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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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To-day's Telegrans. Sydney, Monday. an Aeroplane Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 5

Further details or ocffr crom three year old girl, passing in front of a landing aeroplane at [?]pool was struck by the machine…

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City Railway or ?' Col. Whith's Effective Argument

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 3

In the course of a letter to the press Col. H. F. White, of Bald Blair, severely takes the Government to task for their flagrant neglect of country…

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Sydney Motor Show

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 2

The Standardised Motors Limit[?] Sydney, extend a cordial invitation to country visitors to Sydney during week beginning 22nd January, [?]…

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Miscellaneous. Motor Power As Labour- Saver. Value of Trucks on the Farm

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 4

Motor trucks are used largely on American farms. They are used primarily, if seems; for the very good reason that they mean a saving in time…

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Killed by an Aeroplane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

Sydney, Monday.—A three-year-old girl, Mary Williams, was passing in front of the landing of an aeroplane at Liverpool yesterday, when she was…

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Dorrigo-Guyra Railway. Agitation Not Lapsing

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 7

Mr. Roy S. Vincent, of Dorrigo, Secretary of the Dorrigo-Guyra Railway committee, writes: "It will perhaps be of interest to…

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Armidale Motor Traffic. "Worst Supervision in the State." Council to Ask for Police Stringency

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 10

The City Council resolved, at its meeting on Monday night, to make one more effort to abate the dangerous motor traffic in Armidale, by writing to the…

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Why the Train? Reasons Wanted

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

"Citizen" writes on the above question: I notice by the "Examiner" that certain of the aldermen--, Ald. Mann in particular -- an…

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The Sunday Train a Conference Suggested

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

Ald. Mann is still pegging away on the question of the Sunday train. The matter was brought up at the instance of the Armidale [?]…

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Fuel Consumption Tests by Motor Cars

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 7

In the fuel consumption tests held at Le Mans, France, last November, some remarkable mileages per gallon were [?]tained. The competing cars,…

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Mail Train Alteration

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 6

Owing to the increased passenger traffic between N.S. Wales and Queensland it has been found that the mail train cannot accommodate Brisbane…

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Items of Interest. Timber and the Roads

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 6

Kyogle Shire Council has passed the following resolution: That the clerk take the necessary steps under section 250, subsection 3, to temporarily stop…

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Vivian Street Bridge Steps to Be Moved Away

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

Aldermen gave further discussion to the condition of the Vivian Street [?]bridge on Tuesday night. The Mayor stated that he had inspected the st[?]ps…

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The Sunday Train. Glen Innes Endorses Conference

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 4

Ald. Mann is still pegging away on the question of the Sunday train (writes the Glen Innes "Examiner"). The matter was brought up at the…

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MURRURUNDI v. RAILWAY

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 10

A very pleasant day's cricket was spent on the Railway wicket on Wednesday, when Armidale Railway played Murrurundi. The latter batted…

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Warialda Railway

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Church of England was held in the hall on Thursday, 27th, when Messrs Price Morris and Cyril Hancock were…

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Fuel Consumption Tests by Motor Cars

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 3

In the fuel consumption tests held at Le Mans, France, last November, [?] remarkable mileages per gallon were obtained. The competing cars,…

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North Coast Railway. Visit of Inspection. By Parliamentary Party

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 2

At the invitatin of the North Coast Railway Leagne a large Parliamentary party, compr[?]ing representatives of the Labor, National, and Progressive…

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Items of Interest. the Cow and the Aeroplane

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

On Saturday week last when the crippled aeroplane, that came down at East Gosford (says the "Times"), had once more been able to rise skywards,…

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Boy Run Over By Train. A Miraculous Escape

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

While a mixed train was proceeding from Dungog to Newcastle, a few days age, and when approaching the bridge at Oakhampton, the driver saw a boy…

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