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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

6,224 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Dorrigo's Appeal. Mountain Cuttings Break Away. Road Traffic Blocked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 6

DORRIGO.—A serious breakaway of the mountain cutting on the main road between Dorrigo and Bellingen has occurred. All heavy traffic has been suspended, creating a serious…

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Aerial Route. Party's Arrival at Roma. Atrocious Main Roads. Roma (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 7

Mr. Lloyd's aerial survey party arrived here last night from Yeulba, en route to Charleville, where the party will halt for a few days to survey and lay down the first…

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No Royal Road to Cheap Meat Producers Make Their Report Reply to Cabinet's Wild-Cat Scheme

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 17

In October last representatives of the Government placed before the Producers' Association Central Council proposals relative to the meat industry…

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Proposed Railway Deviation. Railway League Formed

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 3

In connection wit the suggested railway deviation which it is proposed to make from either Cootamundra West or Yeo Yeo, a very largely attended meeting was held at the…

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Railway Wanted

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 12

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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Motor Cycle What Happens in the Endurance Tests

Arrow · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 5

The committee of the up-to-date Northern Suburbs Club have made available the competitors cards for the recent 24 hours' trial, in which eight of the 26…

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Motor Cycling

Arrow · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 3

The Newcastle Motor Cycling Club's social run to Swansea last Sunday turned out a great success, a large number talking part…

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Land Settlement and Railway Development N.s.w. Soldiers' Settlement Farmer and Settler " Representative's Visit to the Soldiers' Poultry Farms at Bankstown a Bright Outlook for the Settlers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 3

When the Returned Soldiers' Settlement Branch of the N.S.W. Department of Lands decided to establish a poultry-farming settlement on the…

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Misadventures Disastrous Railway Accident in Italy. Many Soldiers Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

While an Italian troop train was climbing a steep ascent, and bad readied a height of 13,000 feet, near Trieste, on Sunday, seven coaches,…

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Railway Building

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 7

Mr. Jos. Hancey, Quirindi, writes:— A good deal has been said and proposed [?] this line going from Sydney via Bourke to the Gulf Country. Let…

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Cycle and Motor Car Collide. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 8

A collision between a motor cycle driven by Robert McNelly, a returned soldier, and a motor car driven by Miss Webb (daughter of the Mayor), and also containing Mrs. Webb…

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Inverell and North Coast. Proposed Railway. Rival Routes. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 7

A conference was held here yesterday to consider the question of linking up the North-west railway system from Inverell to the tablelands. About 150 attended the…

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Railway Prosecutions

The Propeller · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 1

At the Kogarah Police Court on Monday Inspector Morris, of the Railway Department, proceeded against several persons…

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Crowded Railway Trains

The Propeller · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 1

Complaints are rife as to the state of affairs now existing on the overtaxed Illawarra line. Ald. Martin told the Rockdale…

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Cowra Alderman Charged. Alleged Railway Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

COWRA, Thursday.--Ald. William Taylor arrested yesterday morning and charged with stealing chaff from the railway goods-shed. He was brought before the Court, and remanded…

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Indoor Restrictions. Churches on Sunday. What of Theatres and Hotels? Significant Railway Arrangements

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

The public is eagerly awaiting the result of to-night's deliberations of the Medical Consultative Council and the State Cabinet on the subject of indoor restrictions…

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The Train Service

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 1

At the meeting of the St. Marys' Council on Monday night last, the following communication was read from the office of the Railway Commissioners in…

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The Bad Roads Trouble

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 5

Mr. R. L. McCracken, president of the St. Luke's Park Progress Association, writes:—"I notice in the last issue of "The Argus" there is some indication that the…

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