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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

6,224 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

In Odd Moments An odd moment is not necessarily a nod moment. the Harbor Road

The Australian Worker · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 13

Some take the grey road, And some take the red, And some take the green road, With leaves overhead…

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Central Railway Station. Bona Fide Travellers Only

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 7

The Railway Commissioners, so as to a[?]sist the health authorities, have given Instructions that the Central Railway Station will be closed to all but bona-fide train travellers…

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Trams and Trains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 7

"Lidcombe" urges that the Railway Commissioners should immediately consider the question of overcrowding in trams and trains, in view of the danger they constitute as…

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Railway Workers Out of Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 8

For some time past, on the expectation of employment being available on the construction of the Humula-Tumbarumba railway, many men went in search of work there…

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Use on the Trams. Conductors Insistent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 6

Mr. Warton, secretary to the Tramway E[?]ployees' Union, said yesterday that the mem-bers were determined that all passengers on the trams should wear masks. Conductors…

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Unmasked People "Source of Great Danger" Tramway Officials'View

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 8

"During the busy hours of the day the trams are overcrowded, and as quite a number of the travelling public are not wearing masks, it is…

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No Rush to Country Railway Traffic Normal Few "Nosebags"

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 8

Business at the Central-Railway Station affords no indication of impending panic among, the citizens of Sydney. Traffic remains normal, and few…

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Tramp From Nymagee. Police Sergeant's Disguise

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

For some months a school of two-up had been thriving in the vicinity of the Leichhardt Canal, and it was not until the police adopted an ingenious strategem that it was broken up…

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Cheap Meat. Stock Operator's Solution. Construction of Three Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

That the linking up of the northern and southern States by more direct railway communication would solve the question of providing the public with cheap meat is the…

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Kingsgrove Road

The Propeller · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 1

Members of Hurstville Parliament, With profit will your time be spent, Inspecting just one road (not long), This week the burden of my song…

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Train Held Up On Trans-Australian Line MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 8

Latest particulars regarding the holding up of a train on the Trans- Australian line show that, including the crew, there are between 70 and 80…

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East-west Train Stopped. a Federal Protest. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 8

The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Groom) received an intimation to-day that it was the intention of the Western Australian Government to hold up the western-bound…

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Railway and Tramway Boxing

Arrow · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 5

Mr. George Gerrard, hon. secretary of the sports and social committee, Railway and Tramway Institute, asks for space for the following:—…

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New South Head-road. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 5

Sir,—The Government, when subdividing the grounds of the late residence of the State Governor, widened New South Head-road considerably, but the Woollahra Council, in…

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Motor Cycling

Arrow · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 3

The Newcastle Motor-cycling Club have a [?] Acceleration Test for to-morrow afternoon. All three returned to Newcastle on Monday night…

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Motor Cycle Win and Fastest Time to J. Mostyn

Arrow · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 4

There were only nine starters—a most disappointing field—for the Lithgow Club's annual 50 miles open road race, decided on the Hartley circuit on…

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Motor Cycle Club of N.s.w

Arrow · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 4

The social reliability trial to Katoomba of the M.C.C. of N.S." Wales was a huge success, notwithstanding the fact that it was organised on the shortest notice…

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Through Forest Fire Tourists' Thrilling Trip Motor Car Surrounded by Flames

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 1

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Railway Travellers Must Wear Masks

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 7

A by -low was passed by the Executive Council to- day compelling all persons travelling by train or by tram in any part of New South Wales, or an…

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Standing in Trams Tram Men's. Decision Requests to Commissioners

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 7

At a special meeting this morning, the executive of the Government Tramway Employees Union decided to write to the department asking: --…

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