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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

10,357 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 250

Railway Smash. Trucks and Van Break Away. Crash Into Goods Train. Northern Line Interrupted Guard Severely Injured

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 9

A serious collison occurred this morning, between Adamstown Station and Carding Tunnet between goods train and extensive damages was done in the rolling stock and the…

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Manly-'s Roads and Footpaths. Work for the New Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 13

Before the municipal election in Manly the local roads and footpaths came in for a good deal of criticism, the justification for which is apparent on a casual glance round the…

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Correspondence. What Our Readers Say.why No Picnic Train?

Co-operator · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 7

Dear Editor,—North Coasters are trouble again. About a picale train (or rather the lack of it) this time…

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The Bridge-street Sensation. When Sergeant Macourt Was Knocked Out

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 6

The death on Tuesday of Senior-Sergeant Macourt of Crow's Nest, North Sydney, [?] one opf the mst sancational incidents in the criminal history of New South Wales and…

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The Tango Tangle, or the Rude of the Road

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 1

PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN SYDNEY AS IT APPEARS TO THE UNPREJUDICED EYE. AND NOW CITIZENS ARE TO BE CALLED UPON TO KEEP TO THE LEFT INSTEAD OF TO THE RIGHT…

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Walk to Funerals. La Perouse Road Too Bad to Drive

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 5

Complaint comes from Botany that La P[?] leading from La Perouse in the Botany Cemetery is in a shocking condition, and though an [?] has been going on for…

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Shoreditch Murder. Boy Strangled in Train. Father Before the Court. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 9

John Starchfield appeared at the Old-street Police Court to-day on a charge of murdering his son William Starchfield, aged 7, who was found strangled in a railway carriage at…

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Hghest Railways

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 4

Up to the present time the highest railway line in the world was on the Central railway of Peru which, joins Caliao to Lima and crosses the Andes through a tunnel at a…

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Hatpins on Railways

Watchman · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 6

A "Central News" message from Hamburg states that the Altona railway administration has decreed that women who do not use hatpin protectors shall not be…

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Motor Boat Championship. Losers Protest Dismissed

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 10

A protect arising out of last Saturday's race for the motor boat championship of Australia was considered by the [?] committee of the Motor Yaebt [?] of New South Wales…

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Wireless and Railways

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 6

Railway travelling is not popular with American business people. The time spent in [?] round, even at to entiles an hour, is a drag to speeding up Run a better true is…

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Railway Grievances. Round-table Conferences. Capetown, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 9

Mr. H. Burton, Minister for Railways, replying to a deputation from the Cape railway drivers and firemen, yesterday accepted the suggestion for the holding of periodical…

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Larkin's Failure. Tramway Losses Cheerfully Borne. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 9

Mr. Murphy, chairman of the Dublin Tramways, at a meeting of the company yesterday, stated that the strike had caused a shrinkage of £20,000 in the receipts, but the…

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Motoring. Recore Speed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 12

At Ostend M. Duray, the well known French automobilist, has driven a 300[?] F.L.A.T. car at a speed of 132 miles per hour. This is the highest speed yet attained by a motor car, and was established on…

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Motor Cycling. New Publications

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 12

"The Motor Cycliats' Handbook". (Per[?] Marshall and Co.), is a practical manual on the contruction and management of motor cycles in its third edition. Besides a comprehensive non-technical description of…

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Casualties. Redfern Railway Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 7

George Ford, 34, a labourer, was run down and killed near Redfern Railway. Station on January 30. At the inquest yesterday a verdict of accidental death was recorded by the…

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Late Railway Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 7

Official information has been received by Mr. Claude Thompson, general secretary of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, that it Messrs. Stewart,…

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Pony Killed. Struck by Motor Car. Collision in Oxford-street

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 1

As a result of a collision between a motorcar and a sulky in Oxford-street, near. Dowling-street, shortly before 1 o'clock this morning the driver of the car and his wife…

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Motor-car and Waggon. Collision in City Street

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 7

About 11 o'clock on the morning of October 13 last John Stuart Morrison, of the White Horse Botel, King-street, Newtown, drove in a motor-car to Mark Foy's to buy a bottle of…

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Big Railway Smash. Thirty Trucks Piled Up. Serious Damage to Rolling Stock. Newcastle

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 1

A serious railway smash occurred on the line, between Adamstown and Cardiff tunnel shortly before 5 o'clock this morning. Fortunately no lives were lost, but considerable…

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