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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

6,291 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

The Railways Charges of Maladministration. the Need for a Royal Commission

The Land · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 11

At the last conference of the F.S.A., held in Sydney during September, I moved: "That a Royal Commission be appointed to inquire into the whole of…

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Motor Cycling Racing for Holiday

Arrow · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

The sole-absorbing topic in motor cycling circles just now is the racing at Hartley on Monday, under the auspices of the Lithgow Motor Cycle Club. The…

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Motor Yachting

Arrow · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

The rain [?] returned wounded soldiers were not [?] the labour outing by the Motor Yacht Club last Saturday afternoon The commodious motor launch Rex was engaged…

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Motors and Motorists Good Boads Wanted

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 10

A champion cyclist from another State recently visited Bulli Pass and other beauty spots in the company of Sydney men. They expected him to rave over…

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Motor Smash Miss Neville's Death Evidence at Inquiry

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 6

The sensational motor smash which occurred in Anzac parade, Moore Park, shortly after 3 a.m. last Friday was called at an inquiry held to-day by the…

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Land Settlement and Railways Repatriation Too Much Delay in the Settlement of Soldiers. States to Speed Up

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

The Commonwealth Minister for Repatriation (Senator Millen) is calling for detailed reports upon the manner in which the various states are…

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Faulty Brakes. a Motor-car Overturned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

A motor-car containing three adults and three children which was being driven by a man named G. Yates, from [?]…

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Rail Motor-cars the New Service on the N.s.w. North Coast. Libmore-grafton Line

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

The general secretary of the Primary Producers Union (Mr. M. P. Dunlop), in response to numerous inquiries from members of the various branches for…

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Water and Railways. Australia's Great Needs

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 7

It took thousands of years to render the country now watered by the Nile in Egypt immune from drought and famine. It is only after ages that a…

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Queeesland Railway Proposals Brisband, Thursday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly the Mlulstor for Railways gave notice to conslder resolution, approving of six proposod new [?] or branches, The now [?] include an…

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Anniversary Regatta. Motor-boat Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 9

Following are the handicaps for the motor-boat races to be held at the Anniversary Regatta:- For boats having a speed of 10 miles and under, 5[?]in:…

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Railwaymen's Wages. (To the Editor of "The Propeller")

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

Sir,--I was glad to see Mr. Maguire's letter in last week's issue. All I want to do is to point out that Mr. Bagnall's vote was given in the…

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St. George Motor Club

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 1

Motor cyclists may now obtain conditions for the St. George Motor Cycle Club's sealed toolbox reliability trial, to take place…

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The Dumbleton Tram. To the Editor of "The Propeller."

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

Sir,--Mr. Macken still talks of "in sisting upon the immediate construction of the Dumbleton tram." He is also "conservative enough to support…

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The Living Wage. Railwaymen's Anomalies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

A meeting of the New south Wales Purllamentary Labor Party yesterday decided to appoint a deputation to watt on the Chlef Railway Commissioner, "to ascertain the reason,…

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Motor Accident. Man Killed Near Yass

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

YASS, Thursday.--Mr. Joseph Winter a Well-known resident and a former storekeeper here, was killed as the result of a motor accident on the Good Hope Road about five…

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The Smallest British Aeroplane

The World's News · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 13

That well-known aeroplane designer, Mr. Frederick Koolhoven, F.R.Ae.S., has sprung a surprise on the Aircraft industry by producing a little "joy-flier" pure and simple, the B.A.T. "Crow," which may best be described as "the motor-cycle of the air." The price of this novel and convenient machine will be between £300 and £400…

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By the Way National Roads

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 17

AMERICA was first in the field with an ocean-to-ocean road. Canada is following with a £2,000,000 road, to be known as the "Canadian Highway,"…

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Sydney-road at Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 2

The overseer (Mr. Mitchell) reported to Tuesday's meeting of the council that Mr. Jenkins, engineer for main roads, had inspected the portions of the Sydney-road…

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Railway Fatality Alighted From Moving Train. Death of Mrs. C. A. HACKETT

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

Residents of St. Marys were deeply grieved to learn of a fatal aceident on Sunday last to one of the most esteemed residents of the district, in the person of…

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