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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

2,660 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 133

Knocked Down by Motor Car

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 2

A lad named Stanley Spence, 12, whose parents reside in Lismore, but who is holidaying with relatives in Casino, ran from behind a motor…

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Armed Motor Cars Liquor Smugglers in U.S.A. (Published by arrangement.)

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 4

Prohibition in U.S.A., as elsewhere, is seen to be a greater menace to the public peace and welfare the more it is studied by the press…

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New Railway Rates Book. Primary Producer Hit Again

Northern Star · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The President of the Farmers and Settlers' Association states that the now railway rates book is imposing burdens on the primary producers…

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Tram and Jinker Collide. Woman Dies From Injuries

Northern Star · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Three people were injured in a collision between a tram and a jinker on St. Kilda road feat last night. One woman subsequently died…

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Road Smash

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 4

A horse attached to a dog cart get out of control in St. Kilda Road, St. Kilda (Vic), and swerving crashed into the dummy of a tram. As a result…

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Bogus Railway Guard

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 4

Information has been received by the Railway Department that a man, dressed in the uniform of a railway guard, has been imposing upon…

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Collision with Tram. Two Boys Injured

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 3

A lorry containing a number of Boy Scouts collided with a tram in Newtown yesterday. Alfred Bowles, 12, of Anson Street, Orange, received a fractured leg…

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Motor Accidents. Two Men Injured. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 3

Two persons were treated at the St. George Cottage Hospital last night as the result of a motor ear collision at Kogarah. W. G. Carroll, Birrell-street,…

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Postponed for a Month. Threatened Railway Strike. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The threatened general railway strike in Ireland as a protest against the proposed revision of wages and hours has been postponed for a month…

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Should Dangerous Roads Be Penced?

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 4

A letter from the Cudgera branch of the P.P.U. was read at the meeting of the Tweed Shire Council at Murwillumbah on Thursday last, stating that an accident…

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Unification of Railway Gauges. Question for State Premiers

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—One of the most important questions to be considered by the conference of state premiers is unification of the railway gauges…

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Casino News. the Thorneycroft Motor Lorry

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 7

The motor lorry purchased by the Casino Municipal Council from Noyes Bros., Sydney, arrived at Casino on Friday afternoon. Its carrying capacity of about 4½ tons, and it is…

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Labour at the Cross Roads

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. Garden, secretary of the State Labour Council in supporting Mr. McGirr, said:—"I say without hesitation that we have reached the most momentous stage in the…

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Cobaki Bridge Proposed Local Rate

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 3

At the meeting of the Tweed Shire Council on Thursday, Cr. McMahon moved that it is expedient for this Council to construct a bridge over Cobaki…

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Warwick Railway Sensation

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 4

A romance of love has been disclosed in connection with the attempt by a Swiss, named Hermann Koc[?]er, to throw himself in front of an engine in…

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Motor Lorries v. RAIYWAYS

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 4

Messrs. Jackson, Thomson, and Co., of Redfernj liave just carried our a demonstration between Sydney and Forbes with three three-ton motor…

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Unification of Railway Gauges

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 2

At last night's meeting of Casino Municipal Council Aid. Sheppard moved that the Council request the Prime Minister to immediately commence the…

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Kyogle-border Railway

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. W. Massy Greene, writing in reply to Mr. H. T. Sheppard, of Casino, in regard to the construction of the railway from Kyogle via Richmond Gap to…

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Railway Gauge Question. Premiers' Conference. Immigration Schemes Discussed. Trade Representation Abroad

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Premiers' Conference held a preliminary meeting to-day, Mr. Hughes presiding. The conference then adjourned till next…

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Sentimental Capitalists. Uniform Australian Railway. Scotchmen Behind the Screen. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Cables coming from Australia, stating that an offer, said to be backed by influental British interests had been received to finance railway gauge…

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