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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

Casualties. Man Falls Off Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 10

William [?] Pasfield, 31, of Moonbie-street, Summer Hill, was run over and killed by a train near Liverpool station Sunday morning. Deceased was travelling…

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Good Roads. Question of Raising Money

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 8

The dominant note in the speeches at the annual meeting of the National Roads Association (New South Wales) yesterday afternoon was the necessity for educating the…

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Tiny Train Travellers St. George District Trouble

Evening News · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 7

"It's a shame and a disgrace to any civili[?] committee by see those bits of babies keep[?] on and off the trains by the hundred with nobody to shepherd…

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Motor Car and Tram Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 10

A motor car driven by Mr. J. G. Stewart, storekeeper, Manly, collided with a tramcar on Pittwater-road, near Harbord-avenue, Manly, on Sunday afternoon. The car first struck…

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Tramway Trials Protection for Complainants Traffic Manager's Evidence

Evening News · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 4

Giving evidence to-day before the 1917 Strike Commission, Edward John Doran, Tramway Traffic Manager, dealt with the official methods of administering…

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Railway Men Support Seamen But Want to Avoid Crisis

Evening News · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 5

The conference of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Railway Union settled down to hard business to-day. One motion carried unanimously read:…

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Parramatta Tragedy Three Men KILtED Was Tram Speed 12 or 30 Miles

Evening News · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 5

The inquest touching the death of Ambrose Whiting his son W[?] and Charlie Cow a Chinese, who were killed in a collision between a steam tram and a…

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Border Railways. a Victorian Project. Eden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 8

Mr. Barnes, the Victorian Minister for Railways and Mines, accompanied by Mr. Kernot, chief engineer of the railway construction branch, arrived at Eden on Saturday night on…

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The Railways. Union Conference. Proposal for Shop Committees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 9

The annual conference of delegates of the Australian Railways Union was commenced at the Sydney Trades Hall yesterday. Mr. William Smith (general secretary), in…

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Railway Men Decide Loyal Support for Seamen

The Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 7

An Important decision in regard to the shipping hold up was arrived at by the annual conference of the New South Wales branch of the Australian…

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Blue-eyed Baby Found at Railway Station

The Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 8

While at the Sydenham Railway Station yesterday afternoon Mrs. Mary Widdows, of Irene, Homer street, Undercliffe, found a male child about…

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Dealing with Strikers the Tramway Methods Evidence at Inquiry

The Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 8

Interesting evidence concerning the treatment of men who were connected with the tram strike of 1908 was given before Mr. Justice Edmunds In No. 1…

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"In the Dog-box" North Shore Railway Travellers' Complaints

The Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 8

Second class carriages crowded, first class empty. Fourteen ladies In one first class smoker and men standing In the…

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Victorian Railways Coal Scarcity Causes Loss MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 5

It is estimated that the restricted passenger service on the Victorian Railways, owing to the shortage of coal, has so far resulted In a loos of…

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Tram Strikers. 1917 "Comb Out." Mr. Doran Testifies

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 3

Edward John Doran, Tramway Traffic Manager, appeared before the resumed sittings of the 1917 Strike Commission yesterday, and testified as to his post strike policy towards…

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City Congestion and Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 3

Mr. Albert Golding, Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains, writes that what appears to him to be an increase of the congestion of population in Sydney and its immediate environs is due to…

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Road to Victoria

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 7

The Campbelltown Road, which forms part of the main route to Victoria. will be In thorough order shortly. Repair work has been in hand…

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Main Roads Bill. Discussion in the Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 2

A letter was received at Monday's meeting of the Parramatta. Council from the Local Government Association, in regard to the proposed Act for the constitution…

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A Tragedy Repeated Man Killed by Train GOULBURN

The Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 9

As Sydney Cottington, who had Just arrived from Cooma, was crossing tho railway yards at 13.55 this morning the incoming Temora mail from Sydney…

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Fatal Accident at Liverpool. Soldier Falls from a Train

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning the Liverpool station was the scene of another tragedy, when William Office Pasfield, aged 31 years, of "Ravensworth," Moonbie-street,…

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