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Railways, roads & transport, 1924

15,144 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Women Burglars? Railway Station Suffers MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1924 · page 2

Women are suspected of having broken into the parcels office of the railway station at Albion last night. Parcels were found open and…

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Main Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 6

The Minister for Local Government stated on Saturday that the list of proclaimed main roads, which was gazetted in 1906, had not been brought…

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Somebody Blundered Bridge in Wrong Place

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 6

For some weeks past a large number of men have been working at Carlton railway station, extending the overhead bridge by a temporary…

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Only Two Days Bridge Tenders Bradfield's Huge Task

The Sun · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 9

Less than two days remain before tenders for the construction of the harbor bridge close. At noon on Wednesday the Under…

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To—day's Motor Note

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 11

on the north side of the Liver[?] about hall a mile south [?] turn—off. there [?] bad lump. it has been…

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Cause of Quarrel, Railway Drivers' Mileage Strike on Schedule London. Sunday Night

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 1

The [?] Dally [?] special Labor correspondent save the railway [?] the [?] of [?] as between the [?]…

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Caught on Tram With Loaded Revolver a Melbourne Chase Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 4

Frederick Gerniss, af Sydney who came to Melbourne a few days ago,was fined is at the city court to—day for having carried a revolver…

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Fell From Tram Newcastle

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 8

Frank Ranger, tram conductor pell from the footboard of a tram at Speirs Point last night. He was admitted to Wallsend Hospital In a serious…

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Country Cricket. Quirindi v Railway Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 14

Quirindi l9O (Mullins 59, Lancaster 48, Dix 6-57), beat Railway Association, 87 (Rix 34)…

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Motoring. Motor Yacht Club. Speed Pennant Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 14

The Motor Yacht Club decided two important events, the challenge race for the speed pennant of the club, and also a general handicap for the Stelling Shield, at Rose Bay on Saturday afternoon. The weather was…

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Bathurst Motor Cycle Club. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 14

The Bathurst Motor Cycle Club 11 miles race resulted:—J. Walsh (3m 20s), 1; A. Armstrong (2m 40s), 2; T. McDonald (2m), 3. Time, 31m 16s, A. Brooks (25s) secured the fastest time; 29m. Twenty-three…

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Motor Accidents. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 12

Tip-out Corner, on the main North Coast road, at Moorland, has added another motor accident to its list. Mr. Jack Young was riding a motor cycle, with Mr. H. M. Wade…

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British1 Railways. Strike Inevitable. Companies Refuse Demands. LONDON, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 11

The railway companies having refused the concessions in the recent award by the National Wages Board demanded by the Society of Locomotive Engineers and…

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Strike To-morrow? British Railwaymen Determined Political Effect "May Jeopardise Labor's Chance in Commons"

The Sun · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 1

The week-end accentuated the railway trouble in England, and unless an unforeseen development occurs, it seems inevitable that a strike will commence to-morrow coinciding with the resumption of Parliament…

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Forty Miles an Hour Motorist Fined

The Sun · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 8

On a charge of having driven a motor car along Falcon-street, North Sydney, at a dangerous speed, Gordon L. Baglin was at the North Sydney…

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Railway Experts Arrival in April

The Sun · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 7

The English railway experts who will report to the N.S.W. Government upon the running of the railways are leaving London at the end of March,"…

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To the Editor Railway Salaried Officers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 4

Sir,--In last Saturday's issue of the "Daily Mail," an article appeared, dealing with a projected application by the Australian Railways Union to the…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 6

Losing control of his motor cycle while travelling up a steep incline in Empress Street, Hurstville, yesterday, David Nelson, of Woniora Road,…

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Under Gaol Walls Suspicious Motor-car Chauffeur Arrested MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 5

What is believed to be an attempt to liberate Angus Murray, who is awaiting his trial on a charge of murdering Thomas Berriman, bank manager at Glenferrie,…

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Nymboida Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

GRAFTON.--The question of the construction of a bridge, to cost £8000, over the Nymboida River, is to be submitted to the Minister for works. The matter…

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