The Railway Strike in West Australia Results of a Too Prevalent Hobby
FREMANTLE, Saturday.—The State Government and the engine-drivers are preparing for the coming struggle in the Arbitration Reference Court, as the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1921
7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250
Wild Motoring
"His car was going at the rate of from 36 to 40 miles an hour. There were a lot of people about at the time, as the carnival was in progress at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An Unhappy Man Rushes into Eternity. Facts of the Case of Railway Fireman George Nixon
The tragic death of a railway fireman, named George Nixon, provided the subject of an inquest by Mr. John Jamieson. S.M.. the City Coroner on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Brighter Trams New Lights to Be Used Seeing 40 Feet Ahead
That there should be brighter lights on the trams was a decision arrived at recently by the Railway Commissioners…
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William Olliffe Pasfield (31) fell from a train at Liverpool yesterday, and was killed. Deceased was the second eldest son of Mr. W. H. Pasfield, of "Ravenswood," Moonbie…
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A youth named Jack McLelland, clerk In the Railway Department, jumped from a train at Bethania Junction before it had come to a standstill in order to be amongst the first…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£200 a Mile Rolling a Merriwa Road MERRIWA
Mr. F. Bailey was elected to the vacancy in A Riding, of Merriwa Shire Council, caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor and Tram Collision at Manly Four People Injured
A motor car and a tram collided on the Pittwater-road, near Hanbord street, Manly, yesterday afternoon, with the result that four persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell From a Train Soldier's Legs Cut Off Fatal Accident at Liverpool
A traffic accident occurred at Liverpool station early on Sunday morning. William Oliffe Pasfield, aged 31, of Moonble-street, Slimmer Hill, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hanging on to Trams Practice to be Stopped
Those who make a practice of hanging on to moving trams when negotiating the thoroughfares of the metropolis should note that the Tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Cargoes Arrival From Overseas Motor Cars, Sugar, and Tea
The port of Sydney was busy during the week-end and the ships which arrived from overseas should provide a deal of wharf work with their large cargoes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Boats Are Top Decks a Danger? Proprietors Resent Restrictions
The question whether motor-boats should have top dee[?] is answered with a vigorous "Yes" by proprietors, from Watson's Bay to National Park, not to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Conference Standing Orders Suspended
The business of the annual conference of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Railways Union. which began at the Trades Hall to-day, was not in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Strange Case. Missing Railway Money How Did Shortage Occur? Borrowed to Meet It
Richard Roche was charged at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day with making a false entry in a certain account, with intent to defraud. He pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agitation for Tramway Rival Factions Meet Smoothing Out Difficulties
Representatives from the four St. George Councils, the Sutherland Shire, and from almost every Progress Association and Tramway League in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hanging on to Tram Bike Rider Fined
"It is a very dangerous practice, and the Department la endeavoring to put it down," said inspector John Downey of the Tramway Department, this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Judge on Betting Railway Clerk Charged Grandson of Baroness Seddeler
There is nothing morally wrong in betting. But I just wish those people who advocate it could see the misery that it brings from day to day in these…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stronger Headlights for Tramcars
A suggestion made by one of the traffic officers, as a result of investigations abroad, that there should be more powerful headlights on trams, has been accepted by the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Against a Strike. Australian Railways Union. Statement by Mr. Buckley M-l-a
Mr. Buckley, M.L.A., general president of the Australian Railways Union, wishes to impress on the members throughout Australia that certain people, entirely unauthorised, are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unconscious on the Road Run Over by Motor Car
Francois Demene, aged 49, seaman, staying at the Seamen's Institute, George street North, was found on the footpath not far from the institute In…
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