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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

12,561 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

Impossible Roads. Clifton

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 6

Owing to the recent heavy rains the roads in this district are generally in a very bad condition. The Cliff-road is almost impassable, with debris from the cliffs above strewn…

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Fire in Bridge-street

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 5

Headquarters, Circular Quay, and Darlinghurst firemen turned out this afternoon to a call from Messrs. W. E. Smith's in Bridge-street. The alarm was on account…

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John Bridge and Co., Limited

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 13

Our company has held no sale during the current week. However, we intend bringing forward on Monday next, the 30th instant. a representative catalogue, approximating…

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Aeroplane Patent Rights. Suit for Alleged Infringement. Paris

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 5

To-day the hearing was commenced of a suit in which Wright Bros. are suing Farman, Bieriot, and Santos Dumont for alleged infringement of their patent rights…

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World's Aviation Record. Aeroplane Carries Five Passengers. Paris

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 1

A world's record for passenger carrying by aeroplane was established to-day, when an aeroplane carrying five passengers flew from Deuzy to Remily and back, a distance of 13…

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Runaway Trolly. Dashes Into a Train

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 7

MELBOURNE. Friday.—A sensational [?]dens, attended by much damage assured on Wednesday outside Mornington. A railway trolly laden with posts and rails in charge…

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South Coast Roads. Shire Council Asks for Grant

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 6

Bulli Shire councillors to-day asked the Minister for Works for a special grant to enable them to put their roads in order. It was asserted that for the first three years of…

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After the Storm. Bulli Shire Roads. Minister Promises Assistance. Land for Miners' Homes

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 5

The disastrous results of the continued heavy rain which has fallen to the South Coast districts compelled the councillors of Bulll Shire to ask the Minister for Works, in whose care…

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General Produce. Railway Sales

The Land · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 13

For Wednesday morning's sales at the railway goods shed there were 89 truckloads of produce forward, and there were left over from the…

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Motoring

The Land · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 15

One of the latest motor beats in the would made her initial appear once on [?] [?]…

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Unconscious for Two Months. Strange Case at St. Vincent's Hospital. Motor Accident at Woollahra

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 6

A remarkable case was reported to the city Corner this morning. A women named Frances E[?]ma steven, 45 lately residing in Australia Terrace,…

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Riding on a Tram. a Smile and Its Results. Young Man Fined for Assault

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 6

Claude Minor, 21, appeared before the Water Police Court this morning on a charge of assaulting Benjamin George Howe. The prosecutor said he was an employee in…

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Sensational Race in the City. Motor Car Versus Runaway Horse. Collision with a Telegrah Post

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 7

Shortly after 2.30. John Durdy a carter was leaving the stores of Messrs John Bardsley and Company, sholegale [?] in Castlereagh-street, near Liverpool-street, with a load…

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Sticking Up a Tramcar

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 8

VANCOUVER, Thursday.—Marked robbery raided an electric car on the quickirts or Santa Monlea, a California tourist resort near Los Angeles and held up the motorman and…

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Wacca to Tumbarumba. a Railway Proposal

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 12

The Public "Works Committee is considering the expediency of constructing a railway from Wagga to Tumbarumba. In the course of evidence last…

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A Million Acres. and a Railway

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 2

There are a million acres of good, serviceable land in the Upper Murray district, which are only awaiting a railway for proper development, and at…

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Canada's Railway Policy

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 6

The Canadian Pacific Company is planning new railway lines to open up the districts of Western Canada. Millions will be spent in double-tracking…

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Tumbarumba Railway. Another Proposed Route. Connection with Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

To the rival routes for the proposed Tumbarumba railway—from the Tumut line at Mount Horeb, or Reka, and from Wagga, on the Main Southern Line—has now to be…

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Motor Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 10

Messrs. J. R. Drake and T. O. Jones, accompained by their expert, Mr. T. M. Hanlon, have so far been very successful in their tour round the world in the 20-h.p. Hupmobile motor car, or runabout. They do…

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Cycling and Motoring. Noies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 10

Cycling and motoring was at a standstill yesterday All operations were suspended, owing to the wet weather. The cyclists who had looked forward for the racing at the Druids' Gala yesterday were disappointed,…

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