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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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M.T.A. Motor Show

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 2

January 3rd will see the opening of the greatest exposition of motor power applied to transport that has yet taken place in New…

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Motor Fatalities

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 4

While a taxi was travelling down a hill from Huntley's Point to Drummoyne on Christmas Eve, a powerful street lamp dazzled the driver, and the [?]ar crashed over…

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Motor-Cyclist Killed. Dodging a Dog

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 10

An accident occurred at [?]edb[?]k, near St. Arnand, Victoria, to Mr. Walter Summerfield, his wife, and son (aged seven years), who were travelling to Monambel in a…

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The Railway Increases. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 4

Mr. John Storey deelares that the effect of the new railway scale is prejudicial to indasttry. The new rates would make it impossible for industry…

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British Railwayman. Will They Str[?]? London

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 4

The Welsh railwaymen have soli[?]ly rejected the Government's terms. Several branches [?]ted delegates to the [?] on January 7 to…

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Fun with a Car Moree Motor Wouldn't Stop

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 6

When Mr. George Innes of Castle [?]gh Street was in the Inverell district on one of the fearful and wonderful motor tr[?] imported by…

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Motor Sports

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 4

The carnival organised by the newly formed Inverell Motor Cycle Club, which is to take place on the show ground to-morrow, Saturday afternoon,…

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Motor Sports Successful Gathering

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 4

The first programme, consisting entirely of motor events, took place on the Inverell show ground on Saturday afternoon last, when the Inverell Motor…

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Molong Dubbo Railway. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 4

The Chief Railway Commissioner says arrangements are being made for the construction of the Molong Dubbo railway…

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Inverell. a Melbourne Impression. Quaint Southern Scribe. Legs, Bowls and Motor Driving

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 7

The following under the heading of ''lnverell," appears in "The Triad," a paper published in Melbourne:-- At the end of the railway in the…

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The Road Grader

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

At the last meeting of Gostwyck Shire Council, Cr Heagney sprung a, surprise on everyone present by asking if the Uralla Jockey Club had…

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Kentucky Settlement Road

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

The Kentucky soldiers settlement road is developing into rather a vexed question. The Gostwyck Shire Council is fully alive to the need for a good…

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Motor Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 4

[?]our people were injured in a motor car smash to Anzac Parade at 3 o'clock this morning. One, Olga Neville, sustained a fra[?]red skull. She is in a…

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Armed Robbers Railway Porter Bailed Up

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 5

Perthville Station, about six miles from Bathurst, was the scene of a daring armed and masked robbery during the early hours at Friday morning…

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Serious Motor Smash

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

A party of Tenterfield residents motoring from Tenterfield to Stanthorpe on Monday evening, met with a serious accident fifteen miles from Tenterfield…

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Warning to Motorists

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 8

Under the heading, "Accessory Leagues Often Worthless," the following appeared in the "Scientific American":--''The motorists should be…

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Rail Motor Cars

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 6

Mr. G. R. W. McDonald, M.L.A., has received a letter from the Railway Commissioners in reply to his letter of the 12th inst., relative to the running…

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Inverell to Sydney Interesting Motor-cycle Undertaking

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

On Saturday morning at 3 a.m. (weather permitting) Mr. McMaster, of "Glendon," will start on a very fast and ted[?] trip to Sydney, on a stock…

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Serious Motor [?]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 2

A party of [?] [?] [?] [?]…

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Question of Fitness. a Motor Driver in Reply

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 3

Mr. E. A. Patricks Writes:—In the report of the last meeting of the City Council, published in the local Press, statements were made by…

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