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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Serious Tram Accident. On the Coogee Line. Twenty-five Persons Injured. Collision Between Two Cars. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 5

Twenty-five persons were more or less seriously injured in a train accident at Randwick about 11.30 p.m. last night. Three waggons from the Eastern Suburbs…

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No Trams in Johannesburg. Reserving the Power. Johannesburg

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 5

Johannesburg is now without trams. The power has been reserved for lighting, which the citizens are exhorted to use sparingly in an endeavor to have…

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Lismore Race Train

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. G. Nesbitt. M.L.A., has received the following letter dated Jan 19 from the secretary to the Railway commissioners:--…

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Fog in London. Road and River Traffic Blocked London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 5

London was plunged at midnight into darkness by a fog which lasted all day Road aud river traffic was blocked and the buses were not running. A number…

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Control of the Railways. Objective of the A.W.U. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 5

Members of the State branch of the A.W.U. are making a big effort to secure the control of the railways. They have served series of twenty-three demands on…

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Railway Accident. Arras-paris Express. Sixty Persons Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 5

Renter's Arras correspond states that a serious accident happened to the Paris express through a broken coupling the rear of the train [?]eding with a…

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A London Fog Traffic Held Up. Serious Tram Collision. London, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 3

Owing to a dense fog, the London, buses were unable to run, and only acetylene flares made the trams running possible…

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Railway Opened. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

Railway goods waggons were run over the new railway deviation from Rozelle Bay to Darling Island yesterday fort he first time…

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The City Railway

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

The country is strongly of the opinion, often as strongly expressed, that uncompleted railway lines in the country should be completed before heavy expenditure is…

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State Politics. Good Election Stunt. the City Railway. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

The statement that the city railway is to be proceeded with at an early date and that, it will give work in the first instance to about 500 men is not taken seriously…

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Telegrams. Rozelle Bay Railway. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

Railway goods waggons were run over the new railway deviation from Rozelle Bay to Darling Island yesterday for the first time. The line, which has been under…

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Sydney's New Goods Railway. the First Traffic. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

Railway, goods waggons were run over the new railway from Rozelle Bay to Darling Island yesterday for the first time…

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American Business Man. Interesting Speech. a £15,000,000 Road. Sydney, Wednesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

At a gathering at the Wentworth Hotel to-day, prominent public and commercial men entertained, at luncheon Mr. A. Gowan, owner of the…

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Telegrams. Unification of Railways. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Builders' Exchange carried a resolution in favour of proceeding without delay with the unification of the railway gauge…

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Developing Our Heritage Setting Immigrants on Crown Lands Value of Unified Railway Gauge Industrial Friction Must Cease Mr. Hughes' Stirring Speech Need for (More People, Unified Railway Gauge, and Industrial Peace. on the Verge of an Upheaval Round-table Conference to Be Called. Sydney, Wednesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 3

At a luncheon given in his honor at the Nationalist Club to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) delivered a stirring speech in the course of which…

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27 Miles a Minute. Aeroplane of the Future

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 1

An aeroplane capable of speed greater than that of a shell from a gun is predicted within a few years by M. Breguet, the French aeroplane…

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Casualties. a Fatal Collision. Between Motor Lorry and Sulky. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 4

A smash between a motor v lorry and sulky at Young Wallsend this morning resulted in, the death, of Stanley M'Pherson, of Hamilton. His wife and a little girl…

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Portable School for Dorrigo Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 2

The Education Department has under construction a portable school room for use of the children accompanying their fathers who are constructing the…

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Dublin's Motor Thieves. Youthful Gang Caught London, Wednesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 3

A gang of youngsters, headed by an older leader, has been systematically carrying out daring thefts of motor cars in Dublin…

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Good Roads. Motorists Apathetic. Very Few Joined Association. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

The annual report of the National Roads Association of N.S.W., presented at the second annual meeting this afternoon, says: "The apathy of the…

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