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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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Reds' Progress. Czechc-Japanese Opposition. Koltchak's Vanished Army. Terrible Confusion on Railways. LONDON

Daily Observer · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

The "Times" Harbin correspondent says the Japanese report that the Social revolutionaries dominate Irkutsk. Civilians are being…

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Cycling & Motoring

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

One of the outstanding features of the recent Olympia Motor Car Show in London, was the obvious decrease in the purchasing power of money…

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Molong to Dubbo Railway. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners, have informed Mr. Fitzpatrick that they have appointed the supervising engineer to superintend the construction of…

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On an Irish Railway

Manilla Express · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 6

A friend of mine (writes a correspondent of the "Cornhill Magazine") was travelling on one of the light railways along which Mr. Balfour ran himself with such…

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The Latest British Railways. No Settlement Yet Reached. Conference Indefinite. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

The meeting of railway men with Sir Eric Geddes this afternoon lasted two and a half-hours. It is reliably stated that the…

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Railways Idle. Coal Shortage Closing Factories. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

Owing to the railway strike, half a million tons of coal for Berln are held up. The interruption of coal production threatens to paralise the entire Rheinish…

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Railway Dispute Ended. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

The Railwaymen's Conference has accepted the Government's offer…

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Tram and Motor Collide. Girl's Skull Fractured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 1

Owing to a collision between a tram and motor car yesterday afternoon, Vera Filmer sustained a fractured skull. The car was travelling along Queen's…

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Queensland Railwaymem. Rival Unions at Loggerheads. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 1

An order issued by the Queensland Railway Department, giving preference of employment in metal work to members of the Amalgamated Society of…

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AMERICAN - Japanese Agreement. Protecting the Siberian Railway. London, Sunday, Midnight

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

A message from Tokio states that a complete agreement has been arranged between America and Japan, whereby Japan will endeavour to protect the…

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Motor Car Wreckers. Attacks Becoming Fairly Common. LONDON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 1

The "Times" Dublin correspondent says the audacity of organised motorcar wreckers in increasing. A mob, armed with sticks and stones hel up and…

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Serious Motor Smash. Tenterfield

Daily Observer · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 2

A party or Tenterfield residents motoring from Tenterfield to Stanthorpe on Monday evening, met with a serious accident fifteen miles from Tenterfield. The…

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Rail Motor Cars. Experiment on the North Coast

Daily Observer · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 1

Mr. G. R. W. McDonald, M.L.A., has received a letter from the Railway Commissioners in reply to his letter of the 12th inst., relative to the running of a…

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Motor Cycling

Daily Observer · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 1

The entries for the reliability trial set down for the 26th, are coming in freely and a large field is expected. Several Armidale riders are competing, and also…

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Railway Settlement. Sir Eric Geddes Satisfied Great Improvements. LONDON

Daily Observer · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 2

Sir Eric Geddes; in his speech on rail­way problems, states that wholesale competition for the same traffic was wrong and . wasteful. The railways…

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Cycling & Motoring

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

The recent Paris and Olympia Motor Shows clearly demonstrated that the well established transmission system by cons clutch and plain bevel gear…

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Latest Gable News Railway Strike. Big Increase in Wages. London, Wednesday, Midnight

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 2

Sir Eric Geddes, speaking at Cambridge, said that the settlement that had been made with the railway men in England represented an increase in…

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Cable News. British Railwaymen's Increases. London

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 2

[?] in a speech at Cam bridge said that the settlement made with the railwaymen in England represent an increase in wages of 47…

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Tears, Tea and Thanks. The Family Train's Farewell

Daily Observer · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 5

The strenuous days of the Australian Y.M.C.A.'s oversea service to the demobllising A.I.F. have practically ended, and the Y.M.C.A. is turning towards its big…

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Orange Farmers Disgusted. Increased Railway Fares and Freights. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 1

A meeting of the Orange Farmers and Settlers' Association carried a mo­tion protesting against the action of the Railway Commissioners in raising fares…

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