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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

6,291 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

London Motor Show. Ouympia's Great Display. London, Nov. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 7

Olympia is a vast building, but it was all too small for the rush to the motor show. Certainly this was the first motor show since war laid its blighting hand upon the world,…

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Motor Car Overturns. Woman Killed. Accident on Anzac-parade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 13

A motoring accident occurred in Anzacparade, Moore Park Yesterday morning. As a result one of the occupants of the car was killed, and thre others were injured…

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Armed Hold-up. Railway Station Robbery. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 13

The junior clerk in charge of the Perthville railway station, during the night. Folick Albort Pedren, aged 18, has reported that carly this morning he was held up by masked…

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Railwaymen. Wages Dispute. Settlement Reached. London, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 13

The railwaymen's leaders, who are now in a narrow majority, have accepted a settlement on the basis of the Government's offer…

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Motor Cycling. St. George Club

The St George Call · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

The St. George M.C.C. are holding a social outing to Wollongong, next Sunday, 18th inst., leaving Carroll's corner, Rockdale, at 9 a.m. sharp. It is…

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St. George Motor Ambulance

The St George Call · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

The Kogarah School of Arts ladies are arranging a euchre party and dance at the institution on Wednesday next, 21st inst., in aid of the funds of the…

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Motoring Brighter Prospects More Cars for Sydney

The Sun · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

Cable advices received this week point to an early improvement in the supply of American cars for the Sydney market…

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Dingle's Tragic Story The Man Who Found Out Terrific Waste on Railways Why Fares Go Higher and Higher

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 4

There is £1,000,000 worth of steel, timber, and fittings abandoned on the per way by the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners. Until a system of "Save More" is put into operation, railway, fares and freights must continue to soar…

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Secret History a Major's Fearful Blunder -- In the Days of the Censor --Preparing for Foreign Affairs--A Comedy by Railway Commissioners

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 19

[?]id that the "Farmers' Party" intends to put the gun on Hughes if he purposes to take Hector Lamond into the Ministry…

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Motoring. Punishing Car Thieves

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 3

Those who advocate that the law in Australia should be amended to provide more severe punishment for car thieves should receive encouragement from the example of the United…

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Railway Dispute Settled. London, January 13

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 11

The railwayman's leaders state that a nar[?]ow majority of the men have accepted a settlement of the railway dispute, on the basis of the Government offer…

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Fatal Motor Smash. Early Morning Episode. One Killed, Three Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 11

About 3.30 a.m. yesterday a fatal motorcar accident happened in Anzac Parade, about 200 yards from Flinders Street, Darlinghurst. A motor-car containing five people, including…

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Railway Porter Bailed-up. About £60 Taken

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 11

BATHURST, Friday.--The usually quiet station of Perthville, about six milles from Bathurst, was the scene of a daring armed and masked robbery during the early hours of this…

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Decapitated by Train MELBOURNE

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1920 · page 2

Richard Hevey, 60, was killed by a train at Little River last night, through his foot catching in a signal wire while crossing the line. His head was severed…

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CO-OPERATION Railway and Tramway Employees Get Together

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1920 · page 2

At a meeting in the Protestant Hall, the railway and tramway employees decided to form a co-operative society. The meeting was fully representative and all…

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Tram and Motor Collide Woman Seriously injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1920 · page 2

Vera Filmer, 36, a resident of Miller-street, North Sydney, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night with a fractured skull, the result of a collision…

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Another Smash Tram and Motor Car Girl's Skull Fractured

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1920 · page 2

Owing to a collision between a tram car and a motor car at about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a young woman named Vera…

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MOTORING Commercial Motor Makes Great Headway

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1920 · page 11

The Commercial motor is making great headway, and there are probably more lorries, trucks, etc., running in this State than any other two Stales combined in…

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Motor Registrations

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1920 · page 7

The motor registrations for the week ending January 14, in addition to renewals, were:—Cars, 75; motor cycles, [?]; lorries, 15; and taxi-cab, 1; making a total of 146. The Ford,…

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Motor Cycling New World's Record

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1920 · page 8

The performances of Coleman at Auckland, N.Z., on Januury 12. in which he made two world's records, are the first Australasian successes in a new field of sport. This is largely…

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