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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

6,224 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Winter Meat May Be Dear Prices Certain to Go Up Why Not Frozen Meat? Railway That Would Keep Fat Sheep Cheap

Evening News · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 6

The winter just ahead of Sydney may be one of the worat formeat on record New South Wales has never seen a more several drought All over the…

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Fell From Tram Mosman Traveller Killed

Evening News · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 4

A fatal tram accident occurred in Avenue-road, Mosman, last night, when Henry Thomas Hugnes, 44 a commercial traveller, of Harbor-street, Morman…

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Railway-office Robbery Charge Against Porter Fails

Evening News · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 4

Joseph Shontall, 11, a railway porter, was charged at Liverpool Police Court with breaking and entering the booking office at Liverpool Station on January 17…

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A Railway Puzzle How Should the Shuntinn Be Done?

Evening News · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 7

Two [?] and the only…

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Motoring

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 15

Mr. Handley Page, whose aerial weight-carrying planes have developed so successfully, is confident that his latest machine can make a non-stop fight of 2500 miles at the rate of 100 miles per hour; thus a trip…

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Railway Officers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 7

Mr. Sydney Smith, secretary to the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Officers' Association, states that he has been informed by the Railway Department that it…

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Motoring the Need of Bridges At Spit and Tom Ugly's Point Cost of Petrol

The Sun · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 2

There is a strong feeling of dissatisfaction amongst travellers at the inadequate punt services provided on favorite routes…

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Newcastle Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Giving evidence before the Royal Commission on Greater Newcastle, Mr. E. J. Doran, traffic manager for the New South Wales tramways, said the loss last…

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Railway Deviation. Southern Line Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 10

WAGGA, Friday.--There has been much speclatio as to pending altorations on the main southern railway near Cootaimundra. The fact that heavy passenger line rails have been laid…

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Fatal Fall From Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 10

Last night, as the 6.50 tram from Mosman was swinging round a curve in Willoughby Road, Henry Thomas Hughes (44), a commercial traveller, living in Harbor Street,…

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Motoring. the Post-war English Car

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 3

At last has come some definite indication of what we may expect in the English car of the future, and some of the changes which war has wrought in the engine. The authority is…

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Run Down by Motor Car Smash at Broken Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 13

BROKEN HILL, Friday.--As Mr. and Mrs. Gear and their three children, living in Thomas Street, were returning home from a picture show last night, they were run down…

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Railway Carriages

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 10

Mr. R. T. Ball, Minister for Public Works, has written to the Minister for Health on the question of the alleged unsatisfactory condition or railway carriages. Attached to the…

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Railway Robbery. The Porter Acquitted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 12

At the Liverpool Court on Thursday Joseph Shontall, 23, a railway porter, recently employed at Liverpool railway station, was charged with breaking and…

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Wrecking a Bridge Airman's Amazing Deed Thirty Miles Behind Hun Lines

The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1919 · page 11

The bridge was thirty miles behind the German lines. It had to be destroyed, and quickly, too. So it was decided to do it in rather a novel…

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South Australian Danger Considered Nearly Over Stranded N.S.W. People May Leave by Special Non- Stop Train ADELAIDE

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1919 · page 2

There has been one death in Adelaide during the week, and in that instance the victim was subject to pneumonia. His father and mother recently returned…

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The Mirror Page for the Golden Age a Speech Cut Very Short Freckles and His Friends—a Ride in the Train

The Mirror · Sunday 16 February 1919 · page 8

1.—"What's the matter?" cried Bob. when he found his sister Sue in tears. "Boo hoo," she sobbed, "Tommy Trigg upset the cart and pulled my hair…

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Strike Struggle in Britain. Railway Officials May Go Out. Demands of Hotel Employees Granted. LONDON, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1919 · page 1

The electricians deputation announced that they received no satisfaction at the interview with the Minister for Labor this afternoon…

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World Traffic Control by League of Nations the Freeing of Water Transport. To Prevent Any State Blocking Free Passage of Goods to Another. Scheme for Control of Rivers, Railways, and Ports. International Adjustment of Labor. PARIS, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1919 · page 1

It appears likely that the Conference will create an International Air Commission and draft a scheme for aerial communications…

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Motoring an Australian Six Assembling Cars in Australia

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1919 · page 8

According to Mr. Fred Gordon, of Messrs. F. H. Gordon, Ltd., the car of the future will be built, or, rather, assembled, in Australia, and…

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