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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

6,291 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Tram Collision. Smash in the City. Five Persons Injured. Two Runaway Cars

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 4

A collision between tramcars took place near the Central Railway Station last night. Fortunately there were but few passengers. The impact was so terrific that…

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Tram Men's Holidays

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 3

Mr. A. C. Warton, general secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union, recently brought a complaint under the notice of the Railway Commissioners that men who were on holiday…

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Tube Railway Fares. London, February 9

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 February 1920 · page 5

Several hundred trade union delegates attended a meeting in London to protest, against the Underground Railways Bill, socking authority to raise the fares…

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Main Roads

The Land · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 8

There was nothing at all in the Premier's policy speech at Goulburn as interesting, or as important, from the country point of view, as the proposal to raise a £2,000,000 loan "for the purpose of putting the main roads in order." In the matter of establishing and maintaining good roads…

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Train Derailed. North Shoret Line. Traffic Disorganised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

A derailment occurred on the North Shore line early yesterday morning, and the traffic was held up for several hours. As the 6.55 a.m. train was leaving the…

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Train-wreckers at Summit. Points Tampered With

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 4

Apparently a deliberate attempt to wreck the Sydney mail trail on its way to the New South Wales border was perpetrated at Summit Siding (Q.) on…

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Motor Yachting Gossip Maisie a Winner

Arrow · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 3

At Rose Bay, last Saturday, the Motor Yacht Clubs general handicap was over the triangular course, three times—sixmiles. Although there had been…

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Loading Concentrates Tram Employees' Decision Broken' Hill

Evening News · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

A special meeting of members of the Si[?] Tramway Employers union last night agreed to a request from the general manager to load and despatch…

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Tramway Men Want 13s a Day MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

The Victorian branch of the Australian Tramway Employees Association today decided to apply to the Arbitration Court for a minimum wage of [?] a day…

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Motors and Motorists Sydney to Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 4

The Automobile Club of New South Wales will hold an interstate reliability major far content between Sydney and Melbourne in October. The Victoria…

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Bungled Railways Uoreliable Trains Unpunctual and Overcrowded

Evening News · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 6

Yesterdays held up on the Milson's Point railway when a derailed carriage caused the suspension of the morning traffic until 11.30 served to bring into…

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Land Settlement and Railways Soldier-settlers Rejection of Bungabee Estate Urged Locally. Mr, Ashford Approached

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 3

With reference to the offer of Bungao[?] Estate near Lismore (N.S.W.) for subdivision into dairy-farms for returned soldiers and the closer…

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A Motor-car Nose-dives. a Family's Providential Escape

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 4

While travelling in South Gippsland (Vic.) last week a commercial traveller, of Evanhoc, named Mr. F. Dixon, with his wife and two daughters, had a…

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Fast Motor Cycling

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

Leaving Inverell at 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning. Keith M'Master, riding a 7 h.p. motor cycle, arrived in Sydney 17 hours 32 minutes later, and…

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Railwaymen's Wages. New York, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

The "New York Tribune's'" Washington correspondent reports that the Railroad Administrator, Mr. Hines, refused to grant the wage increases demanded by two million railway…

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Border Railway. to Tap New Coalfield. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

Representations were made to-day to the Minister for Railways (Mr. Barnes), that the linking up of the rail terminus at Corowa, New South Wales, and Wahgunyah, which were…

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Motor--Boating

The Sun · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 2

Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales, outing to returned solider on the harbor, starting from Rose Bay…

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Tramway Arrangements

The Sun · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 5

The tramway authorities announce that as it cannot be definitely stated when Sir Ross Smith will arrive, the starting time of the special timetable…

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Increases Refused. American Railway Workers. New York, February 12

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 5

The Washington correspondent of tho New York "Tribune" states that the Railroad Administrator, Mr. Hines, has refused to grant the wage increases demanded by 2,000,000 railway…

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Railway Pensioners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 7

Mr. A. W. Buckley, M.L.A., president of the Amaigamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, stated yesterday that railway and tramway pensioners were seeking an increase…

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