Cricket. Interstate Railways Match
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 8
The interstate railways match between New South Wales and Victoria was concluded at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday, the home team winning by one wicket and 92 runs on the first innings…
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 4
The Danish motor ship Australien arrived at Brisbane on Tuesday night after a successful voyage from Scandinavia, via Suez and Singapore. The…
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The Sun · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 7
The Railway and Tramway Cooperative Society, which was established in January last, is, says Mr, Lenertz. the lion, secretary, meeting with much…
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The Sun · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 3
The president of the Motor Traders' Association, Mr. H. C. Richards, speaking at a smoke social, emphasised the importance of the motor Industry…
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The Sun · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5
Railway traffic was disorganised on the Parramatta line yesterday evening owing to the gauge-glass breaking on the engine of the 5,42 p.m. train from…
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The Sun · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5
Mrs. Emily Dorman and Walter Cullen, the two surviving victims of tho sensational shooting affair on a tram at Broadway yesterday, were a little…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 7
A sulky and a motor-car collided in Parramatta Road on Wednesday night, and three men were injured. The horse bolted, and swerved towards the tram. The motor-car came from…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 4
The Minister for Agriculture states that at the present time, when water and fodder are again urgently needed in many parts of the State for starring stock, the railways are…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5
In a moving tram in George Street West, shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday, a woman was shot dead, and another seriously wounded; and the man who did the shooting is not…
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The World's News · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 7
In San Francisco the police move prisoners from one gaol to another by aeroplane. A machine which can convey 12 prisoners and a special guard has been tried, with complete success. Escape is impossible…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 2
With reference to letter of 23rd January, from the Granville Council to the Railway Commissioners, complaining of the over-crowding of the Parramatta train…
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The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 2
Public apathy in the matter of adverse road conditions is on the eve of a change. Criticism is being focussed on the…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 2
The following motions for the carrying out of road works were adopted at Tuesday's meeting of the Granville Council:—By Ald. McGill, seconded by Ald…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 14
BRISBANE.—When a special fruit train from Brisbane was between Gatton and Grantham, a man fell in front of the engine and was cut In halves. There was a soldier's…
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The World's News · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 6
WHILE an Irish train was passing through a deep cutting, the sides of which were covered with thick vegetation, an old man leaned out of the window and tried to grip some…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 9
Mr. A. C. Warton, general secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union, states that he had been informed that the pension rights of all men who were on strike or who have…
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Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 6
A [?] was caused on the Flemington-road, near the Rosewood Cemetery, last night by the [?] of a man, apparently a laborer, who appeared to…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 10
On Wednesday, shortly after 6 p.m., the Baulkham Hills tram had a breakdown when near the Congregational Church, The accident was caused by the breaking…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 10
A good opportunity is available for small investors to secure a profitable investment for their spare cash by securing one or more of the remaining unsold lots…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 10
When gentlemen become affluent enough to purchase a motor car it would be wise to also purchase a little publication called the Traffic Act. It will tell them, amongst…
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