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Railways, roads & transport, 1917

6,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 250

Motor Car Owner Injured. While Trying to Save Car From Flames

Evening News · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 6

While [?] to [?] a fire which [?] in a motor [?] at the rear of be [?] street, Red[?] on Monday night, [?]…

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Canada's Great Gift. Railway Lines From Western Front

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

Mr. Frank Coffee, of Sydney, who recently returned from a trip to America, gives some interesting information as to what Canada is doing in connection with…

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Land Settlement and Railway Development. Soldier Settlers Problems in Repatriation a Minister's Reply to His Critics

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 3

The areas of the farms being granted to soldiers, under the repatriation scheme, was one of the subjects discussed at a meeting of the Wagga…

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Batlow-gilmore Tramway. Tho Minister's Further Referance[?]

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 3

Making further reference to the pro-posal to construct a wooden tramline from the Batlow timber and fruit country to the railway station at Gilmore, the N.S.W…

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Anxious Times Ahead. The Working of the Railways

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 5

In the course of hit remarks to a deputation from the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Federated Black-smiths' Union, which waited upon him…

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The Motorist's Opportunity. To Save Money

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 3

To buy motor accessories of all kinds at specially reduced pries is am opportunity that seldom occurs. It will therefore be welcome news to motorists that…

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The Chillacoe Railway. The Proposed Purchase Vetoed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 4

The [?] and Etheridge (Q.) railways Purchase Bill has been vetoed by the Select Committee, to which the measure was referred on january 30th last…

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Merriwa Railway Line. Merriwa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 8

The Merriwa railway line reached the local platform to-day. Nearly five years have been occupied in constructing 50 miles…

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District Court. (Before Judge Docker and a jury.) Tram Collision. Winning v R. and T. Commissioner. Midson v R. and T. Commissioner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 4

John Osborne Winning, of Milner-road, Guildford, miner, claimed £200 from the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways in connection with a collision between a…

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Sick and Wounded Soldiers. Notice to Motor Car Owners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 6

A contingent of sick and wounded soldiers for different States will disembark to-morrow morning. Motor care numbered on the register of the Red Cross Society from 19 to…

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Transport of Stock. Statement by Railway Authorities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 5

In Saturday's issue we published a statement forwarded by a correspondent, "C.R.," as follows:—"Four newly-calved cows in full milk that were being trucked on the railways to…

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Railway Men's Pay. London, Feb. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 7

A mass meeting of railway men, which was held in Birmingham, protested against the refusal of the companies to adopt a sliding scale to meet the cost of living. A…

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Here and There Stolen Tram Ride

The Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 6

One penny, conscience money, was received by the Tramway Department this morning. Street Collision In the District Court case in which John…

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Last Night's Rain Series of Local Storms Trams Derailed

The Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 3

Last night's storm was the outcome of a series of unusual local disturbances. Yesterday Sydney was under the edge of this particular storm, but the city proper did not…

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Sick and Wounded Soldiers Notice to Motor Car Owners

The Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 7

A contingent of sick and wounded soldiers for different States will disembark to-morrow morning. Motor cars numbered on the register of . the Rod Cross Society from 19 to…

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Railway Time-Tables

The Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 8

Mr. W. A. Oakley writes:--For fully six weeks now I have been endeavoring to obtain a New South Wales Government time-table, and during that time I…

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Railway Men. Increased Wages Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 5

LONDON. Monday.--A mass meeting of railway men at Birmingham protested against the conquians' refusal of a sliding scale to meet the copt of living…

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East-west Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Monday.--The Minister for Works and Railways, Senator Lynch, is in receipt of a report that, for the week ended February 9, two miles 16 chains of rails were…

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