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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

1,432 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 72

The Road to Fortune

National Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 5

The road to fortune is the road to health. Success and the ability to enjoy it, can only be the property of those who keep their bodies fit and…

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Drunk on Train Passenger Loses £14 Young Man Charged with Robbery

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

A charge of having stolen the sum of £14 from the person of George Tilden while travelling by mail train from Wagga to Cootamundra was…

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Railway Robberies Two Railwaymen Committed Proceedings at Bathurst Police Court. the Case for the Prosecution

National Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 3

The interest manifested locally in the alleged Railway robbery cases, in which five charges in all were preferred against Thomas Edward…

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The Railway Cases Inspector Campbell Complimented. Praise for Railway Witnesses

National Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

In fixing bail In the railway robbery canes yesterday, in connection with which Thomas E. Carpenter and Leonard Hughes were committeed for…

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Road to Riches

The Bathurst Times · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 4

Sydney has any amount of benefactors—men who are prepared at all sorts of inconvenience to themselves to lay a casual acquaintance on to…

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Cycling. Saturday's Road Race

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 7

Following are the results of the ten miles road race conducted by the Mudgee Bicyucle Club on Saturday last:— W. McManus, 4[?]…

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Railway Passenger Traffic

The Bathurst Times · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

The railway passenger fares taken in Bathurst for New Year's Day was £250, compared with £255 for the corresponding day of last year. The £250…

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Co-operative Store Railway Movement in Bathurst "Goods 25 Per Cent. Cheaper"

The Bathurst Times · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

The Bathurst Railway Institute room Mas crowded on Saturday night, when JMr. James Daveren, President of the Railway and Tramway Co-Operative…

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The 1917 Strikers Labor Government Criticised Shirking Responsibility Railwaymen at Dinner

The Bathurst Times · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

Optimism for a bright New Year as a union was the keynote at the reunion on Saturday night of members of the Bathurst Engine-drivers…

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The Railway Institute

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 7

The Railway Institute, recently erected in the Mudgee Railway Yards, has now been fully completed. and same is an excellent…

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Railway Co-operation Another Scheme

National Advocate · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

A fairly large meeting of the Rail-way Co-operative Society was held on Saturday night at the Railway Institute…

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Alleged Railway Thefts. Bathurst Employees Charged

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 1

At the Bathurst police court on Friday two railway employees, Thomas Carpenter and Loonard Hughes, were charged with having stolen a quantity of goods from a railway…

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W. A. Railway Strike. Conference Proves Unsuccessful

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

The negotiations for a settlement of the railway strike were continued by the Government and the Trades Hall disputes committee on Saturday, m Perth, without…

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Talk of Force Westralian Railway Strike "Arms and Ammunition" Perth

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 1

Mr. M'CaEum, general secretary of the A.L.P., commenting on the railway strike position said:— "Indications are that a very…

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Political Pull Railway Union and Government Amending the Act Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

Next to the A.W.U., The Railway and tramway men probably have the biggest political pull. Evidence of this will be manifest in the Railway Act…

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Talk of Strike the Queensland Railways Maryborough

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

interviewed in reference to the dissatisfaction existing among loco, men owing to exclusion from the advantages of overtime pay for night work…

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Motor Car in Flames Wagga

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

A motor car, owned by Mr. Samuel Holloway, a well-known produce broker, burst into flames in the street. The fire was extinguished after…

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Motor Cycle and Horse Collide Goulburn

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

A motor cycle and side-car driven, by Mr. H. Knight, with Mrs. Errol Blackett and Miss Donnelly aboard, ran into a straying horse near the…

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Ten Drowned Motor Launch Disaster Desperate Efforts at Rescue Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

The sinking of a motor launch with So persons aboard on the opkins River, near Warrnambool, resulted in the loss of ten lives, the names of…

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Motor Tyre Deal Claim Against Stationmaster Case Dismissed

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 1

A. B. Jamieson, motor mechanic, and agent, at the Bathurst Small Debts Court yesterday, proceeded against Hugh, McKenzie Melville, for…

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