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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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Better Ties Or More Attractions? Increase of 2,000 TRAVELLERS Big Train Rush at Christntes

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

From local railway station records it is clear that the Christmas New Year period is undoubtedly the railway's "rush" time of the year. In…

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12 Boys in Motor Smash One Killed Three in Serious Condition Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 1

A motor lorry, in which 12 boys and youths were travelling to their homes from the swimming baths at Brighton le Sands, late last night crashed…

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Our Sheep and Cattle Imports and Exports What the Railway Figures Show

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

Taking the railway figures alone the sheep that left Glen Innes during 1928 numbered four times as many as those unloaded here…

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Use of Motor Industrial Officer Charged SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 1

At the Queen[?] Police Court, John Ambrose McDowell, formenly industrial officer at Canberra was charged with having [?]tended he…

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All Motor Drivers Should Be Teetotallers

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 3

"All motor-car drivers should be teetotallers," said Mr. Macnamara, P.M., at Cheltenham Court when Ernest Francis garage proprietor, Al, of…

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Armidale Aerodrome

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 4

The visit to Armidale Of Captain Jotley, the noted Australian airman, and his emphatic declaration that the Armidale raccourse is ideally suited in…

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Aerodrome at Armidale. "Racecourse a Wonderful Site." Savs Jolley, the Famous Aviator

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 2

Though Bert Hinkler (the famous airman), Captain Hammond (who has made many hundreds of passenger flights), and other prominent airmen,…

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Murder in Train An Arrest Made PERTH

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 1

Franz Bettinger, who was shot in a train near Strawberry, died last night. William Leslie, who jumped from the train after the shooting and who…

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Casino Railway Works

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 8

It is learned from the railway authorities that work on the Grafton Casino-Kyogle section of the through line to South Brisbane will re-start…

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A Black Outlook Dying Coal Industry Railways Prepared SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 1

Mr. C. A. McDonald, of the Northern Colliery. Proprietors' Association, referring to the rejection by the coal miners of Mr. Bavin's proposal, said…

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Cricket. New England Association. "B" Grade Competition. Railway v TILBUSTER

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 6

Played at West End Park on Saturday, resulting in a drawn same, Scores:—Tilbuster: Head st. M'Guinness…

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Motorist's Thrilling Escape. Level Crossing Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 3

Mr. H. Carstens had an amazing escape when a goods train ran down the car he was driving at a level crossing at Raleigh (Bellingen), and…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Man Arrested in Railway Truck. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 4

William Leslie, wanted in connection with the shooting of Frank Bettinger, on the Geraldton to Perth train, was arrested in the truck of a…

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Child's Death. Motor Fatality. "Making a Cigarette."

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 2

An inquiry was held at the Court House, luvorell into the causes loading to the death of a child, John Perrin, as a result of a motor accident on…

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Woman Killed. Caught by Heel. at Railway Crossingk

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 8

Mrs. E. Perkins, wife of the manager of the Toowoomba branch of Perkins' Brewery, was knocked down at a Toowoomba level crossing by an…

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Shoe Heel Held Woman Till Train Killed Her

The Uralla Times · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 3

Brisbane, Sunday.—Walking over the level crossing at Margaret Street last night while it was raining, Mrs E. Perkins did not see a train…

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Crossing Road Two Girls Killed Shocking Tragedy at Willoughby Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 1

Alies Williams, aged four, and Kathleen Williams, aged two, met shocking deaths at Willoughby last night. They were crossing the road…

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Woman Killed. Caught by Heel. at Railway Crossingk

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 5

Mrs. E. Perkins, wife of the manager of the Toowoomba branch of Perkins' Brewery, was knocked down at a Toowoomba level crossing by an…

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Might Kill Rabbits. Motorist Treated Leniently

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 5

Because Edward Knight is a farmer and lives 18 miles from the nearest township, Mr. M'Mahon, S.M., decided not to suspend his license when he…

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Inebriated Motor Driver

The Uralla Times · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 4

Samuel Edrick Warren (27), a butcher of Parkes, was fined £20 or three months hard labor at the Central Court on a charge of having…

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