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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Safety First Railway and Tramway Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 4

The second annual safety first conference was held at the Railway and Tramway Institute. on Saturday morning, when Mr. David Gumming, director of the institute and of…

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Collision. Runaway Trucks. Crash Into Goods Train. Victorian Disaster. Melbourne

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

Travelling at a speed of about 100 miles an hour, 13 trucks and a guard's van, which had broken away from a goods train travelling to Bendigo, dashed back down the slope…

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Cross Roads New Crisis in Irish Affairs Transfer of Territory Dispute London, February 5

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 5

Sir James Craig, interviewed, regarding the new Ulster crisis, declared that Mr. Collins showed him maps indicating that he had already promised…

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Trucks Bolt Crash Into a Goods Train Man Killed and Two Injured Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 4

Dashing headlong down a steep gradient at the rate of between 60 and 70 miles an hour, thirteen heavily laden trucks and a guard's van…

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Motor Cycle Accident Sydney Man Killed Gundagal

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 6

A young man, named P.V.Wiadle, late of 7th Battallon, A.I.F. was the victim of a motor cycle accident near Gundagal on saturday afternoon. and…

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Motor Ambulance For South Sydney

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 7

In him [?] Council the ex-mayor [?] states:—[?] this matte has bate urged [?] and the other…

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Engineers' Demand Dismissal of Railway Commissioners. a Wages Dispute

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

At a mass meeting of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers held at the Trades Hall on Saturday, the following resolutions were carried:…

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Posed As Railway Guard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 5

Before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, J,P., at the Liverpool Court, Ronald Leslie Osborne was charged with obtaining from the Rey. E. C. Robison, of Liverpool, the sum of £5, by…

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Motoe Boating. Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 6

Members of the Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales had a very busy afternoon's racing at Rose Bay Saturday, when two long races for the fauter class of boats and one for the slower were decided…

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Casualties. Motor Cars Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 10

About 6 o'clock last night Mrs. Mabel Edwards, residing at Bay-street, Botany, was travelling along Flinders-street in a motor car when, on turning into Oxford-street, the…

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Motoring. Sydney to Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 10

In an attempt to lower the MelbourneSydney motor car record of 10 hours 55 minutes held by Mr. Boyd Edkins, of Sydney, Mr. N. M'Lachlan, of Melbourne, left the…

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Safety First. Improving Railway Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 10

The second annual "Safety First" conference was opened by Mr. Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner, at the Railway and Tramway Institute on Saturday. There were…

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Motor Cycle Fatality Accident at Gundagai One Killed, One Injured Gundagai

The Sun · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred here late on Saturday, Paul Windle, of Darlinghurst, Sydney, and Roy Musgrave, were crossing Kimo Bridge, over…

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Angry Engineers Pay in Railway Service Object to Reductions

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 4

The grievances of members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers employed by the Railway Commissioners at Randwick, Enfield, and Eveleigh workshops, were ventilated at a mass…

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Rand Strike Dynamiting the Railway Lines Johannesburg, February 4

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 5

The Industrial Federation has decided to take advantage of General Smuts's invitation to make use of the Government machinery to seek a way out of the dispute…

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Keeping Fit for Golf Should Players Train? Views of Topnotchers

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 3

From time to time to time a great deal has been written on how to keep of for golf and about physical training to re-lationship to golf…

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Railway Mergers English Lines Combining Separate Scottish Groups LONDON

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 1

The "Manchester Guardian' announces that the London and North Western railway is taking over the Midland railway headquaters, and…

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The Motor Are Modern Cars Built Backwards? a Suggestion for Wholesale Revolution in Design

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 7

Occasionally in all walks of life there comes a time when, in the light of experience gained, a clean sweep of all practices that have hitherto been…

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Motor Driving Contest. Ford's Narrow Escape

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 7

A motor driving contest that was put on at Wyalong sports last week and was won by "Bunny" Reynolds, of Young, is described by some who…

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Development of the Motor Ship

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 4

In the Diesel motor ship Yngaren, which has been loading at Sydney during the past week, is an example of the modern type of that class of vessels. Although presenting the somewhat congruous appearance of a funnelless steamer, considerable attention has been…

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