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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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Bicycle Road Race

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 2

to-mile bicycle road race, promoted by Mr. C. S. Inglis, was held on the Tarcutta-road yesterday. It resulted in a win for A.T. Bassett, with…

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Motor Lorry Capsizes. Occupants' Narrow Escape. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 2

A Ford motor lorry with a party of pi[?]ners, at the entrance to National Park, suddenly got out of control and left the road, narrowly missing some…

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Concrete Roads

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 3

The building of roads in France is dealt with in an article in "La Nature" and is of considerable interest in view of the discussions which have…

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Boundary Road Accident

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 3

The secretary of the Local Government Association was asked recently if a council would be liable if an accident occurred on a roadway which is…

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Trucks Ablaze. on Moving Train. a Wagga Spectacle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 2

The spectacle of a mass of moving, flame was the first indication, the people of Wagga had of a train being afire at about 11.30 last evening…

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Motor-cycle Design

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 4

Commenting on the recent motorcycle exhibition at Olympia, a London paper asserts that the general tendency of motor cycle and side-car design is…

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National Roads. an Urgent Need

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 4

If the visit of the Prince of Wales does nothing else than draw attention to the condition of the public roads in this State, it will have been worth…

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Day Train to Sydney. the Logical Extension

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 2

The Cootamundra Chamber of Commerce wants 8.45 a.m. passenger train to Sydney from Harden extended to start from Cootamundra. If…

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Chambers of Commerce. Conference Decisions. Railways Criticised. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 3

The conference of the Chamber of Commerce was opened in Sydney this morning. The conference carried a…

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Doris Cullen's Death. Shot in Tram Car. Husband in Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 3

The death of Doris Cullen, who was shot in a tram car in Sydney last month, was inquired into by the City Coroner to-day…

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Unauthorised Strike. Railway "Outlaws" Strike Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

An "outlaw" strike is tying up the railway yards between here and California. The question whether the railway…

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Aeroplane Afire. Pilots Plucky Effort. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

When flying over Camden, New Jersey (U.S.A.), an aeroplane carrying mails caught fire at a height of 1700 feet…

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Railway Men's Demands. Deadlock Likely. Government's Offer Rejejcted in the North. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 1

The railwaymen's demand is likely to create a deadlock between the companies and the Government. The Government points out that the…

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Railway Crossing Complaints. Grave Danger

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 4

The subject of better attention to gates at railway crossings was discussed again at the meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association on…

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Yanco— Griffith Railway

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

Fairly good progress has been made with the earth formation of the Yanco— Leeton portion of this railway, and the arrival of truckloads,…

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American Farm Methods Good Roads Better Transport

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 3

As an honorary commissioner for the New South Wales Government Mr.Leslie T. Bridge during his recent visit to the United State, collected…

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Railway Doings. Gundagai Business

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners are due to visit Gundagai shortly, and when looking over the books, they will find that the affairs…

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Aeroplane Over Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 2

An Avro flying-machine passed over Wagga yesterday afternoon at a considerable height. It came from Cootamundra, and travelling at great…

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Day Passenger Train

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 2

WE notice in the columns of tile “Southern Cross,” our Junee contemporary, that an attempt is being made in the junction town…

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Day Train to Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 4

Harden, for a long time, has enjoyed the advantage of a day train to Sydney. Likewise, towns north of that junction. This train leaves at 9 o'clock…

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