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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

6,291 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

A Motor Bike on Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 8

The other afternoon Mr. Alee. Stoney was riding his motor bike down George-street, Parramatta, when it caught fire near Mr. W. H. Purves' grocery store, seen in the above photo of the curious occurrence, taken by Mr. E. G. Aspinall, in the picture will be seen Mr. F. Lindon and Mr. Chapman, interested…

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Strike Collapses Lack of Public Support French Railway Men Return LONDON, March 2

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 1

A message from Paris announces that the railway strike has collapsed owing to lack of public support…

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Motor Yacht Junk Collision with Tingira

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 5

The annual Ten Mile Championship Race of the New South Wales Motor Yacht Club, of Rote Bay this afternoon, was interrupted by an accident…

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Old Railway Servants Payment of Gratuities

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners notify that payment of gratuities to retired railway and tramway employees who joined the Railway or Tramway service prior to…

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Our Railways Law Makers and Breakers

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 4

Anthony Macinante, George-street, writes:— A paragraph in your paper of march 6 states that a complaint was made at…

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Tarana-Oberon Railway

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 4

Mr. C W. Johnson, member for Bathurst has received a communication from the Public Works Department, in regard to the Tarara-Oberon railway. The…

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N.Z. Railway Bonus Men Not Satisfied WELLINGTON

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 4

Meetings of railway men throughout New Zealand by the Royal Commission that married men should be paid a bonus…

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Pension Rights. Not Lost by Railway Strikers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 13

Mr. A. C. Warton, general secretary to the Tramway Employees' Union, staled last night that he had been informed that the pension rights of all men who had been on strike,…

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Late Cable News. Railway Strike. Settlement Negotiations. Dispute Peactically Ended. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 14

A Paris message says there [?]e signs that the railway strike is collapsing. It is estimated that more than half of the [?]waymen are working tradesmen. Some of [?]owns…

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Old Railway Servants. Paying the Gratuity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 14

The Railway Commissioners notify that payment of gratuities to retired railway and tramway employees who joined the railway or tramway service prior to October 22, 1888,…

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Railway Strike. Position in France. Agitators Arrested. Paris, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 13

The situation created by the railway strike is full of unc[?]tainty. The Governments campaign is largely modelled on the scheme used to break the British railwy strike…

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Motor Ship Australien

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 4

Trim and neat, and spotlessly clean, the Danish motor ship Australien berthed at the Musgrave wharf, Brisbane, on Tuesday night after a…

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Settled French Railway Strike Men Returning to Work LONDON, March 2

The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 1

The French railway strike has been settled, and the men are returning to work. Recent cables from Paris indicated…

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Railway Gratuities

The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners advice that payment of gratuities to retired railway and tramway employees who Joined the railway or tramway service…

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Through the Span a Motor Tragedy AUCKLAND

The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 4

A sensational motoring accident occurred near Paeroa. The span of the bridge had been opened to allow a steamer to pass when a car with three…

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Leaderless Legion How the High Cost of Living is Accentuated by Dishonest Tradesmen--Where is the Railwaymen's Gratuity? --School Teachers' Genuine Grievances Everybody's Doing It

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 4

Black cotton is 9d. a reel in Newcastle, 10½d. in the suburbs. Olive oil is 11d. at the cash grocer's, 1s. at the family grocer's. Dates are 8d. at…

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Railway Seniority. Premier's Attitude. Ready to Re-examine Question

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 10

Answering a question at his Hurstville meeting last night, Mr. Holman said that railway men who had participated in the 1917 strike had not lost their superannuation…

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Motoring. Price of Petrol

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 3

The cables published on Thursday giving the text of the report of the sub-committee on the price of motor fuel in England, gives point to the articles published in this column during the…

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Tragedy in a Tram. Victims' Conditions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 13

The condition or the man who created such a sensation with a revolver in a tram in the city on Thursday is reported from Prince Alfred Hospital to be slightly improved…

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Old Railway Servants. Payment of Gratui

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 13

The Railway Commissioners notify that payment of gratuities to retired railway and tramway employees who joined the railway or tramway service prior to October 22, 1888,…

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