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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

6,224 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Inverell-coff's Harbor Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 4

Enthusiastic public meetings have been held at Tingha and Guyra, to further the interests of the Inverell-Coff's Harbor railway construction via Guyra…

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Glen-innes Inverell Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 3

A public meeting was held at Glen Innes on February 15 to consider a letter from the Inverell Chamber of Commerce regarding the proposed…

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Ballina-booyong Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 4

Mr. G. Nesbitt, M.L.A., has received a letter from the Under-Secretary for Works, stating that the Ballina-Booyong railway proposal will receive…

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Wool Carried on Railways

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 18

Wool, being one of the staple products of the State, forms one of the most important items of railway freight, as regards the quantity carried and the…

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Railway Rest Houses

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 18

About two years after the late Mr. Eddy and his colleagues, Messrs. Fehon and Oliver, assumed office in 1888, they paid special attention to the question of…

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Wagga. Railway Revenue

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 12

The total revenue of Wagga Railway Station for January was £2796 18s 6d. The goods traffic was:--Inwards, 980 tons general goods and 1659 tons miscellaneous,…

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Inverell. Railway Wanted

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 13

The agitation throughout the north and north-west for the construction of a railway line from Inverell to the main northern line, and thence to the coast,…

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Henty. Billabong Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 15

For the past four weeks a special gang of plate-layers has laid over ten miles of rails on the line to Billabong. ACCIDENT…

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Rush Traffic. by Train and Tram. Mr. Fraser Suggests a Remedy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 6

The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Fraser) referred yesterday to the constant complaints made in the Press in regard to the overcrowding of trains and trams, and…

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South Australians. Special Train Arranged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 6

ADELAIDE. Wednesday.--The State Government has made arrangements to bring stranded South Australians from New South Wales and Victoria. The Premier, Mr. Peake, says…

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East-to-west Train. Transport of Goods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Arrangements have been made between the Commonwealth Commissioner of Railways and the health authorities of Wost Australia whereby goods…

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Train Travellers Fined Lady Who Wouldn't Mask

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 5

The following persons were each fined £1 and 8s busts at the Newtown Court to-day for travelling unmasked on trains:--Francis Joseph Keogh…

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Shunting Accident Train Crashes Into Dead End ORANGE

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 4

A shunting accident occurred in the local railway yards yesterday morning, when a passenger carriage containing four second and three first class…

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Railways and Tramways

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 2

sAlthough the population of Austr[?] grown considerably in recent [?] the war the railway [?]…

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Ebert's Rocky Road Situation in Germany Serious Extremists Run Huge Strikes No Coal for Government (Reuter's Telegrams) LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Berlin states that the situation in Germany daily grows more precarious owing to the great activity of the…

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Stealing by Finding Charge Against Motor Mechanic

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 2

Walter Walson, 23, motor meeting was charged at the Central Police Court[?] with standing [?] on the [?]…

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Anti-maskers Railway Inspectors Alert Prosecutions at Newtown and Paddington

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 5

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An Early Motor "The Steam Horse" Mr. Gurney's Improved Steam Carriage

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 6

Here is the story of the first motor car — Mr. Gurney, in perfecting this invention (says the London "Mirror" of…

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Log on the Railway Wilton Before the Court

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 8

Frederick Wilton, 18, was, at the North Sydney Police Court, to-day, charged with having, at Roseville, on February 18, placed pieces of wood on the railway…

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