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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Who Owns the Roads?

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

At a meeting of Amaroo Shire Council at Cumnock, a letter was received from the Kyogle Shire Council, asking for co-operation and assistance in a…

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Uki. Boon Doon Bridge

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

Work at the Doon Doon bridge is now proceeding. The total amount received in subscriptions was £25419. The expenditure totalled £240193, which…

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Sale of Public Roads Have Councils the Power? Badly Brained Land

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

The appended questions asked, by the Lismore Municipal Council and answered by the Local Government Association of New South Wales will prove of interest…

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Railways and Tramways. Justice Edmunds' Report

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Justice Edmunds' report on the railway and tramway questions of 1917 is expected to be presented to the Governor early in February,…

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The Railways Inquiry

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It is expected that Judge Edmunds will submit the report of his inquiry into the administration of the railways since the…

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Remarkable Tram Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

The tramway authorities estimate that 18 persons were more or less seriously injured in a tram accident at Randwick on Saturday night. It was a…

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The Railways Commission of Inquiry. Portion of Report Ready. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 5

It is expected that Judge Edmunds will submit the report of his inquiry into the administration of the railways since the 1917 strike in a few days…

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Another City Railway

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The railway goods waggons were run over the new railway line from Rozelle Bay to Darling Island yesterday for the first time…

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Remarkable Accident. Motor Car Tyre Bursts. Screwdriver and Cigarette

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

Cyril Watson a motor car driver, living at Young, had an extraordinary experience on Friday. He drove the Police Magistrate to…

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Tram Smash

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

Eighteen persons were more or less seriously injured in a train accident at Randwick, about 11.30 on Saturday night. Three waggons from the…

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New Railway Deviation. Rozelle to Darling Harbour. City Interests Considered First

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Railway goods' waggons wove run over the new railway deviation from liozelle Bay to Darling Island yesterday for +he first, time…

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"Good Election Stunt." the City Railway

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. The statement that the city railway is to be proceeded with early and that it will give work in the first instance to about 500 men is not taken…

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Auld Lang Syne. Australian Footballers Leaving England. a Motor, Collision. (United Service Ltd.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Australian footballers are leaving this morning for France. They will catch the Orvieto at Toulon on Friday except three injured men, who…

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Visiting Tourist Talks on Australia. Railway Gauges and Roads. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

At the Wentworth Hotel to-day, a gathering of prominent commercial men gave a luncheon to Mr. A. Gowen, owner of the yacht Speejacks, which is…

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Cobaki Creek Bridge. (To tho Editor)

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

Sir,--I notice in your columns that the Tweed Shire Council proposes spending money for purvey and erection of a bridge across Cobaki Creek so that a safe…

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Storm in Sydney Heavy Fall of Hail -Streets Flooded, Trams Delayed. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 3

Some of the Sydney suburbs experienced the most remarkable storm witnessed here for many years to-night. Dark clouds assembled overhead at. 6.30…

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Australia's Need People and Unification of Railways. Speech by Prime Minister SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 3

At a luncheon given in his home at the Nationalist Club to-day the Prime Minister delivered a stirring speech, in the course of which lie said that the…

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Mountain Storm. Tramping Party Caught. One Member Dies

Northern Star · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 5

WELILINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.— A tramping club party crossing the Tararua Mountains was caught at the weekend in a storm…

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Railway Unification. Builders Want Work Started

Northern Star · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The annual meeting of the Builders' Exchange to-day carried a resolution in favour of proceeding without delay with the unification of the…

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The Excursion Train

Tweed Daily · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 2

The excursion train which left Murwillumbah yesterday morning at 7.15 a.m. took more than 100 passengers to Byron Bay. Many others boarded the…

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