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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Sad Motor Car Fatality. Death of Mr. J. Fitzhenry

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 4

A particularly sad motor car fatality occurred about a quarter of a mile on the Doon Doon side of Uki yesterday afternoon at about 6 0'clock, when Mr…

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Trans-siberian Railway. Joint Allied Control Agreed Upon. New York

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 5

The New York "Times" Washington correspondent reports that the State Department has announced that an agreement has been reached…

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Motor Car Accident

Northern Star · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Through the capsizing of a motor car in the Glen Innes district yesterday, Mr. Dunston, District Grandmaster of the Oddfellows, was seriously in…

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Railway Commissioner

Northern Star · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

PERTH, Sunday.—The West Australian Cabinet has decided to pay a salary of £2500 per annum to the new Railway Commissioner. Applications for the post are invited from…

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Aeroplane Post. a Successful Flight. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 3

The first aeroplane post flight carried despatches from Hendron to Versailles in 160 minutes and returned under two hours…

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Sad Motor Gar Fatality

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

A particularly sad motor car fatality occurred about a quarter of a mile on the Doon Doon side of Uki on Friday afternoon at about…

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The Motor Traffic

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

The following passengers travelled from the district per New England motors since last issue:—Misses Pittendrigh, See, Tuncheon,…

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Local Interest. Fast Motor Travelling

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

A Mullumbimy motorist who, under the circumstances, had better be nameless, claims to have made the run from that township to…

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Beneath the Thames. Construction of a High Speed Railway. Invention of an Australian. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 3

There is every likelihood that Kearney, an Australian engineer, will secure permission to construct a high speed railway under the Thames from…

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Balkan Situation. Conflicts Between Rumanians and Bulgars. Important Railway in the Hands of the British. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 3

The situation in the Balkans continues difficult. The French and the Roumanians have been compelled to occupy Arad. Conflicts between the Bulgars…

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Difficulties Facing Omsk Government. Conditions on the Siberian Railway. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 3

The Russian Bolsheviks on the Ural front are advancing to Orenburg. The difficulties facing the Omsk Government are largely due to the conditions on the…

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Sad Motor Car Fatality

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

A particularly sad motor car fatality occurred about a quarter of a mile on the Doon Doon side of Uki on Friday afternoon at about 6 o'clock, when Mr. Jack Fitzhenry, a…

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Perth Tramway Strike. Settlement Not Yet In View. Demonstration in Front of Newspaper Office. PERTH

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 3

It was anticipated that the tramway strike would terminate last week end, but a settlement now seems as far off as ever…

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Motor Mail Service

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 2

The Hon. W. Massy Greene, M.H.R., is in receipt of the following letter from the Postmaster-General's Department, which he forwards for…

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Theft From Railway

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An Albury man employed in the goods yard of the local railway station was fined. £10 and costs for the theft of potatoes from a consignment at the…

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Labor Affairs. Unemployed Railway Men

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—According to Mr. G. C. Bodkin there has been much unemployment amongst railway workers since the new year. Among those out of work, he says,…

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Perth Tramway Strike

Northern Star · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 5

PERTH, Wednesday.—The tramway strike is still unsettled. The men refused the offer made by the Government…

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Busy Bullock. Charges Railway Guard and Tilts at a Train. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

A bullock on the railway line between Summer Hill and Ashfield this morning charged a railway porter who attempted to drive him away. The man escaped…

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North Coast Railway. Work on the Sixth Section. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

The sixth section of the line, Kempsey to Macksville, has been set down officially foy completion at the beginning of April, but it will probably be the end of…

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Railway Grievances. Wages and the Cost of Living. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

A mass meeting of the Locomotive and Engine Drivers and Firemens' Union will be held to-morrow, whereat grievances will be discussed…

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