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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 250

A Motor-car Overturned. Mother Killed and Daughter Injured

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

A well-known Capertee (N.S.W.) resident, Mrs. N. Phelan, was killed, and her daughter was severely injured as the result of a motor accident on…

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Motors and Motorists Motor Matters in Los Angeles

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 8

Mr. Reg. Cahill, speaks to an "Evening News" representative on motor conditions in Los Angeles (Cal.) the hub of the motor world on the Pacific coast…

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Criticising the Railways

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 6

Mr. Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner, speaking to railway men the other night, "replied to recent criticism of the Department" and said the man on the street corner and the correspondents in the newspapers "apparently knew how to run the railways…

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The Right Route for a Great Railway

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 8

Recently "The Bulletin" gave its reasons why the railway from the Teritory should go straight south to Adelaide, and "The Bulletin" in its…

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Tram Derailment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 5

Tram traffic on the North Sydney line was delayed during the busy hours last evening owing to the derailment in Alfred-street, neur the Lavender-street stopping place, of a car…

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Motor Cycling. St. George Motor Cycle Club

The Propeller · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 3

The, St. George Motor Cyclo Club will hold, a smoke on Thursday night, March 10, at which the prizes won at the recent 12 hours trial will be…

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Carlton Railway Case

The Propeller · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 1

Richard Roehr, a Russian, described as the grandson of a baroness, was called up for sentence at Darlinghurst Sessions last Friday on a charge of…

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Railway Hoardings

The Propeller · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 2

The Railway Commission intend to alter some of the unsightly hoardings on railway premises at Rockdale, Carlton, and Kogarah. At Monday night's…

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Motor and Sulky Collide

The Propeller · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 5

Mrs. Minnie Cox, of Scott Street, Peakhurst, was driving a horse attached to a sulky along West Botany Street, Arncliffe, last week-end when she came…

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St. George Motor Boat Club. Race Postponed

The Propeller · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 4

The race set down for next Saturday afternoon by the St. George Motor Boat Club has been postponed till the 12th instant. The club hopes by that time…

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Flood Rains. Railway Washaways

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Minister for Works and Railways, Mr. Groom, is advised that the east-bound passenger train, stranded at Wynbring owing to washaways on the…

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Seeking the "Sack." Railway Service Ruse

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 6

The strange anomaly by which a man who gets the "sack" from the railway or tramway service gets better treatment than the man who resigns was revealed at the 1917 strike…

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A Railway Purchase. Chillagoe Company's Line. London, March 2

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 5

The Agent-General for Queensland, Mr. J. M. Hunter, explains that, according to the Chillagoe-Etheridge Purchase Act, the Queensland Government contracted to discharge…

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Road Works

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 2

The engineer (Mr. R. Wilson) reported to the council on Tuesday regarding works in progress:—North Ward: The tar-painting of Good-street from the railway to…

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Motoring New Parramatta-road Kurrajong Tour

The Sun · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 2

Drivers of all classes of vehicles are glad to learn that the reconstruction of Parramatta-road is nearly completed…

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A Returned Soldier's Death. Fell from a Train

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 1

The district Coroner (Mr. P. S. Poolman) held an inquiry at the Liverpool Courthouse last Saturday into the circumstances surrounding the death of William…

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Parramatta-Sydney Road Arrangements for the Opening

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 4

The Mayor of Parramatta (Ald. L. A. Simpson) presided on Tuesday evening at a public meeting in the council chamber, called on the requisition of the Chamber…

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A Lucky Escape. Boy Dragged 100 Yards on Road

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 10

Horace Hill, a little boy, living at Jarrett Street, Leichhardt, had a lucky escape from serious injury near Marion Street, Leichhardt, yesterday…

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A Tout's Letter From the Randwick Tracks "The Gums," Allison Road, Randwick

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 6

Dear Bill, -- As you know, "The Gums" overlooks the racecourse. The other morning, I could not sleep, so I left my couch to go to the balcony…

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