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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Railway Improvements. Deputation to Commissioners

The Propeller · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 1

Mr. Bagnall, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. Gosling, M.L.A., introduced a large and representative deputation composed of the Illawarra municipal bodies…

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Motor Show. Private Viewing To-night. Open To-morrow Afternoon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 6

At an informal gathering in the Hall of Industries, Agricultural Ground, to-night, the Sydney motor show will be declared open. The ceremony will be conducted by the…

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Overland Railway Inquiry Suggested

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Thursday. -- Mr. Theodore Premier of Queensland, advocates the appoint- ment of a Royal Commission to investigate the question of the best route for the line to…

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Aeroplane Pleasure Tripe

The Sun · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 8

Hobart, Saturday.--Captain F. G. Hux[?] who recently flew from Victori[?] to Tasmania, via King Island, accompanied by his wife and child, is…

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Road Works

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 2

The engineer (Mr. R. Wilson), at Tuesday's meeting of the council, reported on various works as follows:—North Ward : North Grand Avenue, near Camellia…

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Fell From Train

The St George Call · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

Elsie Smith, 16, of Universal-street, Mortdale, fell from the carriage platform of a train when approaching Mortdale Station on Tuesday morning. st…

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Merryland's Roads. To the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 5

Sir,—Permit me to use the columns of your popular paper to further the interests of the civilised community of Merrylands. I want to write of roads—of their…

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Motorising Australia. N.s.w. Far Ahead. Roads and Bridges Needed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 9

In justification of their claim that the Sydney Motor Show is, and will be the Olympia of Australia, members of the motor trade point to the fact that New South Wales is far ahead of…

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Mail Train Delayed Accident to Tender

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 14

The [?]ender of the second engine hauling the Erisbune mall train, due at Sydney, at 1.15 p.m., was derailed yesterday when crossing over from the main to the Illawarra track at…

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"Lovely" Lovell Road. Eastwood Council Petitioned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 8

A petition bearing the signature of about 50 ratepayers, was presented to Wednesday night's meeting of Eastwood Council by Ald. Featherstone. It directed attention…

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Train Breaks Down. Traffic Delayed on Northern Line

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 8

The failure of two engines—a "double header"—to haul a heavy goods train up the steep gradient between Ryde and Eastwood, caused a rather serious delay…

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Irish Roads Trenched To Hamper Military in Tipperary Reprisals and a Murder London, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 1

There is great military activity in South Tipperary, and dozens of arrests have been made. The roads have been trenched in several districts in order to hamper the forces of the Crown, which have to fill up the trenches…

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Lidcombe. Railway Change

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 2

A change of station-master is about to take place at Lidcombe railway station. Mr. Davis, the present S.M., who has filled the position for about six months, is…

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Railway Not Necessary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 5

Messrs. R. B. Walker and E. S. Carr, M's.L.A., wrote to Tuesday's Liverpool Council enclosing the following letter from the Public Works Department with…

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The Motor Show a Revelation

Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

Last evening's exhibition of automobiles at the Royal Hall of Industries was quite an eye-opener. The proceedings were informal. Mr. S. L. Tyler…

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Motor Cycle Record 372 Miles in 14 Hours QUEANBEYAN

Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

Mr. W. B. Freebody, one of Queanbeyan's leading sportsmen, has put up a record for a motor cycle with side-car attached between Sydney and…

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Motor Policemen Utilising a Periscope to Watch Motorists Entering the Other End of a Tunnel

The World's News · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 19

MOTOR-CYCLE policemen of Los Angeles, California, have discovered a novel use for periscopes. Motorists affected with the speed mania have a habit of "hitting it up"…

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A Five-year-old Motor Ship

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

In view of the increased interest in motor shipping taken of late in various quarters concerned with the question merely from a general, as opposed…

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Railway Matters. Deputation to Commissioners

The St George Call · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

Mr. Bagnall, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. Gosling, M.L.A., introduced a large and representative deputation, composed of the Illawarra Municipal bodies and…

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Love Tragedy. Killed on the Railway. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 14

A story of unrequited love, followed by [?] tragedy, was related at the City Coroner's inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Harold Rowland Heathcote, 28 years of…

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