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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

9,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Ex-Railwayman Gaoled Three Months for False [?] Pretences

Evening News · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 3

Ronald Leslie Osborne, slias Raiph the Lapworth, 28, was at Parramatta [?] court charged with having, on[?] falsely pretended to kev, [?]…

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Hustled at Tram Stop

Evening News · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

[?]of Day's Avenue. [?] of a brown [?] while she was [?] tram at corner…

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Motor Wheel Smashes window

Evening News · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

The wheel came off a motor car driven by Herbert Neller, of Parramatta-road. Leichhardt, in Parramatta-road. Patersbam, yesterday, and rolled through…

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The Railways. Allegations of Discontent Case for the Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 9

In regard to the statement from the Railway Department published yesterday, denying that there was any cause for discontent among the staff, the secretary of the New South Wales…

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Motor Cycling. Motor Cycle Club of N.s.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 7

Entries close to-night for the "Flying Quarter Mile" road event, which will be decided by the Motor Cycle Club of New South wales tomorrow afternoon On Saturday week members will be engaged in the three…

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Motor Boating. Motor Yacht Club of N.s.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 7

The following handicaps have been declared for the class " A" race for the Vice-Commodore's Cup on the Rose Bay to Manly an back course by the lion handicapper of the Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales:—…

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Railway Trips. Drinkers Qualify As Travellers. to Defeat Liquor Act. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 8

John Hennessy was fined £5, in default a month's gaol, on a charge of being drunk on Byron Bay railway station on Sunday. The police evidence showed that many men…

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Mysterious Motorists

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 10

Miss N. Glasser, who resides at the Austral [?]ye Works, Wells-street, Balmain, reported to the police yesterday that at about [?] a.m. she was awakened by the subdued sound of…

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'Bus Traffic. Competition with Trams. Proposed Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 8

For a considerable time an effort has been made to have a board constituted to control the motor 'bus traffic in the city and the suburbs, but up to the present no definite [?]…

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Tram Mishap

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 10

By the lo[?]king of the wheels of an Erskineville tramear at the foot of Loft[?]s-street, traffic on the Circular Quay-Railway Station route was dislocated for an hour last…

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Posing As a Railway Guard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 10

Before Mr. A. J. Peisley, S.M., at the Parramatta Court yesterday, Donal Leslie Osborne, a young man, former[?] of Queensland, Newcastle, Bathurst, and for a shor[?] time in the employ of the Railway…

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Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 10

A collision which occurred between two motor cars at the corner of Lang-road and Cook-road, Centennial Park, shortly after 8 o'clock last night, resulted in several people…

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Dumbleton Tramway

The St George Call · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. Gosling, M.L.A., announced at the annual meeting of the Dumbleton Tramway League that the Treasurer would accept a local loan to build the…

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Railway Inquiry

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 7

The time within which the report of the Royal Commission inquiring into the administration of the Railways and Tramways is to be furnished has…

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Pruning Knife New Zealand's Cut Lord Jellicoe's Offer Railway Reductions Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 7

After an all-night sitting, the House of Representatives affirmed the principle of the Civil Service Retrenchment Bill, the second reading being passed…

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Collectors Barred New Railway By-Law

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 7

The Railway Commissioners have gazetted the following now by-law: -- No person unless authorised in writing by the Commissioners shall, in or…

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Kogarah Motor Smash

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

Last Saturday night two motor cars collided with each other at the corner of Kogarah Road and Francis Street, Kogarah. The result was that two…

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Dumbleton Tramway. Local Loan Acceptable

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Dumbleton Tramway League was held at Humphrey's Hall, Dumbleton, last Monday evening. The vice-president,…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, January 18, 1922. (Before Mr. Jennings, S.m.) Trespassed on Railway

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 2

Inspector Morris, of the Railway Department, proceeded against Theodore Rattenbury, Thomas Brown, Timothy Thornton, Arthur Francis, and A…

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Expired Railway Ticket

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 2

Inspector Morris, of the Railway Department, proceeded against Edwin Climpson for travelling between Kogarah and Redfern on a ticket that…

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