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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 250

Motor Car Proprietor Gaoled for Stealing Albury

The Sun · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 10

A case containing some unusual features was tried at the Albury Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge Bevan and a Jury. James Stewart McLelland…

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S.A. Floods Railway Delays Adelaide

The Sun · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 7

There is no advice yet as to whether the east-west express has left Wynbring, where it was held up owing to flood waters…

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INDUSTRIAL. (Before Judge Rolin.) Railway Officers' Aware

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 7

His Honor varied the Government railways salaried officers' award to include chemists and assistant chargemen. The salaries fixed for chemists range from £295 to £360 in B class,…

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Botany Tram Service

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 3

Recently a deputation of aldermen of Botany met the Tramway Traffic Manager, at the Botany Town Hall, and discussed with him various tramway matters. As a result of the representation made, the Railway…

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Knocked Down by Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 5

Rosa Ritchie (33), living in Palmer Street, Woolloomooloo, was knocked down by a tram in George Street, Haymarket, last night, and sustained concussion and scalp wounds. The…

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Wheat Transport Good Railway Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 3

The State Wheat Board endorses the appreciation of the work of the Railway Department expressed by the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in the efficient manner in which…

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Hillston's Big Day Arrival of Aeroplane "Have Never Seen Train"

The Sun · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 6

A letter addressed to the Editor of "The Sun" was carried by Lieutenant Harper, of the Australian Aircraft and Engineering Co., from the Hillston…

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Main Roads Bill

The Propeller · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 1

The new Main Roads Bill, which has for so long been talked about as a method of relieving councils of expense in connection with the upkeep of main…

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George's River Bridge

The Propeller · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 5

It seems that the prospects of the Government building a bridge over George's River are very remote. It is about time steps were taken to build…

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Bridge at Dusseldorf

The Sun · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 1

One of the Rhine bridgeheads which the Allies threaten to seize…

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Parramatta-road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 7

At a public meeting at Parramatta on Wednesday night, it was decided to commemorate the completion of the Parramatta-road by a demonstration on either April 9 or 16. This…

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Wheel Broke Off Aeroplane Badly Damaged CASINO

The Sun · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 4

A Bristol aeroplane owned by Messrs. Robinson Bros, of Grafton, which was malting passenger flights here yesterday, came to grief. One of the wheels…

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Bridge Collapses. Entertainment of Passengers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 6

TARCOOLA, Thursday--The Adelaide express, due on Monday, is expected to-day. It has been delayed by washaways, and may remain here until the damage between Tarcoola and…

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Sudden Flood. East-west Bridge in Danger

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 6

PORT AUGUSTA, Thursday.--A sudden and exceptional flow of water, the full width of the inlet at the head of the gulf, came down with great force at Yorkey's Crossing this morning,…

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Still Held Up Floods Delay East-West Train ADELAIDE

The Sun · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 5

Latest advices show that the cast west express is still held up by floods at Wynbring. The train left Kalgoorlie on Sunday last, and should have…

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For Railway Grumblers

The Land · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 2

Italy has just furnished an additional page to the romance of the railway, showing us how to deal with the chronic railway grumbler. The persons who generally sign themselves…

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Motoring and Cycling Notes

The Land · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 12

At the present time, Australia is absolutely dependent upon imported fuel, obtained mainly from the United States of America. The Automobile Club of…

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Motor Cycling J. A. Fair Wins Lithgow Reliability Trial

Arrow · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 11

For the second annual reliability trial from Sydney to Lithgow under the auspices of the M.C.C. of N.S.W. on Saturday several members were late in…

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Border Railways. Mr. Ball's Proposals

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 3

Mr. R. T. Ball, ex-Minister for Works in New South Wales, speaking at Albury last week, said that the only way to give railway connection…

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Death Follows Amputation. a Moss Vale Railway Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 4

On Friday last, a man named James White was in the goods yard at the Moss Vale (N.S.W.) railway station, when he was caught between two…

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