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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

6,291 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Mosman Tram Fares

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 1

The question of protesting to the Railway Commissioners against the recent increase of the fares on the George's Heights and Athol lines from 2¼d to 3d…

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Motoring Motor Shows a Big Success Another in October : Auto-Cycle Association Gets Busy

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 15

Few, if any, of those connected with the motor business dreamt of the eight days' motor show held by the Motor Traders' Association being the great…

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Casualties. Railway Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 9

James Rendall, 14, of Frederick-street, St. Peters, who was seriously injured at Sydenham railway station on Monday night, died at the Prince Alfred Hospital a few hours…

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British Railway Crisis. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 11

Sir Eric Geddes (Minister for Transport), replying to Mr. J. H. Thomas in connection with the railwaymen's reject[?] of the standard wage offer, points out that, as Cabinet laid…

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Railway Leaders. Will Not Lead Strike. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 11

Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P. (secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen), and other leaders, threaten that they will not load another strike…

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The Day of the Motor: Fine Show in Sydney

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 19

The Motor Traders' Association of N.S. Wales conducted a fine automotive display in the Hall of Industries at the Agricultural Grounds, Sydney, from January 2nd to the 10th inclusive. The attendance of the public on each and every day of the exhibition was an overwhelming evidence of the interest taken by the public in things automotive. In some ways the show Was premature—many of the latest models have not yet arrived—yet it was a great success. IN that remote, almost prehistoric, period known as…

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A New Invention — a Money Saver for Motorists

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 7

Innumerable cases have occurred in the past of Australians inventing devices and being unable to place them on the local market through…

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Motor Traction Motor Show. Big Exhibition

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 7

Saturday night last was the conclusion of the big motor exhibition in the Hall of Industries, Royal Agricultural Ground. The, exhibits shown…

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Some Tall Motoring Figures

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 7

A recent computation shows that there are 6,000,000 automobiles of all kinds in use in the United States today. This indicates that at an…

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Balmoral Tram

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 5

The Mosman Council last night decided to approach the Railway Commissioners to urge that the Balmoral train should be carried beyond the…

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British Railwaymen. Cabinet to Consider Position. London, January 10

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 9

The Minister for Transport (Sir Eric Geddes), replying to the railwayman's leader (Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P.) on the question of the reelection of the Government's proposals, points…

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The Aeroplane and Rain

The Australian Worker · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 9

Aeroplanes and dust combined may yet bring rain to dry lands, if there ia moisture in the air. Often, in drought, rain falls; but the…

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'Plane Blocks Train Wings Across Railway LONDON, January 12

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

A curious incident is reported from Peterborough. A Handley-Page passenger machine, which was forced to descend at Werrington, escaped from…

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National Roads. Position in This State

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 4

The Minister for Local Government welcomes the proposal to establish a branch of the National Roads Association in Now South Wales. He believes it would be a matter of the…

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Youth Fatally Injured. Attempting to Board Train

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- At Flinders Street railway station, shortly before 6 o'clock last night, William Cummings(16), of Ngarveno Street, Moonee Ponds, was fatally injured in…

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National Roads. Australian Association. Branch in N.s.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 7

A gathering of commercial men and of people interested in motoring decided at a meeting held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Tuesday to take stops for the…

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Juvenile Joy-Riders Daily Tram Thrills Motorists to Act

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 1

Parents police pedestrians, tran[?] and the N.S.W. Automobile Association are confronted by a common problem— that of the joy-riding urchin who robs…

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Railway Motor Cars. Country Service Facilities

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 3

A demand is setting in from the country for rail motor services on the branch railway lines. A motor, petrol-driven, is fitted up to haul a load along the railway, and, as this…

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My Tramps Abroad. Italy

Watchman · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 3

'Tis delightful to think about Italy. I wish my own country enjoyed more the sunshine and blue sky of that land. I started in January, 1905, arriving at…

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Motor Cycling

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

The Northern Suburbs Cycle Club will on February 7 and 9 hold a 24 hours trial over a [?] of [?] miles. controls will be played at [?]…

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