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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Land Development. Railway Construction Needed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

The Minister for Lands states that long-term leases still current cover 6,770,000 acres, but of this area only about 1,000,000 acres would have any…

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Sports and Pastimes. Cricket. Railway v Old Buffers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 3

Played on Albert Park last Saturday: With the thermometer over the 100 the cricket enthusiasts had a hot time on Saturday, especially some of the…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, January 14. (Before Mr. T. Saunders. CM., and Mr. W. Purtell, J.p.) Railway Cases

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 2

Patrick Cummins, 48 years of age. and John Joseph Cummins, 46, were charged under the railway by-laws with having, on January 13. travelled…

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Railway Strike Settled. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 2

The strike" of carriage workers on the Brighton railways has been settled…

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Trans-siberian Railway. Japan and America in Agreement. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 2

A message from Tokio states that Japan and America have reached an understanding as to the control of the Trans-Siberian railway…

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Rural Development. Scheme for Railway Construction. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 2

The "Daily Mail" states that the Ministry for Reconstruction is embarking upon a great scheme of rural development by constructing a large…

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Aeroplane As Decoy

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 2

Here is another instance of the way in which British airmen assisted the artillery and tanks during an advance. Two airmen, at great…

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Yanco-griffith Railway

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. P. McGarry, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from Mr. T. B. Cooper, Undersecretary for Public Works: "With…

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Time to Get Busy. Yanco-Griffith Railway

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

The Minister for Lands in a recent interview, mentioned the proposed Griffith to Hillston railway extension as one of the first works to be…

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Obstructions on Public Roads

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 4

Complaints are being received that in and around, the Mitchell and Kyeamba Shires the roads in many palces are being rendered dangerous by the…

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Pullitop Village. Question of Roads

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 3

At yesterday's meeting of the Kyeamba Shire Council, a letter was received from Mr. G. M'Micking, with reference to the plan of his…

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Motor Car Capsizes. Two Men Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 4

Through the capsizing of a motor car in the Glen Innes district yesterday Mr. M. M. Dunstan, District Grand Master of the Oddfellows, was…

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Railwaymen Idle. Government's Advice Awaited

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 4

Mr. G. C. Bodkin, (secretary of the railway workers' branch of the A.W.U.) states that since the New Year there had been a considerable amount of…

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Griffith's Attitude. The Yanco-Leeton-Mirrool Railway

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

Two Griffith residents, Messrs. Wallace and R[?]W[?]ngs, were present at the meeting of the Lea[?]on Progress Association last Thursday…

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Rigging an Aeroplane

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 7

The rigging of an aeroplane is a matter of the most precise adjustment and accurate measurement. By "rigging" is meant the attachment of…

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Railway Men's Grievances. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 1

At a mass meeting of railway men held at Newtown to protest against existing conditions, such as the low rate of wages and certain…

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Record Motoring

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 3

What might be fairly considered a record motor tap was accomplished recently by Mr Harry Gardiner, with a new and…

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Railways Prepare

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

This morning the Victorian Railway Commissioner's conferred with officer's of the Transportation Branch on the probable imitation of services…

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Railway Accident. Man's Leg Crushed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

A man named J. J. Laurence, 36, of [?] Parramatta, and his aunt, Mrs. Nestor, [?] 55, of Sydney, were boarding a train [?] at Srathfield, when both slipped and fell [?]…

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Urangeline. A Road Controversy

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 2

Sometime ago a petition signed by a large number of Urangeline farmers asked the Shine Council to close a road dividing Mr John…

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