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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

High Motor Speed Past Four Miles An Hour Disc

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 6

Frederick Arkinstall this morning, at the North Sydney Police Court, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with having driven his motor car past…

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Freshwater Tram "One Of Many Offers"

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 3

"I get no end of proposals of this sort!" said Mr. Estell, Minister for Works, this afternoon, referring to the statement of Mr. Weaver, M.L.A., to the…

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"Try to Avoid Trouble"' Railway Men's Instructions

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 5

"If the word of the Seamen's Union is worth nothing, then a signed ment by that body is worth nothing." This is how Mr. Corish, New South…

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Claim for £200 Collision at Neutral Bay Motor Car and Motor Cycle

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 6

James Perdriau, of Bradley's Head-road, Mosman, today sought to recover £200 compensation from Roy Barnard Young, of Pitt-street, Sydney,…

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Motor Overturns Lucky Escape of Occupants Dog Causes Trouble

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 6

In trying to avoid a collision with a dog yesterday the driver, C. H. Michael, of Old South Head road, Rose Bay, lost control of his motor car which…

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Railway Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 4

Bound from Sydney to Homebush on Saturday a passenger train collided with an engine. when near the Mortuary Station the driver of the train, whoso attention bad been drawn by…

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Western Wheat Areas. Developed by Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 3

DUBBO.--Before the construction of the railway line from Dubbo to Merrygoen very little wheat was grown in the Ballimore, Murocbong, Elong, Mendooran, and Cobbora districts. The…

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Railway Unification. Details of the Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The terms of the commission issued to Messrs. J. J. Garvan (chairman), R. Blake, and F. M. Whyte; who are to investigate the question of the…

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Britain's Railways. London, February 11

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 5

Lord Colwyn's committee on the railway war-time agreement shows that as time went on the agreement was amended in the direction of bettering the companies' bargain, and…

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Foot Amputated Attempt to Board Moving Train TEMORA

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 4

A man named Harry M'Guire met with a serious accident at Temora railway station last night. As the mail train was leaving he…

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Lane Cove Trams Council Wants Improvement

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 4

During the busy hours a quarterly tram service is run to Lane Cove but at other times it is half-hourly The council has been anxious to have a…

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RAILWAY O.B.U. Union Wants Officers to Join

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 4

It is probable that the [?]ried staff of the railways and tramways in New South Wales will join the Australian Railway Union as an officers division…

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Two Tram Routes Two Decisions

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 4

It had been arranged that the Tramway Advisory Board should inspect the proposed tramway extension to Dobroyd Point to-day. but the inspection has…

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North Coast. Railway Inquiries

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 2

The Public Works Committee left Sydney on Sunday for the North Coast. Evidence will be taken on the proposed railway from Kyogle to the Richmond…

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Car Upset Motor Party's Narrow Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 9

By an accident to a motor car at the corner of Old South Head-road and Curlewisstreet, Bondi, on Sunday, Mr. C. H. Michael, of Rose Bay, his wife, and three young…

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District Court. (Before his Honor Judge Scholes.) Motor Car and Cycle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 7

James Perdriau, of Bradley's-road, Mosman, sued R. B. Young, estate and commission agent, of Pitt-street, Sydney, claiming £200 compensation for Injurtes caused to him by…

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Tramway Assault Cases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 6

At the North Sydney Court yesterday Joseph Nebaner, 25, a yardman, pleaced guilty of having assaulted Sylvester Mills, a tram conductor. Mills had occasion…

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Dobroyd Pt. Tramway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 10

The inspection of the proposed tramway extension to Dobroyd Point, which was to have been hold by the Tramway Advisory Board to-day, has been postponed…

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Freshwater Tramway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 8

Referring yesterday to the offer of a city financial corporation to spend £20,000 on the construction of the Freswater tramway, the…

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Tram Conductor Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 9

Alfred Dawkins, tram conductor, of Rushcutter Bay De[?]. was collecting fares in King-street on Friday, when a motor lorry, driven by George Cartwright, jammed him…

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