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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Motoring Accident Vice-regal Party. Servant Maid Killed. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 9

The Governor-General had the misfortune, while at the tiller of the deck yacht Vanity at the Hobart regatta on Tuesday, to wrench his knee and restart an old cricketing injury…

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Motor Car Overturns. Six Persons Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 9

Six persons were injured when a motor car struck the side of a stationary tram on Prince's Bridge this evening and overturned, pinning its occupants to the road. Those…

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North Coast. Need for Railways Kyogle-beaudesert Proposal. Speech by the Minister. (By Our Special Representative.) Kyogle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 9

The members of the Parliamentary party now touring the North Coast were entertained by the residents of Casino in the School of Arts Hall last night…

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Pilfering on the Railways. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 9

The wholesale pilfering on the wharfs and railways, about which complaints have been made lately in Sydney and Melbourne, appears to be extending to the country districts. This…

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Motor Headlights Invention Eliminates Dazzle LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 1

A device for eliminating the dazzling glare of motor car headlights has been favorably reported upon by the Royal Automobile Club…

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Border Railways. Kyogle to Beaudesert. Through Rich Dairy Lands. New Settlement Areas

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

KYOGLE, Wednesday.--The invading parliamentary army this morning pushed out to Kyogle to spy out the rich lands beyond which await railway extension to open the way to…

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Rail and Tramways. Comparative Gain and Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

The tramways have earned during the last quarter £173,776 more, and spent £109,318 more, than in the corresponding quarter for last year. On the other hand, the railways…

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Rail and Tram Employees. Registration of Unions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Mr. A. N. Stewart, Industrial Registrar, sat yesterday again to hear arguments on the opposed applications to register under the Federal…

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Better Tram-car Lights

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

The recent accident on the Coogee tram line, which resulted in the death of a tram conductor, has caused the Tramway Employees' Union to ask the Commissioners for Railways that…

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Aeroplane Tour

Evening News · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

The Diggers' Co-operative Aviation Company, Limited, who are setting out to do the pioneering commercial aviation work in New South Wales, will make a…

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Aeroplane Landing

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 6

Mr. E. J. Peterson, General Manager of the Magnetic Aerial Platform Proprietary:-- My attention has been drawn to the…

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Motor Car Overturns. a Smash on the Prince's Bridge

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

A party was returning by motor car from a funeral at Chol[?] (Melbourne) on Wednesday, when the car crashed into a cable tram on Prince's…

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Bankstown Line. Extra Train Soon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 3

The Railway Commissioner, in reply to a letter from the State Treasurer (Mr. Lang) about the overcrowding of trains leaving Sydney tor the Bankstown line during the evening…

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Shire and Municipality Legal Opinions. ROADS. Discretionary Impounding

The Land · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

Case.—The Council proposes to impound stock straying on roads, particularly when complaints are made that such stock are a…

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Settlement and Railways

The Land · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 16

"Bill Smith," Parkes, writes:—Sir,—I have no desire to trespass on your space, but would be grateful for room for a paragraph or two…

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Motor Cycling Tourist Trophy and Australian Championship

Arrow · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 15

The second annual road-racing carnival of the Motor Cycle Club of N.S. Wales is to be held at Goulburn at Easter, starting from the Yarra end of…

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Railway Smash Carriages Telescoped a Head-on Collision

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 10

A dis[?]rous railway collision, in which sixteen persons were killed and sixteen others were injured, occurred last week near Abermute, a lonely spot…

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Railway Pilfering. a Man Convicted at Bathurst

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

At the Bathurst (N.S.W.) quarter sessions on Wednesday, a railway cleaner named Leonard Hughes was found guilty on a charge of stealing…

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The Rich North-Coast Co-op. Co.'s Progress. From Pack-Horses, to Motors

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 7

At a complimentary luncheon given in Sydney last week in honor of Mr. J.M'Gregor, chairman of directors of the North Coast Co-operative Company…

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His First Appointment. a Railway Porter's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

A shocking railway tragedy occurred at Torbane (N.S.W.) on Tuesday evening, as the result of which a youth named Coleman was killed, and a junior…

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