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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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"The Motor in Australia" Magazine

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 April 1922 · page 2

The April issue of this well written and elegantly printed monthly maintains its usual high standard. The modern reader hates long dissertation,…

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Local Parliament. Aldermen Meet Many Road Matters

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 4

Tha Mayor, Mr. W. C. Bl[?] presided over Tuesday night's [?]ing of the Municipal Council, and there were also present Mr. J…

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Severn Shire Council Councilor's Al[?]wances Many Road [?]Ters Cr. Potter's Request

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 7

A meeting of the Severn Shire Council was held in the Heard room last Monday, being a week earlier than usual, owing to the fact that the…

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Sleep-walker's Terrible Death. Run Over by Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

Mrs. Burns, wife of the stationmaster at Bomen, near Wagga, was run over by a train and killed. She was in the habit of walking in her sleep…

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For Motorists "The Motor in Australia' Magazine

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 5

The April issue of this well written and elegantly printed monthly maintains its usual high standard. The modern reader hates long dissertations…

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City Railway

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 5

The engineer in charge of the city railway states that there is no intention of discontinuing work there. Down south in New South Wales…

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Annual Railway Pic-nic. Pleasant Outing at Glen Innes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 3

In ideal conditions for outdoor sports the annual railway pic[?]ic was held at Glen on Saturday last. The yearly treat is (says the 'Examiner') a wonderfully successful…

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Closing Railway Gates

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 8

At yesterday's meeting of the Dumar[?] Shire Council a petition signed by 47 residents of Dumaresq and Saumarez Ponds protested against the…

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The Coastal Railway

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 April 1922 · page 4

A movement of the early f[?] "Times" in a revival of the [?]intion for the connection with the const. Farmers should…

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Motor Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 April 1922 · page 2

Over 35,000 motorists are registered in New South Wales. There are 86 manufacturers of carburetters in U.S.A. at the present time…

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Warialda Railway R.C. Sports

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1922 · page 2

The day's sports held on 1st April at Wa[?]alda Railway in aid of the R. C. Church funds were probably the most successful ever hold in that…

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Train Bolts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 4

A guard's van, with twelve trucks attached, bolted at Camberwell station, Victoria, and crashed into a dead end. The guard's van was smashed, but no…

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Items of Interest. Cope's Creek Bridge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 7

At last meeting of the Bannockburn Shire (Inverell), Guyra Shire Wrote stating that £75. had been voted for Cone's Creek bridge, to which that…

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The Shire Problem. Bad Roads and No Money

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 2

Perhaps in no department of industrial activity does the high cost of labor and materials reflect more adversely than in Shire road work. It is…

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Two Miles a Minute Terrible Speed of the Latest Motor Car

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 6

Two miles a minute is the latest ambition of the intrepid, danger-scorning, space-annihilating motorist. Had any one predicted but a year…

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Motor Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 4

A side on collision while rounding a corner with a motor-cycie, with side ear attached occured. It crashed into a telegraph post in Cleveland. Three…

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The Recent Armidale Show.— Motor Cars Entirely Surrounded the Ring. Block per favor of 'Da[?]y Telregraph

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 3

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A Question of Roads

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 April 1922 · page 4

The roads question has long been an embarrassing one to the Shires, it is becoming so to the municipalities. Lack of revenue is making it…

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Railway Gates. a Live Question

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 April 1922 · page 4

Mr. Norman Taylor writes:—May I again ask the favour of a space in your paper in order to deal with the two objections made by the…

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Doctor's Dilemma. Driving on Footpath. Council's "Aeroplane Business"

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 4

Amongst those charged at the Police Court on Tuesday last was Dr. A. J Coefe, who pleaded guilty to a charge of driving his car on the footpath…

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