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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

6,224 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

The Australian Railway Muddle a Suggestion for the Way Out

Construction and Local Government Journal · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 16

The Interstate Board of Engineers has presented its report on the many devices which have, been submitted to the various Governments to overcome or militate…

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Two Years More Control of Britain's Railways LONDON, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 1

Lord [?] chairman of the Great Eastern Railway Company, has announced that the Government control of railways will be continued…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 9

A net profit of £5256 is shown in the report of the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company for the half-year ended December 31. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent…

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Labour Upheaval. Railway Strikes Settled. London, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 7

The railway strike has been settled. Details of the settlement are not disclosed, but it is expected that the London railwaymen will return to-day. Urgent messages…

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"Won't Be Beaten" Public and Strikes Transport Expedients Many Railways Still Idle LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 6

The Londoners' attitude towards the strikers may be summarised by the general remark: "We won't be beaten. While the union negotiators and the…

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South Africa's Unemployment. Government Against Railway Works. Capetown

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 5

A Johannesburg message states that the Union Government is being urged to take steps immediately to deal with the unemployment problem by opening new mines, building…

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Labor Tumult. Railway Trouble Ends. 60,000 Idle in Belfast. Threat at Glasgow. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 5

The railway strike has been settled. Details of the terms are not yet disclosed, but it is expected that the…

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Mountains' Needs. Railway Improvements

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 4

LITHGOW, Sunday.--The Railway Commissioners are carrying out a steady scheme of improvements throughout the west, including operations at Cullen Bullen, Ben Bullen,…

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"John Bridge" Reports. WOOL

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

The Drought.—The recent rains in this Statu were confined to a very small area, and those, which fell in the far North-West were nullified by the…

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Liverpool Roads Objection to War Prisoners' Work

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

At the last [?] at Liverpool Council Alberman L. J. Auber[?] mentioned he had been interest by a Federal [?] when on a recent visit chat the wish…

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Coming by Train. What Did Happen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

Lance-Corporal Hardy, one of the spokesmen of the Argylishire men, stated in an interview:--"We wanted to come on to Sydney by train. The train was in readiness, but we were…

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Mangled by Train Glen Innes

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 8

The body of Mrs. Henry George Priest, wife of an old age pensioner, was found horribly mutilated on the railway line half a mile from the…

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Boarding a Moving Train. Man Killed at Ersklnoville

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

In attempting to board a moving tram at Erskineville (Sydney) railway station on Friday last, a man slipped and fell between the platform and the…

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North Coast Traffic. by Boat or Train. Medical Inspection Suggested

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 6

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Perry, Zuill, and Nesbit, Ms.L.A., representing the North Coast, and Mr. Millard, M.L.A., representing the South Coast, watted on the Minister…

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American Railways Proposed Profit Sharing New York, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 6

The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" states that the leaders have organised the railway employees of the United States. [?]bering 1,000,000…

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Railway Smash Kills Many People Foul Play Suspected PARIS, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

There was a sensational outcome of an inquiry into a railway accident at Nanteuil last week, in which a number of persons were killed through…

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Flocks and Herds—breeding and Feeding Cheap Meat Problem Mr. T. Field's Railway Proposals Receive Support. a Simple Solution

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 6

Mr. C. F. Welch, of the finn of Harrison. Jones and Devlin, in the course of a long letter in support of Mr. T. Field's proposal for the linking up of…

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Live Stock on the Railways. How They Are Mishandled

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 7

Mr. Guy F. Wright tells what happened recently:— will you kindly allow me through your valuable columns, to Point out one of…

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Solution of the Meat Problem. Build the Railways Now. the Australian Viewpoin

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

I have read with considerable interest Mr. T. A. Field's very able expes[?]ion of the need for the Baking-up of the States by more direct railway…

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Federal Quarantine Powers. East-west Railway Traffic. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 7

At a conference which took place this afternoon between the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Watt, the Minister for Customs, Mr. Massy Greene, the Acting Attorney-General,…

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