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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

6,224 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Tram Guards' Claim. Special Rates Desired

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 6

Members of the Amalgamated Hallway and Tramway Service Association are discontented with existing conditions of remuneration. Those…

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Masks for Rail and Tram Men

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 6

COVERING THE WIRE SHAPES AT THE RAILWAY INSTITUTE…

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"John Bridge" Reports. WOOL

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 3

The Drought.—So far no tangible relief has been experienced. Scattered showers have fallen, but have been mainly confined to the Northern…

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Tried to Pass Train Motor Cyclist Killed Perth (W.a.)

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 2

Thomas Hynes Blake, town clerk and engineer of Cottesloe Municipality, was killed yesterday. He was riding a motor bicycle from the Council…

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Live Stock Trams. Railway Commissioners' Reply. Comparisons with Other States

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

The Graziers' Association of New South Wales has taken up the question of live stock transit on the railways. Mr. J. B. Crumble was deputed by the…

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Western Railway Reorganisation Reports BATHURST

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 8

There are persistent reports of projected reorganisation in the working of the western railway. Should the proposals be carried out, many hundreds of…

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Mountain Tracks Reducing Engine Haulage Railway Officials Busy

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

Some day the N.S.W Railway Department will have perfected a scheme for mountain traffic which will get [?] the double engine method, and at the…

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An Exciting Motor Trip. Travelling Through Bush Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

An exciting trip in a motor-car, through a burning forest was the experience of a party of tourists journeying from Wagga (N.S.W.) to…

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Railway Advance Solving the Problem of Cheap Meat for Australia. Cross Country Condition

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 3

Mr. T. A. Field, the well-known carcase butcher, who is interested also in a number of pastoral holding in New South Wales and Queensland, claims…

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Land Settlement and Railway Development Repatriation Work Commonwealth Military Areas for Soldiers' Farms. the Liverpool District

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 3

In the Commonwealth military areas at Liverpool and Eckersley (N.S.W.) there are a number of old farms that formerly gave excellent returns to…

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Misadventures Tramway-man Killed While Removing a Pole. Pinned in a Hole

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

On Saturday last, Lawrence Ryan, of Alexandria (Sydney), an employee of the N.S.W. Tramway Department, was fatally injured at the Esplanade,…

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Tramway Strike. No Settlement in Perth. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 6

Representatives of the Tramway Union conferred on Saturday with the Acting Premier (Mr. Colebatch), with a view to effecting a settlement of the tram strike, but the…

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Injured on Railway Compensation Claim

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 3

To-day on application was made to Judge Scholes, under the Workmen's Compensation Act, in the Metropolitan District Court, by Patrick O'Brien,…

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Fire on Motor Ship Men Cut Off by Flames

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 8

A fire broke out shortly after 8 o'clock this morning in the for'ard part of the new Commonwealth motor ship Coolcha, which was moored at a wharf…

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Railways and Tramways War Fund

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

The lion secretary, Mr. C. A. Hodgson, announces that from November 23 to December 23, £702 10s 4d had been…

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The Railways & Tramways the Sydney Tramway System. No 4

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

During the Commonwealth celebrations, January, 1901, the tramways were taxed, to their utmost capacity, the number of passengers carried during the New…

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On a Mail Train Orton Park Sensation Larsen Pleads Guilty to One Charge BATHURST

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 4

The Bathurst Quarter Sessions Court was crowded this morning, when Wolfren Larsen was charged—(1) with having, on December 2, at Orton Park, being armed…

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Federal Threat May Close Transcontinental Railway

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

[?] Wednesday [?] of the [?] consider [?]…

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Motoring Auto Run Abandoned Through Epidemic

Referee · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 11

The outbreak of influenza caused the Automobile Club of Australia to abandon its opening run and speed judging contest, which was arranged for last…

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Newcastle Sport Novice Boxing Tournament, Cricket, Sailing, Motoring

Referee · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

The opening bouts of the novice boxing tournament at the Imperial Pavilion on Saturday night were exceptionally well attended, and provided some very interesting and attractive boxing,…

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