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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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Indian Risings. Evidence of Serious Nature. "English Rule Is Ended!" Railways the Centre of Attack. Bombay

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

The widespread nature of the Indian risings is disclosed in the latest evidence before the Hunter Commission. All classes in the Kasur attacked…

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Mirrool Railway Accommodation

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

The following reply has been [?] received by Mr. Erskine Secretary of the Fruitgrowers' Association, Mirrool, from the Railway…

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Railway Men's Revolt. the Government's Offer. Rejected by 23 Branches. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 1

The railwaymen's new revolt is spreading. Twenty-three branches have rejected the Government's terms…

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English Railways. Threatened Strike. Momentous Conference. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 2

The peace of the railway world depends on the happenings of the next few days. Trade union leaders are divided as regards the outcome of the…

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Tales of "The Road."

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 8

The lot of the married commercial, like that of the policeman, is not always a happy one. He sometimes scarcely knows his own children, and…

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Items of News. Main Roads Grant

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 2

The sum of £140 has been allocated to the Junee Municipal Council from the main roads grant for 1920…

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In India. Humours of Railway Travelling

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 7

An Indian railway time-table affords interesting study. It combines voluminous railway information with a considerable amount of matter…

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Motor Car Accident. Child Killed. Cooma

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 4

John Thornton was driving a party of six persons from Cooma in a car to-day. The car was heavily laden with…

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Railway Collision. Result of Floods. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 2

Two trains on the Versailles railway collided at St. Cloud Bridge, where a single line is being worked owing to the floods…

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British Railwaymen. Union Officials Defied. Offer Rejected. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 2

The revolt of the railwaymen against the union officials is spreading, and 23 branches have rejected the Government's offer of a minimum…

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Special Train Trip to Burrinjuck

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 4

The Chamber of Commerce has arranged for a special train to leave Cootamundra on Wednesday, 21st instant, the day after the big water conference…

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Aeroplane Liners. Fokker at Work. Vickers-vimy Follow Suit. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at the Hague says that Fokker, the Dutchman who constructed aeroplanes for the Germans in the war…

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What Will the Railway Men Do?

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 1

Three of the railwaymen's delegates are in closest unity with the House. Britain anxiously awaits the…

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In Germany. Railwaymen's Wages. Trouble Expected. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

A recrudescence of the railwaymen's troubles in Central, Germany is threatened. The men demand the establishment of…

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Denikin's Retreat. Ukrainians Capture Railways

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Berlin says that the Ukrainian Legation stated that Denikin is retreating towards Odessa…

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Railway Dispute. Welshmen Demand Strike. Opposition to Leaders. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 4

The railwaymen in Wales have almost solidly rejected the Government terms. Several branches have instructed their delegates who are to…

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What of Our Railway?

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

No one can say definitely when a real start is to be made with the construction of the railway to Griffith from Yanco promised for this month…

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Railway Collision. Mishap at Marinna. Stock Train and Goods Train

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 4

A head on collision occurred at Marinna 5 miles on the Sydney side of Junee, yesterday between a goods train and a stock train…

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Accident to Motorist

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 4

Mr. P. R. Sainty was the victim of in accident while out motoring neat Ladysmith Siding about four o'clock on Thursday afternoon. He was…

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Alien Railway Worker

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 4

Some months ago Mr. J. Vance and Mr. H. Southwell, two prominent residents of Junee for many years [?] suspended from duty, in…

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