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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

8,077 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Typhoid Fever at Yass. Outbreak at the Railway Camps

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

At a meeting of the committee of the Yass (N.S.W.) hospital, the president stated that several typhoid fever cases from the railway camps were under…

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Motor Ambulances. Appeal to Legal Profession

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 5

I see that an appeal is being made to the legal profession of New South Wales for subscriptions to provide a motor ambulance at a cost of about £550. It seems to me that…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

PENRITH, Monday.-The Coroner opened an inquest this afternoon on the body of Bertie Edwin Strike, who died here yesterday as the result of a collision with a motor car, whilst…

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Railway Workers' Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 8

Representatives were appointed yesterday by the annual conference of the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Association, with a view to negotiations for amalgamation with the…

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BROKEN HILL-CONDOBOLlN Railway Work

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 8

BROKEN HILL, Monday.--A meeting of the men proposing to go to work on the Broken Hill-Condobolin railway line was called for this afternoon, but, in view of the fact that no…

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Branch Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

At a meeting of the Bulli branch of the Political labor League on Saturday evening, a motion was passed against the Government granting the right to any private…

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Escape in Motor-cars

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 7

AMSTERDAM, Sunday.--German officers at Antwerp have been forbidden to drive motor-cars alone owing to sixty officers disappearing with motor-cars in a few weeks…

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Motor Car Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 10

James Barker, after alighting from a tram at Oxford-street, was knocked down by a motor car. He sustained concussion of the brain, and was removed to St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Railway Accident. Zeehan (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 10

The Emu Bay Company's train which left Zeehan on Saturday was derailed when 33½ miles out owing to a large tree which had fallen across the line at a sharp curve…

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Tramway Scandal. Alleged Offer to Minister. Zeehan, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 10

Giving evidence to-day before the Royal Commission, appointed to inquire into allegations of bribery in connection with extension of Dunkley's tram from Zeehan to Stanley…

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Trades and Labour. Railway Labourers' Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 12

A ballot was taken at the conference of the Railway Workers and General Labourers' Association yesterday for the election of delegates to confer with the Australian Workers'…

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Cyclist Killed. Collision with Motor Car. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 7

The Coroner opened an inquest this afternoon on the body of Bertie Edwin Strike, 21, of Croydon, who died here yesterday as the result of a collision with a motor car whilst…

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Bad Main Roads

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

The State Government has doomed it necessary to impose a stiff tax on the owners of all motor cars and motor cycles, and so far as can be gleaned has…

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Woolloomooloo-road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 10

Alderman M'Gree's motion that the Town Clerk submit a report as to the [?]use on delay in the completion and the opening of the new Woolloomooloo, road through Cook…

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Road Hogs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

A party of Thornleigh and Auburn motor cyclists had a pleasant run down to Bulli, via Bulli Pass, and back by the Coast road. The roads to North Clifton…

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Motor Cycling. 100 Miles' Road Race

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 6

The next open event for motor cyclists in this State is only a fortnight off. It is a road race, over 100 miles, open to all members of the Auto-Cycle Association, and promoted by…

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The Outrage at Broken Hill--Picnic Train Fired On

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 31

The picnic train which was fired on. Removing one of the killed to the Morgue. The horsemen indicate where the Turks were entrenched…

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Motors and Trams. End of a Public Danger. New Regulation Coming

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 7

The danger of motor [?] passing between stationary [?] foot[?] which was commented on a [?] days ago by the City Coroner, and the number of accidents that…

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New Motor Car Bylaw. Not to Pass Standing Trams. Head of Police Emphatic

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 5

The head of the police, Mr. Mitchell, had under consideration yesterday and this morning the suggestions made in a leading article in the sun on Monday regarding motor cars…

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Connecting Ryde with North Sydney. Traffic Bridge Wanted Over Lane Cove River

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 5

Some time ago the Ryde Council, at the [?] of the North Ryde [?] ashed the minister for [?] a deputation to urge the widening of the foot…

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