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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

1,358 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 68

Sandy Creek Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 4

At yesterday's meeting of the Mitchell Shire Messrs. M'Lean and Mor[?]s's tender for the construction of the bridge over Sandy Creek at Uranquinty…

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Tumbarumba Railway

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 4
Also in The Daily Express

The town clerk (Mr. R. Emblen) stated yesterday that he had received notification from the Chief Secretary's Department to the effect hat the…

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Albury Carnival. Loss on Wagga Special Train. Unique Protest in Trotting Event. Albury

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 2

The carnival organised by Mr. A. G. Young, Secretary of the Albury A. and H. Society, in aid of the Society's funds, took place at the Show Ground…

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Knocked Down by Tram. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 2

Mary Carlton, aged 43, was knocked down by a tram in Oxford-street, Darlinghurst, yesterday, and had [?]ierspine fractured…

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The Weather. Damage by Floods. to East-west Railway. Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 4

Five repair trains have been despatched, and every available man has been called out to assist in repairing the transcontinental railway line,…

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Flying Feat Aeroplane Stolen

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 1

[?] Rende [?] reported to the police the [?] the properly for [?] has [?] stolen The [?] perked at…

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Fatalities and Accidents Motor Bus Over Bridge. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 2

A sensational motor bus accident occurred near the city on Saturday, when a bus containing 21 passengers crashed through a bridge, falling 20 feet into…

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Aeroplane Stolen. Aviator Sees Machine in Air. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 2

Lient, Randle reported to the Melbourne police to-day that a Morris-Farman aeroplane, the property of his firm, had been stolen. The aeroplane was…

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Robbery in Train. While Tossing a Coin. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 2

Harry Blanch, aged 21, and Charles Gibson, aged 38 were committed for trial at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted William…

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Train Tragedy Act of Strikers. Fourteen Killed. Vancouver, March 6

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 1

A “United Press” message from Vera [?] state that 14 people have been killed and 30 injured in the train wreck caused, by strikers first…

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The Case for the Country. Making Country Life Attractive —The Necessity of Good Roads —A Rural Telephone System— Cheap Power and Labor Saving —Devices

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 4

One striking cause of the drift to the city is the lonely and laborious character of rural life. It is hard on the man, harder on the woman,…

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The Case for the Country. Making Country Life Attractive. The Necessity of Good Roads .A Rural Telephone System. Cheap Power and Labor-Saving Devices*

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 4

One striking cause of the drift to the city is the lonely and laborious character of rural life. It is hard on the man, harder on the women, hardest of…

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The Case for the Country. Making Country Life Attractive -The Necessity of Good Roads -A Rural Telephone System—Cheap Power and Labor Saving Devices (No. 6.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 2

One striking cause of the drift to the city is the lonely and laborious character of rural life. It is hard on the man, harder on the woman,…

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Tumbarumba Railway and Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 2

An alteration has been made by the Railway Department in the timetable of the special train which will convey residents of Wagga and district…

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Stand for Motor Vehicles

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 2

The town clerk officially announces that the stands for public vehicles in Gurwood-street, and inFitzmaurice-Street, near the Courthouse, and also…

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Local and General Tumbarumba Railway

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 2

The time of departure of the special train for Tumbarumba to-morrow has [?] [?]tered to leave Wagga at 6.15 a.m. instead of 7 a.m., and arrive at…

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Queensland Railways. Trouble at [?]Wich. Brisbane

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 1

Delegates resenting Un[?] employed in the [?] Railway. Work shops interviewed [?] Commissioner for Railways about prospect retre[?]…

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Main Road Traffic. Farmers Ignore Regulations Cowra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 2

The municipal council recently passed a resolution preventing laden waggons dawn by more than four horses bullocks from using the main street,…

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Local and General. Obstructive Motor Cars

The Daily Express · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 2

The recent action of the Wagga Municipal [?] in transferring the stand [?] public motor vehicles from [?], Street to Little [?]…

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