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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

10,357 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Departure for Melbourne. a Hustle to Catch the Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 9

The American baseballers and the others of the large party, with the exception of Mr. Charles Comiskey of the Wht[?]e Sox, left for Melbourne last night by the limited express…

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Rigorous Russia. Soldiers Suffer Death. Guarding the Czar's Train

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 7

ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday Evening.--The soldiers' who guarded the Czar's train along the entire route from Moscow to St. Petersburg suffered severely in the heavy snowstorms…

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Round the Tram. Newtown Motor Fatality

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

Colin Bennett, aged 3. was killed by a motor driven, by William Alexander M'Lachlan a motor expert, in Enmore-road, Newtown, on December 31. At the inquest…

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Guarding the Czar's Train. Soldiers' Trying Time. St. Petersburg, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 9

Soldiers who guarded the Csar's train along the entire route between Moscow and St. Petersburg suffered severely from heavy snowstorms…

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Notes. the Gauge of a Railway

Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 6

The Minister for External Affair. in explaining that the Pine Creek to Katherine River line will be 3ft 6in gauge, says that. later on, the width might be made the standard. 4ft…

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Newtown Motor Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 7

A three-year-old boy, Colin Bennett, who Illed with his parents in Marton-street, Enmore, was run over by a motor car driven by William M'Lauchlan, In Enmore-road, Newtown, on…

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Railway Construction Work

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

Bland asks me to whom he should apply for dray work on a railway under construction. He also asks me what the prospects are…

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Railways and Land Hunger. The Mirrool-Hilston Line

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

In reference to the land hunger that exists (as evidenced by the great number of persons taking part in land ballots) Mr. T. Lapthorne writes:—…

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Slow Railway Building. Neglect of Local Resources

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

Considerable dissatisfaction is being expressed in the Wagga district at the delay in opening for traffic a portion of the new railway line to…

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Sunday Night Trams

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 3

It has been decided to run the Sydney trams during church hours on Sunday night and the new time table containing this important change will…

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Chief Commissioner for Railways

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

Although no definite information on the subject is forthcoming, it is expected that the Chief Railway Commissioner will vacate his office about the…

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The Transcontinental Railway

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

The Minister for Home Affairs gives the information that the latest reports received in connection with the laying of the track on the western…

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Railway Collision. a German Disaster. Berlin, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 9

A military train near Metz collided with a buffer [?]top and one of the coaches was telescoped. Seven soldiers were killed and 12 others…

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Labour. Unrest in South Africa. Railwaymen and Miners. Capetown, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 9

The unrest among the railway employees is increasing. At a meeting held in Pretoria a resolution was passed requesting the Premier to abandon the policy of retrenchment…

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A Peace Army. Necessity of Unions. Railway Man's Views. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 10

Mr. A. J. Hurford, a member of the municipal council and a prominent railway man, at the annual dinner of the Bathurst Branch of the Australasian Society of Engineering, said…

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Caught Early. Paris Motor Bandit. Ganges Short Career. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 7

While the driver of a private automobile, was drinking with a friend at a farls hotel on Saturday evening a man jumped into the car and drove oft at top speed…

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Ford Motor Company. Profit-sharing Scheme. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 7

The Ford Motor Company has adopted the profit-sharing scheme for the benefit of its employees. All adult workers will be paid 5 dollars…

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South African Railways. Grave Anxiety. Men Resent Retrenchment. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 5

Grave uneasiness exists in South-African railway circles Men who were summarily dismissed at Pretoria, arid Durban, have, in some instances, been offered billets a few…

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South Africa. Trouble Looming. Restless Railway Men

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 7

CAPETOWN, Sunday Evening.--The spirit of unrest among the railwayman is increasing. At a meeting in Pretoria, a motion was adopted requesting the Premier, General Botha, to…

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Coming of the Motor Bus

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 3

Christmas visitors to Melbourne could not help noting the change in Swanston-street traffic. Twelve months ago one motor omnibus was plying for passengers between Princes Bridge and St. Kilda. On Christmas…

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