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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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Indian Railway Smash Many Killed or Burned to Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 3

Allahabad, Wednesday.—One of the worst railway disasters in the history of India occurred on Monday, when the Allahabad-Dehra Dun express collided with…

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Railway Employees' Picnic

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 4

The traffic, locomotive, and permanent way branches of the railway service will hold a picnic at Tamworth today. The train will leave Singleton at…

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Japanese in Siberia Further Troops Landed. China and Manchuria Railway. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) New York, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 4

The "Times" Washington correspondent states that, according to advices received by the State Department, Japanese troops, escorted by the warships…

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New Zealand Railway Strike All the Dominion Affected

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 6

A message from Rotorua on Wednesday states:— All enginedrivers throughout New Zealand are on strike. The position is…

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Cycling. Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 7

The Maitland Bicycle Club held a road race on Saturday afternoon from "Mercury" corner, through Bolwarra, Dunmore, Largs, Morpeth and East Maitland, back to the…

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Boy Severely Injured. Train Smashes Into Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 3

Patrick Croke (11) and William Carney (14) were driving in a lorry at Temora, and, while endeavouring to cross Victoria-street railway crossing, collided with mail train,…

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Stolen From Motor Car. Sentenced to Two Months

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 5

David Criminings and Patrick Coll were charged at the West Maitland Police Court this afternoon, before Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., with having on April 24 stolen one overcoat…

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Girl Tram Conductors. to Be Replaced. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 5

The Bristol tramways are dismissing girl conductors with a week's salary and a gratuity of £5, with a view to replacing them with ex-service men…

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State Motor Cars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 8

Referring to State motor cars, Mr. Lang said that, is things were, any member of Parliament could go for 9 joy-ride whenever be felt in [?] and no questions would be…

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Football Team by Aeroplane

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

Capetown,Saturday.—What is believed to be a world's record was created to-day by a Handley-Page aeroplane taking a University football team from…

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Hearing Recovered in an Aeroplane

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

A strange thing happened in Wellington during the weak, when a young man named L.Nicholson, who is both [?] and dumb, heard sounds for the…

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Strike Madness. Welsh Railwaymen Our. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

A conference of South Wales' railwaymen reaffirmed thair decision to strike until a £0 weekly minimum wage is granted. Mr. Thomas, speaking at Devby, denouneed…

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Trams in Collision. Head on Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 3

A head on collision between two stem trams oceurred at Sandringham (Sydney) on Monday afternoon. Both motors were badly damaged and…

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Masked and Armed. Attempt to Rob Railway Clerk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 4

An attempt was made by a masked youth into on Saturday night to rob a clerk at the East Richmond railway station (Vic.) at the point of a revolver. The Incident…

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French Railway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

The French railways show indieations of increased resumption. The miners of Anzinloire mostly oppose a strike. The loagshoremen at Marseilles are out…

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New Motor Fuel. an Australian Invention

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

Powrol, a new motor fuel, the invention of an Australian engineer, Mr. H. A. Wallace, and its potentialities are claimed to be…

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State Motor Cars

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 4

Referring to State motor cars, Mr. Lang said that, as things were, any member of Parliament could go for a joy ride whenever he felt…

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Railway Picnic

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

A picnic, in which hundreds of railway employees, belonging to the Tamworth and Singleton sections of the line, with their families, participated,…

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A New British Type of Wind Motor

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 1

The increasing cost of fuel in all parts of the world has drawn renewed attention to the power possibilities of windmills, 'or "wind motor," as they are…

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Mad Motorists Two Persons Killed. (Australian Gable Assn. Message;) Paris, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

A soldier and five men and Women were automobiling madly along the avenue at Coblenz. They discharged revolvers and…

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