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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

9,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Scrip Stolen Handbags Disappear Daring Theft From Tram

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 6

A thousand fully paid up share cerlifi-cates in the Hartley [?] and Spin-ning Mills were reported to have been in a hand-bag which Mrs isobel…

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Railway Fatality Girl Killed at Kingswood PENRITH

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 8

A [?] accident accourred at 7.30 yes-terday evening at Kingewood the vic-tim being Vera Gordon, [?] formerly a recident of Lithgow, but latterly living…

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Boycott of Belfast Its Abolition Approved Motor Car Thieves Active LONDON

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 3

The [?]…

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South Australia. Tramways Employees Reduced

The Australian Worker · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 9

The men employed by the Municipal Tramways Trust are working under an agreement whereby their wages are to rise or fall according to figures supplied by…

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Sydney City Railway. Construction to be Resumed

The Australian Worker · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 6

Good news for the unemployed is contained in a statement made by the N.S.W. Treasurer (Mr. Lang) last Friday night. He said that the State Government had…

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Shantung Railway. New York, Jan, 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 7

A message from Peking states that President Chiang has announced that he has granted the Premier, M. Liang, leave of absence and in appointing the Foreign Minister, M Yen,…

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Railway Union. Conference Censures Secretary. Solidarity to Be Enforced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 7

The delegates attending the annual conference of the Australian Railway Union, now being held in the Trades Hall, after a threedays' debate on the absence of the general…

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Railway Methods. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

Sir,—The greater proportion of the population residing at Pennant Hills are much perturbed by the officials at the Pennant Hills raliway station taking their names for…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

Entries close on Saturday for the two races for the commodore's cups promoted by the Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales. For class A. over 12 m.p.h. boats, the distance will be about 11½ miles. from Rose…

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Child Falls From Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 8

About 6.30 last night William Parsons, 5, living with his parents at 241 Bulwarra-road, Ultimo, fell off a tram at the comer of Harrisstreet and Bridge-road, Ultimo, He was…

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Struck by Tram

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 1

John Hobbs, aged 77, of Denison street. Manly, was knocked down by a tram in Castlereagh street,near Market street, yesterday. He received…

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"P" Class Tram Cars Cost £3650 Each

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 8

The estimated cost of building the new "P" class' tram cars, completely equipped, is £3650 each. Arrangements, the department states, are…

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At Pistol Point Arrest of Two Men Police in Motor=cycle

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 9

Two men, carrying between them £50 worth of jewellery and silverware, were arrested by Detective Carroll and Constable Simpson, in Wetherill street,…

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Took Wrong Turning Railway Prosecution

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

Cecil Hargraves, of Chalder street, Newtown, who, it was explained, held a season ticket on the western railway circuit, travelled from Cowra to…

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Shantung Railway Peking, January 25

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 6

A nation-wide movement has been started to raise funds for the purchase of the Shantung railway. The leaders of the movement hare presented…

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Land Settlement and Development the Motor Age a Check on the Road Paddy's River

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 10

Motorists can journey by car from Sydney to Melbourne, or vice versa, at any season of the year and in any weather with nothing in the road to…

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Good Roads National Association Meets Apathy Complained of

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 7

The second annual meeting of the National Roads Association of New South Wales, held this afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce, was well…

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Good Roads National Association's Work Annual Meeting To-day

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 3

The annual report of the National [?]…

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Good Roads Lack of Public Interest (Continued from page 3)

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 5

In moving the adoption of the report, at the annual meeting of the Good Hoads Association the chairman said that the lack of public interest was…

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