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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

6,224 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Wood on Railway Wilton Again Remanded

The Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 8

Frederick' Wilton, 18, a clerk, was again before Mr. Clarke, S.M., at the North Sydney Police Court to-day, charged with having, on February 18…

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Motor-car Overturns

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 6

BATHURST, Monday.--At the foot of Rorke's Hill, on the Bathurst-Orange Road, on Sunday, a motor car, driven and owned by R. G. Edgell,…

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Repairs to Belmore Bridge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

The Belmore Bridge, at Maitland, is being repaired. As insufficient timber is available the work of re-decking it has been held up. More than a…

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Trans-continental Train. State Prevents Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 10

PERTH, Tuesday.--Cabinet has decided to reject the Commonwealth conditions for the resumption of the trans-continental railway service. It insists that if an influenza case occurs…

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Randwick Loan £100,000 Approved Good Roads and Drainage

The Sun · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 8

At a special meeting of the Randwick Council on Monday night the Mayor, Alderman Goldstein submitted a loan proposal in the form of a minute…

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Cyclonic Storm Debris on Line Blocks Train WAGGA

Evening News · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 5

One of the most severe storms experienced for many years broke over the [?] districts of the town yesterday afternoon. The wind struck Box Accord…

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Memorial to Railway and Tramway Soldiers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 18

The Railway Commissioners have decided to erect in the garden, on the western side of Sydney Station, a monument to the memory of members of the…

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The Railways & Tramways

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 18

The aim of these notes is to provide news of the great railway and tramway services of New South Wales, and while avoiding matter of a technical nature, to furnish general readers with matter of interest. The page is conducted by Mr. F. F. Vogel, an old and highly respected member of the railway service…

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New Motor-bus Service Woollahra to Randwick Hospital

Evening News · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 3

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Railway Employee Charged. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 13

William Taylor, a railway employee, who was arrested last week and charged with stealing a bag of chaff from the raliway premises, was before the court to-day. Accused,…

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Railway Workers Want Compensation. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 13

A request was made to the Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Groom) to-day by a deputation, consisting of the leader of the Labour party, Mr. Tudor, Senator Needham…

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Motor Vessels. Construction of Large Unit in Glasgow

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

The British twin-screw Diesel-engined vessel "Glenapp," which has just been built by a Glasgow shipyard, is, according to the local press, the…

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Henty-billabong Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 5
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

URANGELINE, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the Henty-Billabong Railway League at Pleasant Hills School of Arts, Mr. H. W. Milthorpe presiding, it was decided to write to…

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New Tram Car

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

A new tram car ran for the first time recently on the Yass Town-Junction line. The car is of the. C.C.A. class, and seats 90 passengers, is lighted by air gas, and…

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Here and There Country Conditions and Wants Water for Railways

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have been obtaining water at Singleton for 8d per 1000 gallons, but the Singleton Municipal Council has decided to ask them to pay…

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Loss of a Motor Cycle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

An interesting decision was recently given by a Victorian Court, in a case where the plaintiff sued a firm of motor mechanics for the return of a motor…

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Orange Railway Yards

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 12

The accidents happening at the end of the Orange Railway Yards, which abut on to the main thoroughfare of the town, has formed the subject of…

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