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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

6,291 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Motors and Motorists Motor Fuel

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 10

The Prime Minister said this week that the question of fuel supplies was one of vital importance to the country from the standpoluts of national defence and…

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Light Railways the Western Front Example. an Australian Explains

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 12

The decision of the Garah Local Committee of the Graziers Association to bring the question of the use of light system of railways for the handing…

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Law Beport. No. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and Jury.) Maximum Verdict for Damages. COLLISipN at Rose Bay. Barraclough v Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 7

This was an action instituted by francis Egerton Barraclough, Deputy Master in Lunacy, on behalf of Alfred Stanley Michael, a patient on license, in which the plaintiff…

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RAILWAYS. 20th April. 1920

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 3

Locomotive turntables, for four (4), 60ft…

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Western Australia. Railways. 27th April, 1920

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 3

Mild steel, flat, angle, square, and round, supply…

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RAILWAYS. 14th April, 1920

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 3

Car equipment for bogie trucks, supply. 31st March, 1920. Galvanised telegraph wire. Nos. 8 and 12, supply. (Fresh tenders.)…

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Alleged Theft of Motor Tyres

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 4

Francis Augustus, 43. stevedore, and George William Jones. 45, Harbour Trust patrolman, were, charged, on remand, at the Central Police Court…

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Millionaire Mystery Motor Car Murder "The Camp Vampire"

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 6

In an involved mystery surrounding the dentil of Stanley Brown, a young millionaire, of Mount Clemens, Michigan, the leading figure is the dead…

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N.Z. Railway Men Threat of Strike Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 3

It is understood that the railway men's executives have decided to take a strike ballot if the result of the coming deputation to the Premier, asking…

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Motor Cycle Club

The Propeller · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 5

The St. George Motor Cycle Club will hold an acceleration hill climb this Saturday at 3 p.m. on the Sharpe Street Hill. There are to be three…

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Dumbleton Tramway. a Fruitless Agitation. To the Editor of "The Propeller."

The Propeller · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 1

Sir,--Last September the Dumbleton tramway agitation was revived, after being allowed to remain dormant during the critical period of…

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Motoring. Candidates and Main Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 3

In pursuance of the Automobile Club's advocacy of the appointment of a Main Roads Board, a circular was recently forwarded to each parliamentary candidate in the present…

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Impounded Off Public Roads

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 12

With reference to a paragraph appearing in last week's "Argus," Inspector Ainsworth, of Ryde, who has to undertake the duties of principal impounding…

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Epping-eastwood Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 12

Complaints regarding the condition of the road from, Epping to Eastwood—particularly that portion from Brigg's Hill Southwards—are growing more bitter and…

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The Right of Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 9

A knotty question was raised at Sherwood Council at its recent meeting, when Roberts and King, two returned soldiers, wrote asking council to give…

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Bankstown Liverpool Railway League

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 7

The second meeting of the above league was held in the Liverpool Town Hall on Saturday evening last. The Mayor of Liverpool (Aid. L. J. Ashcroft) presided…

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Railway Insurance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 14

An Eastwood man asked at the booking office, window this week for a 1d insurance ticket against accident. He was informed that the issue of these tickets had been…

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Two Motor Garages

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 12

Mr. Southwell, storekeeper, who recently purchased a block of record-price fetching land in High-street, opposite the railway station, is having erected thereon a…

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Late Czar's Sister Found in Poverty Railway Oar Her Palace WASHINGTON

Evening News · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 1

It is announced that American Red Cross workers have found the Grand Duchess Olgn, a sister of the late ex-Czar of Russia…

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