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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

6,291 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

MOTORING The Value of Good Roads

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 17

There is not a keener observer of anything that tends to improve matters for motorists and all citizens alike than Mr. J. B. Clarkson, Australasian director of…

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"Man's Inhumanity to Man" An Incident on a Tram

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 5

Scene: Tram stop outside Randwick Hospital. Person[?] Dramatis: Legless Soldier and tram Conductor (number noted)…

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Tram Passes for Incapacitated Soldiers

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 2

Many applications lodged at Rept. for rail and tram passes for incapacitated Soldiers have been declined on tile ground that the incapacity does not justify the…

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Cart and Tram Collide

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 2

A cart driven by William Shining, of 11 Harriet-street, Marrickville, and Edgar Clark, 24 Enmore-road. Enmore, came into collision with a city bound…

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Queensland-North Coast Railway BRISBANE

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 2

Mr. Fihelly, Minister for Railways, today paid n visit to Murwillumbah, where he had a lengthy interview with the Mayor on the subject of connecting up…

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Tram and Cart Collision at Enmore

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 2

When a cart and a tram collided in Enmore-road, near Phillip-street, yesterday afternoon, the cart was pitched on to its side, and its occupants thrown…

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Fall From Tram

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 2

William Enge, 66, a laborer, of Trafalgar-street, Stanmore, and Charles Beeson, 30, of Marion-street Kogarah, fell from a city-bound tram as it was…

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Fell From Engine Railway Fireman's Death MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 4

Arthur Foster, fireman on the Dandenong train, became ill while nearing Warragul this morning. He climbed on the tender, but as he did…

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Watching Motor Thieves

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 1

Perseverance by the [?] has led to the recovery of [?] vehicles, valued at over [?] supposed to have been [?]…

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Tram Conductor's Death Worked with Fractured Skull

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 2

A remarkable case of a [?] continuing duty with [?] curred at Leichhardt on Friday [?] Frederick William [?]…

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Value of X-rays Diminishing Railway Accidents Even Extended to Art

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 4

The X-ray to most of us conjures up visions of white-robed nurses, surgeons, and hospital operating rooms. But to-day the X-ray discovered by Wilhelm…

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Fatal Mistake. Railway Ganger's Death

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 4

A mistake was responsible for a fatality at the Petersham Railway Station yesterday morning. Frederick Philips, 45, ganger, of…

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Motoring. Automobile Club of Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 9

A member of the above club complains of the rudimentary method of draining roads by means of gutters across the surface. He recently drove from Sydney to Moss Vale, via Macquarie Pass, and encountered…

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Rival Railway Routes Walcha

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 8

Mr. R. T. Ball, Minister tor Works and Railways, accompanied by Mr. H. W. Lane, M.L.A., visited Walcha, where they were accorded a civic reception at the…

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Motor Fatality Taxi-driver Charged

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 5

Roy Barridge Brown, aged 28, a taxi-driver, who was arrested in connection with the death of a man whose name is unknown, was before the Central…

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With Fractured Skull Tram Man Goes on Working

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 5

When he fell from a tram in Norton-street, Leichhardt, on Friday night, Frederick Barton, aged 23, fractured his skull. He felt no effects, and…

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Italy's Railway Strike. Guns on Engines. ' LONDON, January 21

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 5

It is reported from Rome that the strike on the Italian railways. Is general. A few trains are running. Some have machine-guns mounted on the engines. Troops are guarding the…

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Aeroplane Wrecked. Paris, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 7

A new Bleriot aeroplane, constructed to carry 25 passengers and intended for the paris to London service, was wrecked during a preliminary trial in France. The pilot was…

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Road to India British Not Out of the Wood Extensive Fighting Possible Protest Against Mystery-mongering London, January 23

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 1

"The Times" states that the recent fears for the safety of the British Mission attached to Denikin's headquarters led to a proposal to send a…

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New Tram Lines Objected to by Council Keeping City Streets Clear

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 4

The contemplated extension of the Treasury buildings, covering the block at the corner of Bridge and Phillip streets will necessitate the removal of…

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