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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

8,077 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Queensland Railway Workers

Co-operator · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 4

“The scheme of the Queensland Commissioner for Railways to abolish the system of fining railway employees is now in operation. The…

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Suspending Railway Awards. the Case Concludes. Mr. Beeby to Report to Mr. Justice Heydon

Co-operator · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 1

The hearing of the application of the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways for tho suspension of group awards that provide for…

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Tramway Traffic. Rozelle

Co-operator · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 7

105. That to obviate the risk of accident to conductors owing to their continual presence on the footboards, in building or re-modelling of cars…

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Railway Ambulance Rifle Club

Co-operator · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 7

A. meeting of the Wellington Railway Ambulance Rifle Club was held on the 15th inst., Superintendent Milne in the chair. The following…

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Railway Per. Way. Trangie

Co-operator · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 5

82. That fettlers reecive 11/- per day, and gangers 12/6 .per day. 83. That all metropolitan vacanciees be sent through the western…

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Motor Cycle Road Race

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 3

There were twenty-seven starters in the 100 miles motor cycle road race that was run on Tuesday over a course at Lithgow, and the finish was a most…

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Reduced Train Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 6

A deputation from Cooma and district, introduced by Mr. Miller, M.L.A., and Mr. F. Winchcombe, M.L.C., saw the Chief Commissioner for Railways yesterday regarding the…

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N.S.W. RAILWAYS Reduced Train Services Retrenching at Farmers' Expense

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 3

Indignation meetings are being held in all the country centre that are affected by the alterations and reductions made by the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners…

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Many Mishaps Train Climbs Upon Platform Railway Smash at Sydney Station

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

A sensational smash occurred at the Central Railway, Station Sydney, on Wednesday afternoon, when an empty passenger train smashed through on to…

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Three Against Twelve Magnificent Air Fight. British Drive Off Germans. One Aeroplane Wrecked. London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 1

The latest report by Eye-Witness, the official observer with the British headquarters staff, is dated Saturday last. It says-- "On the 19th the chief event was a successful…

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Motoring

The Land · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 16

The Australasian Motor Boat Championship was held on Saturday on Hobson's Bay, over a course measuring 19.3 miles. The Sydney representative, Kangaroo,…

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Motors

The Land · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 7

Individual electric motors throughout is a big feature of "The Land" equipment. Every machine in the building is equipped with an…

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A Railway Story

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 14

The engine emitted a warning cough The whistle was blown. and the train went off Correct to the nearest second; When a man from a window [?] a head…

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Down Steep Gorge. Motor Party's Experience, Wellington (N.z)

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 1

A motor party, consisting of two man and three woman, had a remarkable escape from death at the Buller Gorge this morning. The driver attempted to pass a lorry on a…

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The Tax on Motor. Time for Payment Expired

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

More than half of the owners of motor cars and motor cycles have net paid the tax upon their vehicles in accordance with the N.S.W. Finance (Taxation) Act. The owners…

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Fire Sricade's Mad Rush. Collides With a Motor Car

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

The kitchen and two rooms at Mrs. Molloy's residence, at West Kemensey (N.S.W.), was destroyed by fire on Monday morning. The firemen effected a…

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Fall From a Tram

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

A lad of eleven years, named Amos Smith, was assisting another boy to sell papers on a Coogee (Sydney) tram, when he fell off, and struck his head on the…

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North Coast Railway. Woolgoolga Deviation Cancelled

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 3

In a printed reply to a question asked Mr. Briner in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, the Minister for Works stated that the request for a…

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THE W.A. Railway Smash. a Verdict or Accidental Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

The coronial inquiry into the Trans-Australian brake-van accident, in which Thomas Keatney, Thomas Broderick, James M'Keown, and Patrick Hall were…

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A Child Run Over. Distressing Sydney tram Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

A little girl, edna May Hunt, [?] years of age, was knocked down and killed by a tram at Leichhardt (Sydney), on Wednesday evening. The child was…

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