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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Railway Strike. Men Submit Conditions. Food Supply Threatened. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

Yesterday passed quietly in strike circles. Ministers met and discussed emergency measures for the conveyance of passengers and food…

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W. A. Railways Effect of the Strike Midland Men’s Demand. Perth

The Daily Express · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 1

A telegram assistance in the shape of relief trains has been recelved by the Dispates Committee from Beria, The telegram stated that…

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Runaway Train Dubbo

The Daily Express · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 2

A brakevan and several trucks broke away from a station four miles east of Dubbo last night and dashed westward. Gathering speed while…

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Railway Crossing Overhead Bridge Refused “Lack of Funos” the Reason

The Daily Express · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

The Wagga Municipal Council has for some time, without success, been agitating for ii traffic bridge over the main southern line in the vicinity of…

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Trade Slump Slackness on the Railways One Million Sterling. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 1

The railways are hard hit as a result of the slackening of the goods traffic owing to the trade slump. The loss of revenue for November…

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Railway Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

The railway bridge near, Tabletop was early yesterday morning the scene of an accident which resulted in the death of Percy Leslie Longhurst, of…

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The Railway Crossing

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

A letter from the Secretary to the Railway Commissioners was before the Wagga Council last night with reference to the proposal to provide an…

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Griffith—hillston Railway

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 3

About 50 men arrived at Griffith by Wednesday's train to commence work on tins above railway. It looks as if construction operations ara again…

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Railway Fatality. Man Killed at Tabletop Run Down by Express

The Daily Express · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

The railway bridge near Tabletop was early yesterday morning the scene of an accident which resulted in the death of Percy Leslie Longhurst,…

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German Railways a Threatened Strike. Berlin, Jan. 6

The Daily Express · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 1

The railwaymen have voted in favor of a strike. The Minister threatens all strikers will be dismissed…

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Uranquinty Bridge. New Plan

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

At the meeting of the Mitchell Shire Council yesterday, the question of building a bridge over Sandy Creek, Uranquinty, on the main road at the…

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Railway Inspecting Motor

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

A good deal of interest was manifested at Junee railway station on Thursday in the motor propelled car which is now being used for…

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Falling Revenue. British Railways Lose £1,000,000 a Month. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 8

The slackening in the volume of goods traffic 36 a result of the trade flump is general throughout England, with the result that the railway…

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Motor Car Ablaze. in Fitzmaurice-street

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 5

By means of the fire alarm situated at the corner of Gurwood and Fitzmaurice streets the Wagga Fire Brigade received a call yesterday…

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Railway Fettler Sentenced. Lemonade and Material Stolen. Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 8

Dennis O'Brien, a railway fettler, was charged at the police court with stealing four bottles of lemonade on December 23, 2/, the…

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Motor Car Damaged

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

Excitement was caused yesterday afternoon when a Ford car belonging to Mr. & Holloway, of Jackson Street, suddenly burst into flames in front of…

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Railway Robberies Cases at Bathurst. Bathurst

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

The court was crowded to–day, mostly by raliway employees, when the police proceeded against Thomas Carpenter and Leonard Hughes, both…

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W.A. Railways Fighting the Strike Transport Services Working Perth

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 1

The Citizens’ Transport Committees are rapidly making emergency provisions for the carriage of mails and urgent supplies to country centres. The…

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Items of News. Aeroplane Over Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

A large type of aeroplane passed over Wagga t 9.25 o'clock on Sunday morning, going in the direction of Sydney. The machine was about 2000 feet up,…

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Between Train and Platform Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 3

While Henrietta Wright, aged 50, was stepping on to a train at Milson's Point station the train moved off and she was jolted off and fell between…

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