dillon, that a letter be written to the Railway Commissioners, asking them to connect the Bellevue-hill tramway with the railway tram service at…

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Silverton Tramway Men. Demand for All-round Increases

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--The Silverton Tramway Employees' Association sent the following ultimatum to the general manager, Mr. Charles Elley, this morning:--…

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Sulky and Tram Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 8

At about 9.30 last night Robert M'Callum (14), living in Rowley-street, Camperdown, was driving in a sulky with a friend along George- street West, breaking in a young pony. The…

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Labor. Railway Sawmillers. Unions at Variance. Rival Wages Board Claims

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

Mr. F. A. A. Russell presided at the first meeting of the Government Railways and Tram ways (Sawmillers) Board, which was held yesterday afternoon at the Railway Commissioners…

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