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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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Another Railway Wanted

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 6

At the Severn Shire Council meeting, Glen Innes, the matter of connecting up the North-Western district in the vicinity of Ashford with the main line…

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Cycling and Motoring

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 3

Nothing in the mechanical world has equalled the automobile in the rapidity of its development. We accept the marvellous efficiency of the motor-car…

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Million People. Wednesday's Tram Load

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 4

The official figures show that one million people were carried by the trams on Wednesday…

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Disappearance of a Boy. Masked Men and Motor Car

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 10

A nine-year-old bay—Charles George Benjamin Hickman—residing with his mother and grandmother at Manly, Brisbane, vanished on Monday under…

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Drovers and the Railways

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 4

About a year ago strong comment was published on the question of the cruel conditions under which drovers in charge of sheep on the stock trains…

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Warialda Railway

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 2

At the invitation of the local Parents & Citizens Association, the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lyons gathered in the hall on Thursday,…

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Train Thief Caught

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 6

A train thief was laid by the heels in Queensland last week. It appears that a Mrs. Dempster was a passenger from Brisbane to Kilkivan, and when the…

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Sensational Motor Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 3

Mr. John Allen, Shire Clerk, who had just purchased a Studebaker meter car, and a young man, named Cliff Kelly, employed by the Canada Cycle…

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Sporting. Rugby League. Railway v. Hillgrove

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 8

These teams, the leaders in the competition, met on the Sports Ground on Saturday in the presence of a large attendance of spectators, the game…

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Aeroplane Drops Spy. Descent by Paraschute. Daring Arrival War Peat

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 3

One of the most daring aerial feat the war--nothing less then the [?] of a spy from a fast traveling aeroplane behind the enemy's…

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Again, the Railway Question!

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 2

In another column we publish a letter from Mr. Clifford Mosely, secretary of the Progress Association at Hernani, asking that Guyra…

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Ice Yachting Its Joys and Thrills. Faster Than Express Train

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 2

One need not (ravel far to enjoy the delight of ice yachting—the "King of Winter Sports," as it has truly tern called; for you may spend exhilarating…

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Coast Railways. Agitation in the North. (To the Editor Inverell "Times")

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 5

Sir,—The North Coast Railway League is making another effort to have the claims of this district, in railway matters, brought forcibly before…

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A Kempsey Motor Case. Big Claim for Compensation

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 10

In the Banco Court on Monday, before a jury of four, Clifford Martin, by Walter Herbert, his nest friend, sought to recover £5000 damages from William James…

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Railway Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 4

The strike of Sydney men employed on the June railway works yesterday. when they were paid off…

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Extraordinary Traffic. Reactor on the Roads

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 3

At the last morning meeting of the Apply are Council the engineer repaired as follows:--A [?] again is about to [?]…

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Railway Aspirations. What the North Coast Want[?]

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 3

Measure R. White and J. T. Tully, joint hon. secretaries of the North Coast. Railway, League. writes to the editor of the"Examiner":--…

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Railway Depot for Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 2

It has been persistently rumored the last few days from an authentic source that the Railway Commissioners are revising the disposition of their…

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Aeroplane Crash

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 2

A Sopwith aeroplane, with two aviators, landed unexpectedly on the Albury showground crashing into the ring fence. The pilot mistook the…

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Motor on Fire

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 2

Glenister and Mackenzie's motor lorry was partly destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon. The lorry had just returned to Glen Innes from Inverell…

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