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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

596 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 30

Comfort of Train Travellers

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 9

At the conclusion of a case at the Maitland Police Court on Monday, in which a young man was cnarged with "having interfered with the comfort…

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Motor Prosecutions

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 6

The adjourned case against James F. M'Alpine, for a breach of the motor traffic regulations was called. He was charged with not stopping his car as…

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Cards in the Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 4

A few Western commercials appear to be doomed to un ancomfortable experience as the result of playing cards in a train (says a western exchange)…

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Excessive Damage to Roads. the Question of Payment

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 8

In view of the recent happenings in both the Dumaresq and Gostwyck Shires, the following remarks by the 'S.M. Herald' are pertinent: The Shire…

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Digging up a Skeleton. the Tableland-coastal Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 3

Mr. J. Hagan, who is chairman of the Glen Innes branch of the Australian Labor party, is in receipt of a letter from the Attorney-General, relative to…

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Railways and Starving Stock. an Inverell Protest

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 6

[?]uding by the experience of Mr. D. L. Cumming, member of the firm of Denshire and Cumming, of Inverell, the Railwya Commissioners do not worry…

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A Road Application. Refused by Gostwyck Shire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Gostwyck Shire Council, Mr. F. J. Wgute wrote, protesting against the opening of a road through portions 144, 143, and…

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Trammen and Prince's Visit. Good Offer Refused

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 4

The Melbourne tramway men have rejected an offer by the Tramway Board for the payment of double time and time-and-a-half rates during the…

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Aerodrome for Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 2

Mr. Osborne, departmental engineer attached to the District Works Office at Armidale, was in town yesterday with the object of selecting a suitable,…

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Who owns the Road?

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 2

Litigation between the Demondrille Shire Connell and the Young Pastures Protection Board, on the failure of the Council to destroy rabbits on a road,…

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Cheap Aeroplane. Remarkable Discovery. Smaller Planes and Great. Er Efflclenot

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 4

Interesting information regarding the probable effect of an important improvement which he has made in aeroplane wings is given in a letter from…

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Latest Telegrams. Uniform Railway Gauge. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 2

Gratification is expressed by Sir Joseph Cook that the uniform railway gauge question is again being agitated…

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Main Roads Bill

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—Mr. Mutch informed a deputation, yesterday, that the Government intended to bring in a Main Roads Bill next session…

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S[?]ross Road [?]Dict for Plaintiff

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 4

[?] Wednesday [?] Acting Judge Watt [?] against the [?]…

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Tingha Road. "Sixteen Miles of Hell."

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 2

Mr W. J. Broun, "Bassendean," Tingha, write to the "Inverell Argus" on the subject of the Tingha-Inverell Road as under:—…

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Uniform Railway Gauge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday. — Much gratification vras expressed by Sir Joseph Cook that the uniform railway gauge question is again being agitated…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 4

Gregory Grogan, who resides with his parents at Teneriffe (Brisbane), was knocked down by a motor car in Annstreet, Valley, on Saturday afternoon…

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Motor Fuel. Danger of World Famine

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 10

The British Government is tardily recognising the great need for supplementing the nation's requirements in the malter of motor fuel, and the…

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France's President. Fall From Train

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 4

M. Deschanel President of France, fell through an open door in a corridor of a railway carriage while travelling in France. H. was pricked up in an…

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Railway Gauges. to Be Made Uniform

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 4

Mr. Hughes proposals to the Premiers' Conference include further assistance by the Commonwealth in the building of the Murray River dam; the…

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