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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

1,121 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 57

Getting Worse. Departmental Interference. Shire and Main Roads Grant

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 6

The N.S.W. Government is, says the Tenterfield 'Star,' evidently bent upon doing all it can to prove itself insincere auent its boasted decentralisation…

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A " Decentralising." Railway. Wollun—mt. Geirge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 3

The following is an extract from the detailed report of the special committee on the above: The committee reports having made…

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Correspondence Railway Gates Difficulty. (To the Editor.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 4

Dear Sir,—In your issue of the 16th inst. I read with regret the remarks made by Director V. E. Belfield at the meeting of the P.P. Board held…

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Railway Commissioners to Go. To be Replaced by Governing Board

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 4

The Government has decided that four. Commissioners are too many, but definite reform has not yet been decided on. One suggestion is that the…

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Sensational Motor Accident Car Turns Douele Comersault. Occupants Seriously Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 4

The Hillgrove road, about half a, mile outside the municipal boundary, was the scene of a very serious and sensational motor smash on Saturday…

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Eucalyptus as Motor Fuel. Remarkable Possibilities

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 7

Captain C. M. Dyer, a returned soldier, has demonstrated that motor cars may be driven with eucalyptus as a fuel. The Federal Government realises the…

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Train Collides with Bullock Team

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 6

Last week the North Coast mail train ran into a team of 12 bullocks near Gosford, and had it not been for the prompt action of the engine-driver,…

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Serious Motor Accident. Car Overturns Three Times. Passengers Severely Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon last, between three and four p.m., a. serious accident occured along the Hillgrove-road, just the other side of the city…

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Coastal Railway. Our Greatest Need

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 4

In our last issue those interested in the Guyrs-Dorrigo Railway were notified that the Public Works Committee would take evidence in Armidale…

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Protest Against the Closing of the Railway Gates. MR. W. J. Hawke in Opposition. Public Meeting to Be Called

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 8

At the Armidale Council meeting on Monday evening, W. J. Hawke forwarded the following letter:—"At the last meeting of the…

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Main Roads And the Government Grant Request Renewed

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 6

The Local Government Department ment in cutting down the main roads grants came in for further condemnation at the Council meeting on…

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Railway Freights Country Protest

The Inverell Times · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 2

Glue Innes recently entered a protest against the system of differential rates on the railways, and its example was followed on Tuesday night by the…

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Latest Telegrams Sydney, Thursday. Big Railway Loss

The Inverell Times · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 4

An official return states that the N.S.W. tramways show a profit for the year of just ended of £155,000. The railways reveal a loss of £20,000…

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The Railways. No Reductions

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 5

It is stated the rains are ca[?]maed to make a profit of £155,000 this year, but a loss of £20,000 is anticipated on the railways. The Treasurer, however…

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Trame Make £155,000 PROFIT. Lcss on Railways Again

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 5

It is stated that the trams are estimated to make a profit of £155,000 this year, hut a loss of £20,000 is anticipated on the radways…

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Great Inconvenience. by Closing Railway Gates Vigorous Protect Decided On

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 3

At Monday's meeting of the Council, W. J. Havrke wrote reminding the Council that the old Council had recommended the new one to take action…

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Railway Gates Controversy. (To the Editor.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 9

Dear Sir,—In your contemporary of Wednesday, January 24, I find statements made by Messrs. Hawke and Watson that the railway gates on the…

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Uralla Railway Matters. Trucking Facllities

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 8

Commussioners Stating that the trucking facitinties at Cralla had had in quiry. It is reported that at present there are two portable sheep races at…

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A Road Hog. Drives Into Flock of Sheep

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 4

Occasionally we hear of some act of inhumanity or callousness that makes us wonder whether some men have a spark of decency in their make-up…

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