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Railways, roads & transport, 1912

13,432 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Motor Cycling. Sydney Club's. Reliability Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 18

Entries arc to close this evening at the club rooms for the one-day reliability trial, which is to be held by the Sydney Club on Anniversary Day. The course selected is from Sydney to Mr. Victoria and back, and…

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Linking Up the Coast. New Tramway Proposed. Manly to Grotto Point

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 15

Ald. Bonner, Mayor of Manly, and several members of the Manly Municipal Council, yesterday waited upon Mr. Griffith, the Minister for Works, to urge the desirability of…

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Motoring and Making Love

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 6

The American racing motorist is a weirdly interesting personage, who "rounds the twelve mile course in nine minutes and fifty seconds," according to Mr. Henry K. Webster, in his new…

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Motoring

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 18

The project of an automobile show in Melbourne in March next bus practically been abandoned. It appears that the Exhibition Building his been let for a portion of the week prior to the proposed show, and, therefore,…

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Motor Boat Club of N.s.w

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 18

Members of the Motor Boat Club of N.S.W. will take part in the Venetian evening which is to be held at Manly this evening. Boats should be illuminated, and must be in position by 7.45…

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Lesson to Sydney. Overcrowded Tramcars

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 13

TORONTO, Thursday Evening.--A coroner's jury, which inquired into the circumstances of the death of a Woman who was killed in a street car accident, found that her death was…

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Railways and Telegraphs. Snowed Up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday Evening.--Snow has fallen continuously for 36 hours in the Midlands, with the result that the train service is seriously delayed…

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Dangerous Coal. a Railway Commissioner's Action

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 15

PERTH, Friday.--Owing to the extreme heat and the drought, the Railway Department has curtailed orders for Collie coal, which is very dangerous on account of the sparks. Collie,…

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The Naval College. Jervis Bay Finally Chosen. a Railway Needed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Friday.--An official announcement of the selection of Jervis Bay as the site of the temporary Naval Collage, as well as that of the permanent institution, was made by…

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Trams in Collision. Five Persons Injured. Three Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 12

There were three tram collisions yesterday evening. The first occurred in Erskine-street at 5.20 p.m., when a tram from Darlinghurst crashed…

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Brisbane Tram Strike. No Cars After Dark. a Disturbance and Arrests

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 13

BRISBANE, Friday,--There were some developments in the tramway strike to-day. After the meeting, of the men this morning the union decided to call out the men engaged…

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Wider Powers. for the Commonwealth. Mr. Holman's Proposals. Details of the Federal Bank Scheme. Traders' Railway Passes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Two big things happened at the Premiers' Conference to-day. Mr. Holman delivered his speech upon the proposal to vest further powers in the Federal…

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Moree-mungindi Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 17

MOREE, Friday.--The attention of Mr. Griffith, Minister for Public Works, has just been drawn by Mr. Jones, M.L.A., to the serious delay in the work on the Moree-Mungi[?]di line,…

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Tramway to S. Granville. To the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 2

Sir,-As the Hon. Minister for Works has vetoed all tho local tramway proposals submitted to him, I think ho ought to bo approached with a view to have a line…

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Bridge of Suicides

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 17

A plan has been agreed upon for raising to a uniform height the parapet of Dean Bridge, Edinburgh, so as to make it difficult for people to commit suicide by throwing themselves into…

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Royal—"the Girl in the Train."

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 2

The excursion ticket of Miss Florence Young, as the heroine of "The Girl in the Train," will run out with the performance of the musical play at the Theatre Royal on Friday night…

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Brisbane Tram Strike. No Service After Nightfall Two More Arrests. Brisbane, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 7

Brisbane experienced a quiet time to-day so far as the tram trouble was concerned. The company maintained a fair service until nightfall, when it ceased…

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For Railway Extension. Fifteen and a Half Acres Resumed at Alexandria 280 Houses to Come Down—1400 People Affected

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 7

In the last issue of the "Government Gazette" it was announced that the Government, at the request of the Railway Commissioner, had acquired about 15½ acres at Alexandria to permit…

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Underground Railways and Omnibus Companies Unite

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday Morning.—A scheme is on foot for the amalgamation of the underground railways and the General Omnibus Company…

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Badges and Badger. Yankee Yobs and Yakker. Brisbane Boys of the Big Buck. At Years of Tramway Tyranny. Trams Practically Hung Up. The Police the Only Disorderly Persons BRISBANE

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 12

The Brisbane tramways are practically sung up owing to the trouble with the Yankee-bossed foreign company, which has been brewing for months. The men have…

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