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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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Traffic on Irving Bridge

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 2

The Casino Chamber of Commerce has written to the Casino Municipal Council asking that body to take steps to compel the driver of the Tomki…

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Frontier Warfare. British Aeroplane Crashes. Natives on the Move

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 5

LAHORE, Monday.—An aeroplane, while engaged in bombing the Mahsuds on Thursday, was hit by a bomb from another British machine, and it crashed, killing the pilot…

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Journalist Killed. Riding on Top of Train

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The man who was killed while riding on the top of the Sydney express has been identified as T. H. Yarra a journalist, who was…

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Railway and Tramway. Increased Holiday Revenue

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The railway revenue received at Sydney in connection with the new year holiday travel totalled £2888, an increase of £427. The tramway revenue wa[?]…

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An Exciting Experience. Train Dashes Past Bush Fire. Casino and Lismore Passengers Aboard

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 2

The flames from a grass fire almost licked the carriages as the Murwillumbah-Casino train raced past the scene of the blaze on Monday evening…

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Motor Car Accident

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 2

Mr. Garfield Robbins met with an accident to his motor car yesterday when in the vicinity of the tick gate on the road about eight miles from Murwillumbah…

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Electrification of Victorian Railways

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 3

After ten years' labours the gigantic project of converting the Melbourne railway system to electrification is approaching completion. It will be the crowning…

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Railway Revenue

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- The railway revenue received in Sydney in connection with the New Year V holiday traffic showed an increase £428, compare…

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Sydney Railway Takings

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The railway revenue received in Sydney in connection with the New Year holidays showed an increase of £428, compared with the…

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Cheap Coal for Railway. State Mine at Lithgow

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The State coal mine at Lithgow has reached an output of between 800 and 900 tons per day. There are 349 men engaged, and the Railway Commissioners…

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Border Railways Views of Queensland. Government Favors Beaudesert Route. "N.S.W. can make Its own Connection to Tweed Heads." BRISBANE

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 2

Referring today to the remarks of Mr. Perdriau, M.L.A., at Murwillumbah regarding the proposed railway connection with Queensland, Mr. Gillies, Acting…

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Border Railways. Queensland and New South Wales

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Referring to-day to remarks by Mr. R. S. Perdriau, M.L.A., at Murwillumbah regarding railway connection with Queensland, Mr. Gillies. Acting Premier,…

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Brisbane Tramways. Compensation Question

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Although the Brisbane tramways were formally taken over by the Brisbane Tramways Trust from the Tramways Company on New Year's Day the…

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Around the World by Aeroplane

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

A Washington message states that Keith Smith, the notable Australian aviator, conferred with the weather officials recently regarding the route of…

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Remarkable Train Accident

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

A remarkable accident with fatal results occurred on Saturday morning on the No. 4 Melbourne express from Albury to Sydney. T. H. Yarra, who was…

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Good Roads in Germany

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

Mr. E. W. Cox, of Melbourner, a past president of the National Roads Association of Australia, who has been visiting Europe, says: "When I toured Germany in May and…

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Road to Mooball Beach

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

Burringbar and Mooball residents are [?]plaining of the bad state of the road to Mooball beach. This is the only road by which residents of this part of the…

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Motor Licence Fees

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. --The amount received from licence fees for motor vehicles in 1922 was £62,672, being £10,961 greater than in 1921…

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The Tramways Trust

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

The Brisbane tramways have passed into the control of the new Trust and the citizens now must shoulder all future responsibilities. The price has yet to be decided,…

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Deficit on Trams. Over Estimated Returns

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—During the last six months the Railway Commissioners estimated that the tramways would earn £18,000 to £20,000 more than during the…

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