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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

11,988 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250

Collision. Train and Waggon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 8

A serious accident was narrowly averted near Gosford on Monday last, when a mail train, carrying a full complement of passengers, crashed into a waggon to which 12…

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Attack in a Train

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

Man Battered with Claw Hammer. A man named James Ashton was savagely attacked in a train at Auburn (Vic.) on Tusday last. He boarded…

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Gate on Private Road

The Land · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 6

"Anxious" writes: I have a gate on a private road to my house, on my own property. I stand by locking that gate, and have the public the right to break the lock…

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Land Settlement and Development the Motor Age the Users of the Roads Presistent Growlers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 7

The [?] is general among a certain section of the N.S.W public that motorist get too much of their own way It is asserted by this section…

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On Field, Track and Road — A Page of Sport Motor Notes

The Land · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 8

The Monarch Spring Controller. In the special "Spring" number of "Motor" above, controller was described as a "rebound damper." The…

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"Auction Simplified' a Bridge Player's Guide

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 15

For the beefit of suction bridge players a concise little book has just been published by Messrs. Angus and Robertson Ltd. Sydney under the…

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Road to Sea Ramspate's Agitation

Evening News · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

Alderman Ch[?] Counsil meeting advo[?] the expenditure of £400 in forming a [?] through a part at Ramsgate, giving direct…

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Main Roads. Inadequate Grant. Shires Ask for Increase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 8

A deputation from the Shires Association waited on the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Fitzpatrick) concerning the main roads grant. They represented" that the grant was…

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Sensational Accident. Frightoned Horse Backs Into a Train

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

A peculiar accident occurerd at Milbrulong (N.S.W) on Tuesday morning As a train was approaching the railway station a three attachted to a…

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Sydney's Traff[?] Needs. Roads and Bridg[?] Who Should Provide Them?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 8

Is the movement initiated at Manly [?] erection of a bridge over Middle [?] the Spit on the combined responsibility [?] Manly. Mosman North Sydney,[?]…

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Train Leaps Chasm Clears 12-Foot Gap Made by Rebels "Jim" Larkin Released Hold=ups and Railway Outrages Continue LONDON, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 8

How a Dublin mail train carrying 200 passengers leapt a yawning chasm and miraculously escaped destruction has just come to light…

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A Girl Killed. Out to Pieces by Mail Train

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

A fourteen-year-old girl named Gladys Stockton who resided with her parents near Liverpool (N.S.W) was killed by the second division of the…

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Gordon Road Will Start Soon Confab. in Council

Evening News · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 11

"You gentlemen of the opposition have very little to hang your hats on." said Councillor M[?]lntosh (president), at Kuringal Council,…

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Gordon Road End of Epic Fight Down to Work

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 7

"That is the end of an epic fight," said Councillor McIntosh, President of the Shire of Kuringgai, as he finished the reading of…

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Local Government. Items of General Interest. the Bend in the Road

The Propeller · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

In the St. George district we have many sharp curves in roads. Up till the present fortune has favored us insofar as regards accidents. We have…

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Our Railways. a weekly budget of Information, Replies to Criticism, Statements of Policy, and General Comment, direct from the office of the Railway Commissioners to renders of "The Land." Questions and inquiries are cordially invited. Special Excursion Trains for Farmers

The Land · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 3

In February last year the Railway Commissioners ran a special series of excursion trains for the express benefit of primary producers…

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Motor Cycling Hill Climbing on the Grass

Arrow · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 7

Sydney Club is introducing something novel early next month in the chape of a hill climb on the grass. It will prove…

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Some Freight Disparities How, Inland Dwellers Might Fare If Railways Had to Begin Afresh

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 1

it another Australia were to be discovered In this twentieth century, and we had the privilege of taking possession of It now with all. our acquired…

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The Great Railway Freights Mystery "Owned by This People for the People."

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 1

Farmer friends (part owner of the railways) find it difficult to reconcile the freight they pay-the one with sixteen hundredweight lot being charged almost the same as…

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