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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250

W.A. Railway Strike Support of Soldiers for Law and Order Mobilisation Mentioned PERTH

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 7

There are no now developments in regard to the railway strike. Both sides are qu[?]elly devoting themselves to organisation…

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Railway Pilfering "An Organised Gang" Fettler Convicted GOULBURN

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 9

At the Goulburn Police Court Dennis O'Brien, a railway fett[?]er, was charged, before Mr. Arnott, P.M., with having stolen a quantity of lemonade, and…

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Tram and Waggon Collide

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 10

Early last night a six-horse waggon belonging to H. Scott and Co., Mascot, was being driven along Regent-street. It collided with a tram…

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Coroner's Busy Year. Motor Car Toll

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 3

The City Coroner Inquired into the circumstances surrounding 537 deaths during the year Just ended. This was an increase of 45 over the previous year…

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Motor Accidents. Car and Cycle Collide

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

LITHGOW. Wednesday.--As a result of a motor car overturning at South Bowenfels, Mrs. Cecil Thorley and Miss Weaver, of LIthgow, were admitted to the Lithgow Hospital,…

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Motor-car Goes Off Punt

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND. Wednesday.--The inquest concerning the Raymond Terrace motor fatality in which Arthur W. Hampton (42). of Cessnock, his son Kenneth (4), and Mollie Sheehan (13),…

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Railway to Darwin. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 6

Sir,--Noticing by a paragraph In "The Daily Telegraph," of the 31st ult., that the selection' of the route for the great railway to Darwin is to be made some time this year, I would…

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Melbourne Hard Hit. No Trams at Night. Limited Thain Service. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 6

Melbourne is now face to face with, the hardships of the strike. Hitherto all the resources at the command of the authorities have been marshalled to mitigate such…

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Inexperienced Motor Drivers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 8

Commenting upon the number of motor accidents that have happened lately, "Old Chauffeur" suggests that greater discrimination should be shown' in the licensing of drivers…

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Motor Car Upset. Two Passengers Injured. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 7

Through the overturning of a motor car at South Bowenfels, one of the occupants, Mrs. Cocil Thorley, had her shoulder dislocated, and another, Miss Weaver, suffered minor…

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Fall from a Train

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

An accident at Petersham Station on December 31, when Henry Thomas Stickley aged 5[?], a traveller who lived at Croydon Park, was run over by a train…

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Fell Under a Train

The Propeller · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

Inspector Morris, of the Railway Department, proceeded against Edward William Harris for attempting to board a train at Kogarah Station while it…

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A Railway Hero Express Train in Danger a Plucky Driver

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

When the Melbourne express was nearing Douglas Park (N.S.W.) on Friday evening last, a steam pipe on the engine burst. The driver, Deuis…

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Killed by a Train. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 11

Percival Longhurst, aged 33, of Wagga, a nightwatchman, was run over and killed by one division of the Sydney express at a bridge undergoing repair near Table Top, and seven…

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Killed by a Train Accident at Petersham

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 6

The death of Henry Thomas Stickley, aged 52, a traveller, of Croydon-avenue, Croydon Park, who was killed by a train at Petersham Station on…

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Good Roads. America's Example. a Highway of 3500 Miles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 8

"Probably the first thing to do in the interests of good roads in the metropolis is to establish immediately a Greater Sydney," says Superintendent Alfred Edwards…

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Good Roads. Activity in the United States. Traffic Officer's Applause

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

Superintendent A. Edward. Superintendent of Traffic in connection with the Police Department. recently returned to Sydney from a trip to the United States, is full of admiration…

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Road to Peace. Foch's Historic Story. Before the Armistice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 6

The London "Morning Post" publishes from its Paris correspondent an historic interview with Marshal Foch, who described to a representative or the "Matin" the part he played…

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Readers' Views: Settlement and Railways

The Land · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

"Bill Smith" writes from Parkes: Sir,—In a recent "Land" Mr. John Abner Francis writes very interestingly, and quite a readable article,…

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Country Silos. Influence of Railways

The Land · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

The silos at all stations south of Wagga are taking in wheat. At The Rock 700 bags have already been put through, and Mr. J. O'Rourke, who…

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