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Railways, roads & transport, 1924

15,144 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Tram Runs Into Waggon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 15

While going round a curve opposite the golf-links, in Gardoner's-road, Rosebery, yesterday, a tram left the rails and ran into a waggon loaded with bricks. The front of…

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Motoring. Brisbane to Sydney. Attempting the Record. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 12

With the coveted Brisbane to Sydney side car record within their grasp, Messrs. A. Warnecke and J. McGregor, who left Brisban[?] at 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, came to grief…

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Railway Strike. Position in Britain. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 13

The railway strike, although in no way complete, seems to be more serious than the companies' pre-strike statements foreshadowed. The National Union of Railwaymen members…

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Motoring The "Trembling Diseas"

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 37

Last week we drifted of the subject of the "ideal, car;' due to a letter that touched upon a mailer that we had, been discussing the previous week. Not, everything that could be said was mentioned in connection with the subject. We had touched upon the mailer of condensation and "cracks,"…

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The Brisbane Express Passing the Finest Railway View in Australia

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 11

The photograph was taken from the top of the cliff's dose to the line between the Hawkesbury River and Cowan railway stations N.S.W—…

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Railways and Beekeepers

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 29

In modern beekeeping it is often necessary to mor whole apiaries to distant fields to gather a crop which may be locking at the original site…

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Blown Up English Railway Station Strike's Progress London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 1

A mysterious explosion has partly wrecked, the Middles- borough railway station. A surprising strike development…

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Railwaymen Angry Seniority List BATHURST

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 8

Bathurst railway men generally are indignant at the treatment disclosed under the seniority list as a sequel to the 1916 strike…

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Tram Complaints Traffic Manager's Reply Strap=hangers' Use

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 8

Straphangers are regarded by the Tramway Department as a source of net profit. This admission was made last night…

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Bondi Beach Tram Boycott Through Fare at Rush Hours Would Solve Busy Seaside Suburb's Shocking Service What Says Mr. Oakes?

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 4

Residents of the salubrious suburb of Bondi are long-distance sufferers from the chronic ineptitude the Railway Commissioners. Heavy…

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The Railway Strike

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--All eyes are watching to see how the new Government wil deal with the strike which although nowise complete…

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Will Gosford R.C. Make a Refund? Long Journey for Nothing--Sydney and Newcastle Horses and Trainload of Passengers Also Carried Railway Dept.'s Position

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 3

Somebody blundered badly yesterday in connection with the Gosford race meeting. If there was any doubt at all about the…

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Fireball Bursts Off Nobby's Head Cyclonic Storm Visits Newcastle--Holds up Trams--Collier is Forced Back to Port Bursts Like a Shell

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The Signal Master at Nobby's stated to-day that during the height of the cyclonic storm the broke over Newcastle last night…

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Strange Antics of a Motor Car Moves off "On Its Own"--A Trip Minus the Driver Brief But Rapid Run

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 6

A motor car which had been left standing outside the Wentworth Hotel in Lang Street yesterday afternoon moved off, apparently of its own…

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Motor Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 4

GRAFTON.--On January 7 a motorcar driven by Henry George Thompson dashed across the footpath in Skinner Street, South Grafton, and ran into a…

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Rural New South Wales Settlement and Production Cross Country Railway Service Dubbo-werris Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 4

The value of the west to north-west cross-country railway is impressively illustrated by the fact that the link between Binnaway and Werris Creek,…

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Railway Trucks Coping with the Harvest Congestion Explained

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 10

Concerning complaints that have appeared mostly from the far southern districts of the State, about shortage of railway trucks, the Railway…

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No Crisis Yet Railway Strike Stoppage Only Partial £1,000,000 a Day the Cost LONDON. January 22

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 9

The present situation of the railway strike may be summed up as "dislocation, but not paralysis." Emergency plans for dealing with…

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The Railway Strike London, January 23

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 9

The chief feature of the railway strike, which continues, is the conflict between the leaders of the National Union of Railwaymen and Locodrivers'…

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Sterling Drops Result of European Situation Railway Strike a Factor New York, January 21

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 9

The receipt, of the news that the British railway strike had started caused the sovereign to fall to 4 dollars 21[?] cents. This is the lowest…

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