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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Motor Bike and Horse. a Serious Smash. Woman Dangerously Hurt. Goulburn

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

Late last night an accident occurred at the junction roads, four miles from town. A man named Knight was driving a motor cycle with side car…

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Shocking River Fatality. Motor Boat Sinks. Eleven Persons Drowned. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

A motor launch with 80 passengers sank in the Hopkins River, near Warnambool, yesterday afternoon. Several boats in the vicinity hurried…

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Late Wires Our Railways. Union's Political Pull. Important Changes Asked for an Employees' Commissioner. Huge Additional Expenditure a Split in the Ranks. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

Next to the A.W.U., the railway and tramway men probably have the biggest political pull with the Storey Government and evidence of this fact will…

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More Railway Demands. Station Masters Want Concessions. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

The Railway Station Masters have formed a new union, to be called the Station Masters and Night Officers' Union. They claim a 44 hours week…

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Drugged in Express Train. English Woman Robbed

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 1

When the Vienna express arrived at the Swiss frontier recently a middle-aged Englishwoman was found alone and half-conscious in a first-class…

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Late Wires W.A. Railway Strike. No Settlement Yet. Position Unchanged. Strikers Man Relief Train. Perth

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 3

There was no further change in the railway strike position yesterday. The Trades Hall consented to man a relief train to take provisions out from…

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Race Clubs Will Hold Meetings. Despite Curtailed Train Services. Melbourne, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 3

A further reduction of the train service is threatened but the race clubs are determined to go on with their meetings, following the action. The…

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Heavy Losses. Thousands of Men Idle. Who Is Running the Relief Train? Paris, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 3

No railway strike negotiations were held yesterday. The food supplies for the country centres are being well maintained, but a prolongation of the…

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Goulburn Motoring Accident. Death of a Victim. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 5

Mrs. Errole Blackett, one of the victims of Sunday night's motor cycle accident at Goulburn, died this morning. Miss Donnelly's condition is still critical…

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INDUSTRIAL. Railway Stationmasters. Want a Forty-four Hour Week and £50 Increases All Round. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 5

A meeting of the executive of the Stationmasters' Association has decided to approach the Government for representation on the Industrial Council, which…

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W.A. Railway Strike. an Impasse Reached. Huge Loss of Wages. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 4

The railway strike in West Australia appears to have reached an impasse. Both sides are standing firm. The men say they expect the next move from the…

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Grafton District Motor Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 4

A meeting is to be held in the Town Hall to-night for the purpose of arranging aeroplane flights and motor gymkhana on Anniversary Day, on the Grafton racecourse…

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Telegrams. Railway Line Flooded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 4

Information reached the Railway Department last night that flood waters were two feet six inches over the rails at Burrumbuttock, on the Culcairn-Corowa line…

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Motor Launch Disaster. Funeral of the Victims. Business Suspended at Warnambool. Melbourne, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 3

The bodies of all the eleven victims of Monday's launch disaster have now been found. The funerals took place to-day, business being suspended at…

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New Railway Union. a List of Grievances. Requests to Be Made. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 3

A meeting of the Executive of the newly-formed Station Masters' Association has been held. Mr. Sydney Smith, the secretary…

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Maclean Mems. Road Thieves

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 1

A little incident was reported this week that unfortunately, happens too often to the farmer. A luxurious motor car. containing three rows of…

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Aeroplane Types. British Competitions. an Important Advance. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 5

The fact that British magnetos are unrivalled in the world is shown in the Air Ministry's report on the competitions held in September, with a view to ascertaining…

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Sinn Feiners to Repair Damaged Roads. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 5

The military at Tullamore ordered prominent Sinn Feiners to repair the roads around the town, where trenches had been dug by the Republican army…

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Still Some Money Left Waverley's Big Loan. for Roads and Beach. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 3

The Waverley Council yesterday decided to borrow £100,000 at 6 12 per cent, from the A.M.P. Society. The money will be utilised in improving…

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A Fruit Train Success. Queensland Growers' Enterprise. Twelve Months' Fruit £275,266. What Co-operation Is Doing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 1

It is interesting to note the growth of the North Coast Fruit Growers' Association in Queensland, and to see what they have done and are still…

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