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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

6,291 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

Railway Improvements Parket' acquirements PARSES

Evening News · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 1

At a public meeting last night, it was decided to revive the Railway League. and to urge the minister for Works to expedite preliminaries for submitting a…

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Seal As Motor Cyclist

The World's News · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 7

A seal which took part in U—beat hunts during the war finds it easy work acting as a cha[?]ur at the big circus show at Olympia, London…

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Holland Building New Motor Ships

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 4

All the leading: Norwegian ship-owners are now so thoroughly convinced of the advantages of the motor ship for general trading that,…

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Motor Cycling

The St George Call · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 2

The St. George Motor Cycle Club are holding the Eliminatic Test of their Reliability Trial to-day (Saturday) at 2 p.m. sharp, over a course of 7 miles…

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Mystery Woman Killed by Motor Car

The Sun · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 3

In clearing up the mystery as to the identity of a woman who was killed in a collision between her phaeton and a motor car at Kingston Vale, the…

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MOTORING Increased Carrying Capacity Use a Trailer

The Sun · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 2

Much is heard to-day about increased production, but few people appear to consider the necessity for enlarging the carrying capacity of vehicles. Yet the…

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SNAPSHOTS The Prince's Leg -- Hard on the Japs. -- The Reason for Eve-- Motor Car Cross-- The Chemist's Sugar Carry On Below-- Windeyer Waddell Jove

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 10

A suburban wheelwright draws attention to the fact that he is "tiring daily." Many of us are.--L.R. HORRIBLE threat in "S.M.H.":…

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The Soil. Tooraweenah. Claims for a Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 14

Few localities in the State can lay claim to a combination of conditions and circumstances more favorable to the primary industries than Tooreweenah, situated 27 miles from Gilgandra…

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By Day Labor The Canowindra-Eugowra Railway

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 February 1920 · page 1

BATHURST, Saturday.—The only tender entered for the building of the Canowindra to Eugowra railway was £117,000 as against the Department's…

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Injured by a Tram

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 February 1920 · page 2

In attempting to board a tram at the corner of Falcon-street and Lane Coveroad, Crow's Nest, about six o'clock yesterday afternoon, Mr. McCarthy, a…

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Motoring Capital-to-capital Trip Alternative Route

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 February 1920 · page 14

The Tambo shire, in Victoria, is urging the construction of 27 miles of road, from Upper Gelantipy to Delegate, in this State, an item of news which will…

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Victoria's Railways Most Prosperous Year Ever MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 29 February 1920 · page 2

No doubt exists in the Railway Department that the financial year 1919-20 will be the most prosperous in its experience…

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News in Brief a New Railway

The Sun · Sunday 29 February 1920 · page 4

The first sod of the proposed Canowindra-Eugowra-Forbes railway will be turned on Wednesday, March 10. New Zealand Hides…

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A Thousand Miles by Air. Mr. Holman's Aeroplane Tour. Successful Meetings Everywhere. Nationalists' Prospects Bright

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 4

BATHURST, Sunday.--Mr. Holman concluded his aerial tour at Bathurst to-day. He came across from Canowindra with Captain Taylor aboard the Curtiss this morning. The flight,…

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Powers of a Council Roads and a Sub-division Court Grants injunction

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 4

Mr. Justice Harvey, in the Equity Court this morning delivered his reserved judgment in the suit instituted by the Attorney-General on the relation…

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Hospital Fund Railway and Tramway

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Railway and Tramway Hospital, Conva[?] and Consumptive Fund, the president said they had gathered in [?]…

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Berlin to Moscow. a Weekly Train Service. with Britain's Assent. Paris, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 7

Negotiations, instituted with Britain's assent, between the Russian Soviet and the German Governments are proceeding in Germany…

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Railway Extension Urged BERRIGAN

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 6

In the Interests of wheatgrowers a number of whom are returned soldiers it was agreed at a conference of the district railway leagues that the…

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Boom in Revenue. Increase of £3,000,000 for Eight Months. Large Railway Receipts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 6

That the State revenues are in a buoyant conditions is further evidenced by Treasury figures issued on Saturday for the month of February, and for the eight months of the…

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Drunken Railway Travellers. Judge Bevan's Comments. Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 7

Judge Bevan, in summing up in a case at the Quarter Sessions, commented upon the amount of drunkenness among travellers ta railway trains…

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