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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

6,291 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 250

Manslaughter Charge Tram Driver on Trial Passengers Thrown Out Death of Charles Beeson

The Sun · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 7

Arthur James Cubis was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Wade and a jury, with having feloniously slain Charles…

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Died on Tram

The Sun · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 7

Mrs. Eva Lee, aged 78, of Evans-street, Balmain, collapsed on a tram in Ross-street, Forest Lodge. She died as the tram reached the Crescent…

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Industrial Contract. Railway Union. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 9

At the ninth annual conference of the Queensland Railway Union it was resolved that the general secretary be empowered to proceed with the application for a variation…

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Railway Ambulance. Commissioner's Praise. Best Corps South of the Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 8

Nearly 11,000 men in the raliway and tramway service have voluntarily devoted their leisure to equipping themselves as first-aid and ambulance workers…

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Motor Yachting

Arrow · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 12

The enjoynble outings on the harbor, given by the club to returned soldier patients of the Randwick Hospital, will be continued from time to time. These have formed a feature of…

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Land Settlement and Railways Decentralisation Self-governing Provinces on the Canadian System. Sugestions for the Future

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 3

In the course of an election address at Albury (N.S.W.) on Friday last, Mr. G. S. Beeby said that the Commonwealth convention proposed by the…

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Tram Accident in City Man's Skull Fractured

Evening News · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

R. D. Henson, of Mary-street, St. Peters, was leaving a tram in George-street, near Market-street, this morning, when he was struck by one bound…

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Motors and Motorists Another Chandler Enterprise

Evening News · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 10

Modern business enterprises laughs at disabilities occasioned by avoidable and unavoidable occurrences. So it was that five Chandler motor cars which the…

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Tram Fares Fallacy

Evening News · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 6

"The Nimble Penny" writes:— The stupendous loss of tramway passengers occasioned by the increase in fares is not realised on account of the…

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Knocked Down by Tram

The Sun · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

At the corner of George and Market streets this morning, R. D. Henson, of Mary-street, St. Peters, was knocked down by a tram. When…

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Motor Cycle Contest

The Propeller · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

The St. George Motor Cycle Club held their acceleration hill climb last Saturday at Sharpe street with the following results:--Solos under 600…

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Dedication Service. St. George Motor Ambulance

The Propeller · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 1

The seating accommodation proved inadequate on Sunday last on the occasion of dedicating St. George Second Motor Ambulance to the fallen…

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Railway Control. .London, March 23

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

Sir Eric Geddes (Minister for Transport), in his presidential address before the Institution of Civil Engineers, said that only England and American based their railway policy on a regime…

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Motor-cycle Record. Sydney to Melbourne Trip

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

Mr. Fred Berry, on a Harley Davidson motorcycle and side-car, with Mr. Claude Sainty as passenger. left tho G.P.O.. Sydney. at 10 p.m. on Tuesday last, and arrived in Melbourne at…

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The Train Service

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 6

Ryde grievance, in regard to the train service to and from the city is more than imaginary. The sooner the Railway Commissioners get it out of their heads that…

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The Main Roads Grant

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 12

The Local Government Department wrote, stating that it could not alter the condition in connection with the proposed main roads grant for 1020. and asking for an early rely, as, if the…

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Guildford. Military Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 5

Ald. J. A. Williams (on behalf of Aid. Davison, who was absent) moved at last meeting of Prospect and Sherwood Council that the overseer submit an estimate…

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Westmead. Hawkesbury Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 12

Ald. Freame, at last meeting of Prospect and Sherwood Council, moved "That the water-tables be cleaned out on the east side of Hawkesbury-road, fronting Mr. Ralph's property, and on the…

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Road Works and Quarries

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 8

The Ryde Council's engineer reports. that various road works have been carried out in the municipality during the past fortnight and that he hopes to start…

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Drugged in Train. Woman Tricked with Sc[?]t

The World's News · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 2

A REMARKABLE story of haw a woman traveller was tricked and victimised by dragged scent is told by a correspondent of the "Dairy Mail." writing from Newton Asbot,…

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