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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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North Shore Bridge Who Should Pay For it?

Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 5

Notices of motion will be submitted at a meeting of the North Sydney Council this evening affirming: "That the North Shore Bridge is a…

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Ron Down by Train Guard's Death at Petersham

Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 7

Thomas Edward Marden [?] a guard of Beatic-street. Rockdale had finished shunting operations last night and went to return the key of the frame to the…

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Run Down by Train. Guard Killed at Petersham

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

Shortly before midnight Thomas Edward Marden, aged 28, a railway guard, of Bestic-street, Rockdale, was run down by a train at the Petersham railway station, and killed…

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Col. Harvey Injured Motor Smash at Cannes CANNES

Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 1

Colonel Harvey, the American Ambassador to Great Britain, has met with a serious motoring accident. His car came into collision and the impact…

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The Motor to Push Exports

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 5

The United States Commerce Bureau recently formed an Automotive Division, which will receive special consular reports from all foreign countries…

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Guyra to Dorrigo Proposed Railway. Connecting Tableland and Coast

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 7

It was resolved in the Legislative Assembly (N.S.W.) to refer to the Public Works Committee the question of constructing a railway from Guyra…

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Motor Boating

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 6

Satisfactory entries have been received for the races for boats of a speed of 10 miles an hour, and also for those of a speed of over 15 miles an hour, which will be decided under the rules of the Motor Yacht…

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The Riverina:. Extending Victorian Railways. Waiting for New South Wales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 8

Owing, no doubt, to the political situation which has developed in New South Wales, the Minister for Railways, Mr. Barnes, has received no further communication from the…

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Tram Traffic Blocked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 10

Shortly before 6 o'clock last night a gear-box under a tram bound for Bronte fell on the rails, d[?]railing the front portion of the car at the entrance to Centennial Park. The mishap…

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Casualties. Body on Railway Link

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

The body of the man found with the head severed early yesterday morning on the raliway line near Milson's Point has been identified as that of H. J. Nutting. He resided…

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Narrabeen Trams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 10

The Mayor of Manly (Alderman Heaton) recently interviewed the traffic manager of the Tramways Department in reference to the running of a non-stop tram to Na[?]abeen. The…

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Railway Workmen First Class Fares Union Secretary's Comment

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 8

The decision of the Railway Commissioners to grant first-class season concession tickets to the wages staff as well as to the salaried staff of the…

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Railway Rates Issue in Book Form

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 8

A now railway rates book is to be issued by the department this week. It will solve the long-standing difficulty which faced business men…

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Railway Employees and Their Passes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 4

Sir,--As one who drives an engine, let me say, in reply to the comments regarding free passes, that, without any extra pay per shift, we work ten hours on duty and ten off; and…

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The Modern Touch Town Walls for Tramway Changes at Canton

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 6

Mr. Coote, the well-known Sydney jeweller, who returned on the Tango Maru yesterday, after a three months' holiday in China, had some interesting things to tell of the new…

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Motor Car Fatality Driver Discharged From Custody

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 6

After inquiry into the death of George Augustine Radford (42) at the Lewisham Hospital on December 15, the City Coroner, Mr. Jamieson. returned a finding of accidental death, and…

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Aeroplane Crashes Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 5

Through the engine refusing to work, Captain Harry J.Butler, in his Avro biplane crashed front a height' of 1400ft:, half a mile from Minlaton. He was severely injured…

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Dangerous Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 3

Battle Bridge, which spans the Leichhardt Canal, on the Parramatta Road, is, according to a correspondent, a dangerous crossing, as the road narrows down to about half the width that…

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On Wrong Train Railway Employee Fined

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 8

Ernest Gates, of Fowlers-avenue, Guildford, who described himself as a railway employee, was fined 5s, with 13s costs at the Newtown Summons Court…

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Road Hogs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 1

Although the road hogs complain of the awful state of the Western-road further west of Wentworthville, they certainly make up for any time lost by…

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