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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Former Leading Jockey Killed by a Train

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 5

"Jack" Stevenson, who was run over and killed on the railway line, between Cheltenham and Mentone, during last Wednesday night, or Thursday morning…

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North Sydney Trams. Suggested Electric Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 11

The Public Works Committee was presented yesterday with plans of the proposed extensions of the tramway from Chatswood to the now North Sydney Cemetery site; from Ryde to…

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Nobody's Darling Ownership Op a Road Whose Dust Is It?

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 10

Gardener's-road, South Kensington, is badly in need of a guardian--somebody to care for it, and look after it--but nobody wants the job. It is an absolute…

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Railway Wages Big Saving in Prospect LONDON. Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 1

It is officially announced that if the decline 10 points in the cost of living is maintained to the end of the month, the wages of the railwaymen…

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Van and Tram Smash at North Sydney

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 7

A runaway horse in a furniture van descending the bill in Athur-street North Sydney to-day co[?]ded with the year of a tram from Milson's Point…

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Duty on Motor Cars May be Made Retrospective

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 6

The Customs Department has been as [?]sing in the past duty on motor vehicles on the par rate of 4 dollars 56 cents to the British novoreign…

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Motoring the Show Opens on

Referee · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 15

The annual Motor Show of the Motor Trader's Association of N.S.W. will be open to the public from Saturday next until January 31. It will be the finest…

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"Napier Lion's" Motoring Notes. Something About Engine Difficulties

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 35

AS an experimental test pilot during the war, it was only natural that I should watch the performances of new engines whilst undergoing the bench tests, as these…

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Still Bigger Motor Ships

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 3

Really wonderful progress has been made of late in increasing the size of the motor ship (says "Lloyd's Weekly Summary"). "That, indeed, is one of…

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Motor Traction Next Week's Motor Show

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 7

Even the most casual visitor to the Royal Hall of Industries, Agricultural Grounds, Moore Park, Sydney, will be struck with the intense activity being…

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Motoring and Motor Cycling

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 7

The annual motor show of the Motor Traders Association of New South Wales takes place at the Agricultural Ground next Saturday. So much interest is…

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Queensland Route. North-south Railway. Opposed by Federal Minister Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 11

The Minister for Home and Territories, Mr. Poynton, strongly opposes the proposal that the suggested North-South Australian railway, which would be built at the expense of the…

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Tram and Cart Collision at North Sydney

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 7

A horse and vehicle collided with the rear of a tram going towards the Spit, near Berry-street, North Sydney, early tills afternoon. The Impact was…

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Motor Progress All-Round Development the Coming Show

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 6

The ago of motoring was expected years ago; it is certainly here now. Wherever one travels in New South Wales there also is a motor car or…

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A Hard Road

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 43

Oh, the road that leads to that city fair, Called Success, is a weary way; For it upward winds like a tortuous stair; Past the meads and valleys gay…

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Cardenet's-Road Sewerage

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 11

[?] Council [?] and Sewerage [?] of the [?] the…

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Train Disaster. Explosion of Benzine. London, Jan. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 9

Reports from Helsingfors state that a train carrying a quantity of benzine between Luga and Novgorod caught fire, and the benzine exploded. The wreckage burnt fiercely…

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Struck by Train Driver and 3 Horses Killed MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 8

Jules [?] evidently did not hear the whistle of a goods train at Frankstown crossing, Dandenong, last evening, for he drove a three-horse team on to the [?]…

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Lithgow Housing Scheme Railway Workers Benefit LITHGOW

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 8

The Railway Department's housing scheme, adjoining Vale-road, Lithgow, is nearing completion, and it is expected that next month the whole job will be…

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Ran After a Ball Child Killed by Tram

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 1

Lesile Herbert Lett, 4 1/2, son of Mrs. Marie Lett, a war widow living in Bridge-street, Drummoyne, was run over by a tram in front of his home, near…

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