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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

10,357 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Somersaulting Motor Car. Occupants Remarkable Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 8

BATHURST, Saturday.—A motor car, containing Messrs. Miligate and Robins, of Condobolin, and a stranger, capsized while rounding the Rocks-hill curve yesterday afternoon. The…

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Shifting the Wheat Harvest. the Railways' Problem. This Year's New Conditions

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 8

Assuming that we have a wheat harvest of, say, 35,000,000 bushels—thought it may turn out as low as 30 or as high as 40 million— what are its prospects of a speedy passage…

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South African Strike. Martial Law Continues. the Mines at Work. Railway Men Returning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 9

CAPETOWN, Friday Evening.—There will be no relaxation of martial law. restrictions nor alteration of the military dispositions until the strike is' absolutely ended…

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Sunday Trams. a Methodist Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 12

The quarterly meeting of the William-street Church, of which Rev. H. C. Foreman is minister, passed the following motion In reference to Sunday trams:—…

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Three Persons Drowned. Motor Boat Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 9

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Bundamba police to-night informed the Ipswich police that a motor-boat accident occurred near Riverview, and that three men were drowned, but that the…

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Train Did Not Stop. Newtown Passengers Delayed

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 7

A correspondent writes:— "I was a passenger by the 3.2 a.m. train from Ashfield to Sydney (through from Newtown) this morning. and to my great surprise the train did not stop at Newtown. but ran through…

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A Badly-made Road. Drummoyne Alderman's Complaint

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 5

A good deal of [?] exists in North Ward. [?] to regard to a new road in that part of the suburb Alderman Foley, in writing to the Mayor, said: " I am desirous of…

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A Doctor Killed. Falls From a Train. Goulburn

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4

Shocking railway accident occurred near Breadalbane early this morning. the victim being Dr. T.S. Hutchings, residing at Euroa Victoria. His body was found lying between the up…

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Railways and Tramways Institute

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4

The twenty-third annual meeting of the N. S. W. Government Railways and Tramways Institute was held at the Institute, Devonshirestreet, last night, Mr. John Harper, Acting…

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Motor Car Case. Charges Dismissed. the Magistrate's Remarks. London. Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 6

The case in which a number of motor car manufacturers and exporters were charged with having conspired to [?] the Australian customs was concluded to-days when the…

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Caught. Trapping Smokers. Railway Officers Mean Methods

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 9

"The how its done." This was the remark passed by many smokers, which included some country farmers, who travelled from the Central Railway Station to the [?] Saleyards by the 3 O'clock train…

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Railway Resumptions. Pyrmont Residents Complain. Footpaths Littered with Bricks

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 10

Complaints are still being made by residents of pyrmont concerning the methods of the Railway Department in dealing with the houses on the area resumed for the Glebe island…

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Lady Motorist Injured. Goulburn

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4

Miss Jessie Falconer, who is motoring from Melbourne to sydney, met with an accident between Yass and Goulburn. The fork of her motor cycle broke. and she was thrown violently…

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A New Building Company. Trucks for Colliery and Railway Lines

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 3

With the expansion of trade and the wonderful development of the natural resources of the State, it is little wonder that companies are being floated…

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A Railway Coupon-ticket. The Department will not Refund

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4

Moree.—The superintendent of lines states that the amount collected from you represents the single fares to and from Sydney and Moree, but, as the…

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Robbery at Railway Station. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 9

A robbery at Eskbank railway station was reported this morning. It is stated that just before midnight on Saturday the clerk in charge of the booking office left the office to…

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The Railway Institute. a Good YEalK'S Work. Training in Other Lands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 12

The annual report of the Now South Wales Government ^Railways and Tramways Institute, which was adopted at tho 23rd annual general meeting held last evening, showed a…

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Electrical Railways. Victorian Officers to Investigate. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 10

Next month the Acting-Secretary of Railways (Mr. E. B. Jones) and the Superintendent of Passenger Traffic (Mr. T. B. Molomhy) will leave for England with the view of…

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Sydney's Tram Joggle

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 2

I would like to draw your attention to the careless manner in which the tram cars are handled and how it can be stopped. I have occasion to travel frequently. There is…

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American Railway Men. 5000 Come Out. Ne Wyork

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 5

About 5000 men employed on the Delaware-Hudson railroad struck work to-day, every man, engineer, fireman, conductor, and telegraphist, coming out…

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