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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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

Motoring and Cycling. Motor Cyclists Amazing Leap. Racing Machine Out of Control

The Land · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 14

The spectacle of a racing motorcyclist and his machine being hurled at 70 miles an hour high into the air was witnessed at the…

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Motor Cycling Two Through Interstate Trial Without Loss of Points

Arrow · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 6

Although only 10 started for the reliability trial from Sydney to Melbourne, it was a most interesting competition, and a great test for machines…

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Public Affairs From the Rural Standpoint the South Coast the Pressing Need for Railways

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 1

It is difficult to find a good reason for the attitude of the Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Estell) in regard to the extension of the railway…

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Railwayprogress the North to South Line the Rival Routes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 3

Commenting upon the subject of the rival railway routes to connect Darwin with Southern Australia, the Queensland Commissioner for Railways (Mr…

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W.A. Railway Strike. All Traffic Suspended

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

Western Australia commenced the now year with a complete paralysis of all railway services throughout the state. Owing to the refusal of the…

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A New Zealand Fatality. Motor-Bus Plunges Into River

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

A party of women and captures, numbering fourteen persons, was being driven to a picnic at Hawkes Bay (N.Z.) on Monday last, when the…

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Three Persons Drowned. Motor-Car's Dive into Hunter River

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

A motor fatality, involving the death of a Cessnock hotel-keeper named Arthur Hampton, his son, Kenneth, and a little girl named Molly Sheehan…

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Steam-team and Motor-car. Fatal Head-on Collision

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

Late on Monday afternoon a motorcar, driven by Oliver Hempel of Parramatta (Sydney), with Ambrose P. Whiting, his son William, and a…

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Scene of, the Dreadful Railway Accident at Woy Woy

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 1

The boddge and [?] where [?]…

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Charge of Theft Railwaymen Concerned Goods on Per. Way BATHURST

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 7

The pub[?] gallery to the [?] Police Court was crowded to-day mostly by railway men when the police proceeded with the charges against [?]…

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Motors and Motorists Sydney and [?].Z. Conditions

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

The motor trade in New Zealand just now according to an authority at present in this city is "[?]ity much the same as in Sydney, there being no very…

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Sydney Wheat Arrivals. Smart Work by the Railways

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

It would bo easy to draw misleading conclusions from the present somewhat congested Btato of the railway yards at Enfield and Darling Island. While it is a fact that far…

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Tramway Union. Again Registered. Effect of Recent State Law

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 9

The announcement was made at a meeting of the execlutive of the Tramway Employees' Union yesterday that the organisation had now been re-registered as an industrial union,…

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Railways. Trouble in Queensland. Loco. Men's Claims. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 10

Some weeks ago dissatisfaction developed among the locomotive men on the Queensland railways about their exclusion by the Arbitration Court award from the benefits of extra…

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New Palestine Loan For Rebuilding Jews on Tramp Land Being Prepared LONDON, January 5

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 1

Sir Alfred Mond, who will leave for Palestine to-morrow to discuss the details of the now Palestine loan with Sir Herbert Samuel. High…

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Cairo Tramcars Drivers Ca' Canny Want Higher Wages London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 3

A message from Cairo says that the tramway-drivers have adopted ca' canny methods, with the object of enforcing a higher wage demand. They…

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Passengers Annoyed How to Stop Strikes Railway Comedy London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

A message from Vienna says that a lightning strike of employees of the Southern Railway, involving the stoppage of trains en route, led to the…

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Run Over by Motor 'Bus a Carter's Death

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

The City Coroner held an inquest this morning into the death of Frank Scott, | aged 44, a carter, who died at the St. George District Hospital on December…

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W.A. Railway Strike Emergency Provisions Support for Government Labor Loader's Statement PERTH

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 7

The Citizens' Transport Committee is rapidly making emergency provisions for tho carriage of mails and urgent supplies to the country centres…

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Knocked Down by Motor Driver Pined £5

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

Robert Samuel Baxter, a contractor, of Kinkurra-street, Kensington, who was defended by Mr. J. W.. Abigail, was fined '£5, with 22s costs, at the Redfern…

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