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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

9,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Bad State of Hamilton Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 9

"We are doing our utmost to maintain an efficient bus service to West Fairfield in order to advance the district," wrote W. E. Knaggs to Tuesday's meeting of the…

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Flight Abandoned Return by Train MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 5

It was the intention of Colonel Brinsmead, Controller of Civil Aviation, to make a return flight from West Australia to Melbourne, but…

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Road as Racecourse Horsemen on the Highway

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 4

Truly, the lot of an alderman is not an enviable one. If a council falls to put the roads in thorough order it will be everlastingly…

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Motor Lorries. Compete with the Railways. From Sydney to Forbes. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 13

Messrs. Jackson, Thomson, and Co., of Redforn, have just carried out a demonstration between Sydney and Forbes with three three-ton motor lorries, to one of which was…

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Co-operation. Railway and Tramway Men. a Successful Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 9

The New South Wales Railway and Tramway Co-operative Society, Limited, which is holding its anniversary picnic at Athol Gardens to-day, raports that for the year ended…

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Railway Returns

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 8

The number of tickets issued at Eastwood railway station for December was 18,660, and the total coaching revenue amounted to 2052. For the…

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Railway Revenue

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 8

Returns compiled at Thornleigh railway station for the month of December indicate that 4407 tickets were issued and the total coaching revenue was £584. For…

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Railway Traffic Returns

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 8

During the month of December, 19,968 tickets were issued at Hornsby railway station, and the coaching revenue totalled £2330. For the corresponding month of…

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Fairfield-wetherill Park Railway

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 5

Recently the Railway Commissioners adversely reported on the proposal to construct a railway or tramway from Fairfield to Wetherill Park. The Matter was…

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"A Motorist's Nightmare."

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 5

Ald. A. A. C. Cocks, M.L.A, of the City Council, is not at all in love with the work that has been done and is be ing done on the Western Road. In the…

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Railway Fatality at Rooty Hill. During Shunting Operations

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 4

The tragic record which the Blacktown-Penrith, section of the western line has established was augmented on Friday night of last week when a fatal…

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Wild Motorists Showing Up Government Picnics to Paddy's River Goulburn

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 6

Paddy's River is again flooded, Many motorists were stuck up on both stuce yesterday. The trail footbridge has been totally laundated and cyclists and…

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Randwick Accident Motor Cycle Spill

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 6

Through a tyre blowing out, in Allison-road, Randwick, yesterday, a motor-cycle and side-car, drives by Jack Lloyd Jones, 22, a clerk, of "Haroldone,"…

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Boy Scoots Injured Motor Collides with Lorry

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 2

In a collison between a motor lorry and a tram in King-street, Newtown yesterday. Alfred Blowes, 12, of Association, Orange, and Aubury Challis, of…

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Co-operation Railway Society's Success

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 3

During last year, the Railway and Teamway Co-operative Society had a turn-over of £260,000 [?] more than the previous year…

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Jammed Between Buffers Railway Clerk Injured GOULBURN

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 4

Mervyn Armstrong, who is employee as a clerk in the Goulburn railway officer was assluting in shunting operations met-night, when he was caught between the…

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"A Real Test" Motor Cycles in Mud Points That Help Riders

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 3

"Under city conditions, which approximate to perfection, motor cycles fitted with sidecars generally behave themselves. There is little shock or…

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Motoring Headlight Problem R.A.C. Contests

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 2

From an accounts the dazzling head light problem is one that is shared with us by other parts of the world, and it is claimed that an American electrical…

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Boy Scouts Hurt Lorry Collides With Tram Two Lads at Hospital

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 6

A lorry, on which were boy scouts, and a tram collided in King-street, near Church-street, Newtown, yesterday, with the result that two boys…

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Motor Cycle Upset Two Men Injured

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 6

Jack Lloyd-Jones, aged 23, clerk, Sutherland-road. Chatswood, was driving a motor cycle and side ear along' Allison-road, Randwick, yesterday,…

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