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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

9,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Mao's Body Found On Milson's Point Railway

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

The body of a man was found on the railway near Milson's Point Station early this morning. The head had been severed…

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Motor Cycle Stolen

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

A motor cycle and aide car, the property of Mostyn Robert Lloyd, were taken from Wentworth-street, Manly on Saturday. Constables Gray and…

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Motor and Lorry Collide

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 7

Damage amounting to £12 was caused to a motor car owned and driven by H. Ownes, of Parsons-street, Rozelle, which collided with a motor lorry, drives by…

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Tram Accident. Head-on Collision. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 8

A train accident occurred on the Clayfield line on Saturday afternoon, two care collid[?] ing head on on a single track. Traffic was blocked for half an hour, and both cars were…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 11

Thomas Cooper, a railway guard, who was injured in a railway accident at Rooty Hill on Friday night, died in the Parramatta District Hospital yesterday. The accident…

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Railway Fatality. Man Killed at Milson's Point

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 9

Early this morning the body of a man was found on the railway line near Milson's Point Station, the head having bee[?] completely severed from the body. It is believed he…

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Motor Boating. St. George M.b.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

The St. George Motor Boat Club decided two races on the local course in Kogarah Bay on Saturday afternoon, one a general handicap for the commodore's trophy, over a distance of about five miles; while the…

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Motor Cycling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

Mr. J. A. Fair, secretary of the Motor-cycle Club of New South Wales, paid a visit to Newcastle on Saturday to represent the club at the, annual dinner of the Newcastle M.C.C. that evening…

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Railwaymen. Claim for Higher Pay. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 10

The Victorian branch of the Australian Railways Union will submit a claim to the Railways Classification B[?]ard at the end of the month for an increase in the basic rates from…

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Railway Rates Book

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 7

A new rates book, which should be found of considerable use to uubiness people, primary producers, and others who use the [?]oods transport services of the railways, will be…

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Cash Down Refused Japan and the Shantung Railway China Seeks Mediation Washington

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 1

To-day's conference has been one of rest and reflection as far as the Shantung problem is concerned -- rest for the Japanese; reflection for the…

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First-class Railway Workmen Concession Fare Privilege Regulation As to Dress

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 8

By an order of the Railway Commissioners, wages employees of the department are now conceded the privilege of purchasing first-class…

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On Railway Line Man's Body Found Head Almost Severed

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 8

The body of H. J. Nutting, 27, plumber, who boarded in Ridge-street, North Sydney, was found on the railway line by two railway employees,…

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Tram Employees' Jaunt

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

Sir,--Your correspondent, "F.F.," Is anxious to know what the exact money equivalent of concessions and free fares amount to, so far as the employees of the Railway Commissioners…

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"Dead-heads" on Trains and Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

Sir,--In to-day's issue Mr. Dooley is reported as saying that the stoppage of the free list at Kosciusko has wiped out an annual deficit of £4000 at the Government hotel at that place…

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Trams Collide Seven Persons Injured Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

Seven persons were injured in a collision between two tram cars on Sandgate Road yesterday. Both cars were telescoped and badly damaged, but were able to proceed back to…

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Motor Boating Race for Stelling Shield

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 3

Mr J. Spencer Nolan's speed bout Liberty won the annual race for the Stelling Shield, contested under the auspices of the Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales on Saturday, over a course of nine and a half…

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Railway Guard Killed Run Over by Train

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 10

Thomas Edward Madden, aged 30, Bestic-street, Rockdale, was run over and killed by a train at the Petersham railway station about 11.15 p.m…

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Aeroplane for Outback the Coming Transport

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 11

A North Queensland paper reports: Shortry after 11 o'clock on Sunday morning the unmistakeable droning of an aeroplane could be heard in the…

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World's Fastest Train

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 10

It was (writes Cecil J. Allen, in the "Daily Mail") a notable engineering achievement on the part of Brunel that carried the Great Western Railway…

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