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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

6,291 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Railway Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 7

The annual conference of delegates from the various branches of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association throughout New South Wales was commenced at the…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Street.) Motor Car Business. Gordon v Gordon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

Mr. Clive Teece (Instructed by Messrs. Cape and Kent) appeared for the plaintiff, Frederick Hugh Gordon, on behalf of himself and all shareholders of the defendant company,…

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Motor Car Falls 300 Feet. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 6

Mr. G. A. C. Turner, dentist, of Glenelg, was driving to Mount Lofty yesterday to meet his wife and family, who were returning from Melbourne by train, when the steering…

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Motor 'Bus Disaster. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 7

A report from Rome states that owing to a landslip near San Remo, a motor 'bus fell a distance of 200ft into the bed of the river, and 22 passengers were killed…

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Railway Pensioners

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 3

"With this matter Mr. Fitzpatrick is like tho flowers that bloom in the spring. I reiterate that the gratuity was promised (by Mr. Holman) to be…

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Motorist's Escape Avoided 300 Feet Fall a Hardy Car Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 7

A sensational motoring accident occurred on Sunday morning, when a motor car, weighing 26cwt, broke through a protecting fence und fell…

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Railway Men Conference Ended

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 7

The conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, concluded, last night. M. Claude Thompson, who is contesting…

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Boy Killed Run Over by Motor Car

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 7

While crossing Rocky Point road, Wont Kogaruh, late yesterday afternoon Frederick Charles Christian, aged 6, who lived in the street, was…

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Motor Tyres Charges of Theft Over £800 Involved

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

Francis Augustus, 43, a stevedore, and George William Jones, 45, a watchman, were charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having…

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A.M.A Pickets and Silverton Tramway Broken Hill

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

A meeting of the Australian Miners Association was held on Friday regarding the threatened picketing of the Silverton tramway men. An official…

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Assaults on Trams Becoming Too Prevalent

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

Stanley O'Brien, a carter, was proceeded against yesterday at the North Sydney Police Court for assaulting John Healy, a tram…

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Proposed New Railway Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

For the purpose of urging on the Federal Government the construction of a railway of 1737 miles, running through the northwest of West…

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Victorian Railways. £1,000,000 Revenue Increase

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Railway Department's revenue for the financial year is now over £1,000.000 in advance of that for the Bams period of the previous year…

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City Council Electricity. Competition From Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 4

The Electric Lighting Committee of the City Council has reached the position of having to decide whether it will take the trouble and the risk of supplying outlying centres with electric…

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Railway Employees' Union. 60,000 Members

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 7

The 33rd annual conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was held in the Sydney Trades Hall yesterday. The conference decided to adopt the…

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Motor 'Bus Accident. Twenty-two People Killed. London, February 16

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

Advices from Rome report that, owing to a landslip near San Rome. a popular report of the Italian Riviera, a motor 'bus fell 200ft. into a river bed…

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Serious Bush Fires. Railway Bridge Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 10

ZEEHAN (Tas.), Tuesday.--Bush fires are raging throughout the district. The Little Henty, River bridge, on the Zeehan-Strahan railway, was destroyed, and the telegraph lines…

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Mail Aeroplane. Stranded in Veldt. London, Feb. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 11

A Handley-Page aeroplane, carrying mails and passengers, left Capetown for Johannesburg early on Sunday morning, being due to arrive the same evening. Nothing more was…

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Landed on Veldt. Aeroplane's Forced Descent London, February 17

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 9

A Handley-Paga aeroplane, carrying mails and passengers, left Capetown for Johannesburg early on Sunday morning, and was due to arrive the same evening…

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Collapse of Bridge. Council Suspends Engineer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 10

CULCAIRN, Tuesday.--The newly-elected council of the Culcsirn shire went into committee to discuss the notice of motion that the committee's, report and finding on the…

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