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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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BRISBANE, Monday.--The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Davidson, was questioned to-day regarding the result of the strike ballot of members of the Engine-drivers, Firemen, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Sydney was greatly interested yesterday in "the new carriages." Gorgeous in brown and yellow paint, roofs a-gleaming silver-grey, broader and higher than the older cars, they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seven and a half acres of Australian industry, turning out a highly finished Australian product--"The Australian Six" motor car--was what a number of parliamentarians and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PERTH, Monday.--It has transpired that last week's now proposals of the Disputes Vommittee were for the stoppage of al railway traffic between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This is not the first time that "The Daily Telegraph" has been delivered by aeroplane. On November 7. 1919, Lieut. Sydney Pickles started on his flight to Broken Hill, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Frequent and bitter were the complaints of residents of Guildford during the last week's wet weather. The Granville part of the town and the Prospect and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The railway train service, although not an hourly one, is ample during the business hours of the day. There are sixteen trains daily from Sydney and nineteen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held this morning into the death of John Ellston, 52, a wool[?]mber, who died in St. George District Hospital on December 30 from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This has been promised for over a year and with the population now lying between Blacktown and Parramatta it is a necessity. The hourly service would do…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local ratepayers are almost universally in favor of Prospect and Sherwood Council raising a loan to improve the present roads on their portion of the town. In…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waverley is to borrow £100.000 for public works at 61/2 per cent, interest and the council intends to strike a special additional rate of 13-16 of a penny on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Arthur Cocks, M.L.A., writes:--"it would seem to be clear from the condensed report of the Premier's speech at the Parliamentary Labor Party's dinner last week…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Giving evidence to-day at the inquiry into the death of John [?] result of injures received by falling between the platform and a moving…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Last week's terrible fatality at Woy Woy bridge, where a man, a woman, and two children were run down and killed by a railway train, has drawn public attention to the necessity for a safer means of communication between that popular holiday resort and the northern foresohres. That the need is urgent is emphasised by the fact that hundreds of people have crossed the same bridge since…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Sir Robert Jardine was the most suc-cessful owner in England last year. He has been an enthusiastic supporter of racing for many years, but this was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. A. E. Rust, a resident of Guildford for over 30 years, one who has always been instrumental in furthering the progress of the district, has written to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The condition of Oliver Hempel, the Survivor of the motor car tragedy, continues to improve under treatment at the Parramattta District Hospital where he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday morning a motor bus collision occurred at Merrylands, but fortunately nothing serious happened. It appears that the driver of one motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When Man John Poser entered railway carriage at the Central Station on November 31 [?] put his bag on the sent next to him to reserve it, but another…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The vital st[?] for the Sydney metropolitan area in 1920 show an pr[?]case in the birthrate, but the figures, 27.00 per thousand of the population are still below those for 1914. The probability is that the apparent increase will amount to little more than the natural readjustment There was a large influg of railway men to Goulburn under a new arrangement which came into operation at the beginning of the year, for the "through…
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