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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

9,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

City Railway Start on February 20 Estell's Promise

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 8

A start is to be made on the City Railway on Monday, February 20. This statement was made by the Minister for Works and Railways (Mr…

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Motor Car Adventure Driver Half Throttled Revolver Used Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 8

Dust covered, and with blood streaming from a bullet wound in the left wrist, Robert Cleverly, 38, a motor car driver, living in Clarendon-street,…

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Strike in Germany Railway Men Resume LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 4

The railway strike committee has called off the strike in Germany. The municipal workers have not yet decided whether to do the same…

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Manslaughter Charge Manly Motor Fatality "Wasn't My Fault"

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 9

As the result of a motor fatality which occurred at South Steyne, Manly, on January 27, a young motorist. Robert Maxwell Channell, was…

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Motor Car Accident £100 Settlement

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 10

Judge Cohen, in the District Court today, had before him a claim for £400 by Eunice Muncaster, aged six years, by her next friend, William…

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Katoomba Motor 'Buses Renewal of Licenses Application to Supreme Court

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 7

An ex parte application for a rule nisi for a writ of mandamus, on behalf of Bertha Tweedie, motor 'bus proprietress, of Katoomba, and…

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Motor Boats Regulations Outgrows Steam Experience Insisted on

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 8

That the motor boat traffic in the coastal waters has outgrown the Navigation Pepartment's regulations is contended by Mr. C. A. M. Fisher, proprietor of the…

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The Railways Reply to Criticism "What Efficiency Has Achieved''

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 6

Mr. Fraser, Chief Commissioner for Railways, said yesterday that he was unable to understand Dr. Earle Page's criticisms of trailway efficiency in New South Wales…

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Six-day Week in Men's Own Interests Railway Commissioners' Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 6

The five-day working week question has been discussed by all of the gangs of railway workers employed at the new Regent's Park railway station, and it was unanimously decided…

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Riverina Railways Culcairn

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 9

The State Parliamentary Public Works Commitee has decided not to extend the proposed railway from Rand to Ringwood, as referred to them, but has recommended that immediate…

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Woniora Road

The Propeller · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 1

When the bad condition of Woniora Road was referred to at Monday night's meeting of Kogarah Council many of the aldermen wanted to be the…

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Western Train Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 5

The Railway Department has extended the Saturday night western passenger train which used to terminate at Bathurst to Orange. Passengers for western districts as far as Orange…

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"Obsolete Method" Railway Ticket Sales One Bridge for Rockdale

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 9

[?] Gosling and Arkins, M.L.A. beaded a deputation from the Rockdale Council and other public bodied to the Chief Commissioner for Railways…

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Suffocated Prisoners Asphyxiated in a Train Railway Officials Censured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 12

Responsibility for the deaths of a party pf Meplah prisoners who were suffocated on a train journey recently is placed by the official committee of…

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The Motor a 1920 Rolls-Royce on the Road

The Land · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 8

An engine which provides amazing power Cor rapid acceleration combined with extreme smoothness in propulsion. New type cantilever…

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A Trip Over Sydney's Good Roads

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 8

It is impossible to get [?] if anything for nothing in this commercial age, this is partioularly applicable to the making of a good road. With…

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Sidecar Record Sydney to Melbourne Rough Roads Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 7

Mr. C.'Wood, of the Sydney Motor Cycle Club, left Sydney this morning at 2 o'clock, accompanied by. Mr. C. Sainty as passenger, in an attempt to lower the motor cycle record…

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Runaway Train Collision in Victoria Guard's Terrible Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 4

At an carly hour on Saturday morning, thirteen runaway trucks and a guard's van collided with a goods train near Ma[?]don (Vic.), with the…

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Train Figures Speeds and Loads N.S.W. OPERATIONS

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 8

In a summary of statistics issued to the railway staff the Commissioners point out that the number of railway passenger Journeys during December…

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What's in a Name? Bligh=street or St. Paul's=road

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 8

Out where the city joins Newtown there is a street which, in the matter of names, is particularly well favored. From the centre of the road to the…

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