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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Manly-narrabeen Tram. Improved Service

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

From to-night on the tram service from Manly to Narrabeen will be extended by the addition of a tram leaving Manly for Narrabeen at 11.40 p.m., and connecting with the 11 o'clock boat…

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Railway Gauges. Unification Commission. Chairman Appointed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Thursday-- The Federal Cabinet to-day appointed Mr. J. J. Garvan, managing director of the Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company, Ltd., of Sydney, as the…

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Inaccurate Railway Weighbridges

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 9

ALBURY, Thursday.--Several sub-agents handling wheat complain of the inaccuracy of railway weighbridges at stations in Southern Riverina. An agent at Culcairn declares that the…

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Barrier Unemployed. Relief Increase Opposed. Railway Passes Sought

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Thursday.--The Barrier district assembly of the A.L.P. Yesterday instructed Mr. A. E. Huckel. its secretary representative on the Government Relief…

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An Aeroplane Mishap

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

Messrs. Moody and O'Dea brought their aeroplane from Richmond on Saturday, and gave many passenger flights, using the racecourse paddock as…

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Blocking a Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

The Secretary to the Railway Commissioners, writing with reference to letter from the council relative to the closing of Notting Hill-road on the line of the…

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Granville Road Works

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 6

The engineer (Mr. R. Wilson) reported to the council on the various road works in progress as follows:—North Ward: In reference to Mr. E. J. Brown's…

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Another Train Smash Collision in France Ten Persons Killed LONDON, February 3

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

A message from Paris states that 10 persons were killed and 47 injured in a head-on collision between a passenger and a goods train near Limoges…

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Desperate Battles Crown Forces and Sinn Feiners Roads Swept by Bullets Wanted Men Escape As Women London, February 3

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

The correspondent of "The Times" at Dublin gives details of other encounters between the police and Sinn Feiners, in addition to tho Ross…

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Railway Trespasser

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

At the Parramatta Police Court, on Monday, before Mr. M. Longfield, S.M., Louisa MeKay. an elderly woman, pleaded not guilty to a charge of travelling between…

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Motor Power As Laboursaver

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

Motor trucks are used largely on American farms. They are used primarily, it seems for the very good reason that they mean a saving in time…

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St. Marys Council the Motor Car Danger. the Cambridge Park Dispute. Estimates Passed on 2d. Rate Basis

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

The regular fortnightly meeting of St. Mary's Council was held on Monday evening, when there were present: —The Mayor (Ald. T. Brooker) and…

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Meat Haulage Railway Commissioners Denial Deliveries Up to Time

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

With [?]ference [?] by Alderman Ma[?] Mast[?] B[?]hers [?] N.S.W. at the annual meeting of the [?]…

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Motor Tax and Licence Fees

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 3

Mr. K. J. Kavanagh M.L.C., who is assisting the Chief Secretary, states that he has had before him a number of requests by municipal and shire councils that motor tax and…

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Washing Sponge for Cleaning Motor-car

The World's News · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 10

IF a piace of pipe is forced into a sponge about half-way, and bound in this position with a cord, it makes a handy attachment which may slipped in the end of a…

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Motor Boating

The St George Call · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

The St. George Motor Boat Club decided the three races postponed from Anniversary Day, on Saturday afternoon last, over the triangular course, the…

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Motor Cycling. St. George Club

The St George Call · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

The first general meeting for 1921 of the above Club was held recently in the Rockdale School of Arts. The new secretary is a live wire and members can…

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Rich North. Large Population Possible. Need for Railways. Parliamentary Tour. (By Our Special Representative.) Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 14

The Ministers and members of the State Parliament touring the North Coast reached Lismore yesterday afternoon. The party was entertained at the Masonic…

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Casualties. Boy Struck by Passing Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 14

The death of Albert Claude Gibson, aged 10, was the subject of an inquiry at the City Coroner's Court yesterday. It was stated that the lad was a member of the Salvation Army…

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The Motor Tax

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 9

Mr. E. J. Kavanagh (Vice-President of the Executive Council), who is assisting the Chief Secretary, states that he has had before him a number of requests by municipal and shire…

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