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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Railway Matters Reports Investigated Unemployment and Trucks

The Daily Express · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 6

A statement has been made by a contemporary, that “Never in the history of the railway at Junee was [?] such a slackness of work…

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[?]Arge Motor Ship a 14,000 Ton Liner

The Daily Express · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 4

The Glena[?] a 14,000-ton motor boat is now in Sydney loading wheat at Pyrmont for the United Kingdom or Continent. She is the second of…

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Man Found Drowned Near Hampden Bridge. Body Not Yet Identified. Cries for Help

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 2

Whilst rowing up the river at about 6 p.m. yesterday. Messrs. Le Gallant and Patterson noticed the body of a man floating against a snag on the…

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Railway Services Appeal by Directors. London, April 9

The Daily Express · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 2

The Directors of the Great Eastern Railway Companies have circularised the staffs stating there is no truth in reports that in August, when the Railways…

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Unions Not United Railwaymen Resent Executive Action and Object to Bolshevik Utterances Striking Miners Continue Violence

The Daily Express · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 1

While the Delegates to the Triple Alliance have been meeting London, simultaneously with the Executives of the Railwaymen the Transport Workers, they have, apparently, refrained from consulting the rank and file of the Unions…

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Roads at Mirrool. Alarming Neglect

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 2

The roads round about Griffith and Yenda are in a deplorable condition as a result Of the past week's rain, and with the advent of the winter,…

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The Toll of the Railway Man Picked Up on Line Condition Critical SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 1

William Griffin was picked up near Erskineville railway station early this morning, and conveyed to hospital, suffering from concussion, fractured…

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Motor Car Capsized. Woman Killed. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 2

When a motor car was making a trial here to-day it capsized, and Mrs. Wyatt was killed, and her husband was seriously injured. The other occupants of…

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Worse Than Tramps. Queensland Soldier Settlers Government's Broken Promises. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Rose, who resigned from the Queensland Land Settlement Committee as a protest against the Government's treatment of soldier…

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“Must Strike” Orders to Railwaymen. London, April 11

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 1

Messrs. Thomas and Cramp have telegraphed to the Narthumberland Railwaymap that they must strike on Tuesday unless the negotiations…

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Worse Than Tramps Soldiers Failed by Government Queensland Government Blamed. Brisbane

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 1

Mr. Joseph Rose has resigned from the soldiers Land Settlement Committee as a protest against the Government’s treatement of soldier…

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National Railways British Labor Scheme Unions in Control. London, April 11

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 2

The Labor Party’s Bill to nationai[?]se the railways provides for veeting all the railways in the Ministry of Transport within six months of the pass[?]…

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Railway Matters Institute Conference Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 2

A conference of Intersate railway officers representing the tr[?] tr[?]portations [?]gin[?]ing and [?] [?] A[?]nt’s [?]ches of the…

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Local and General Temora Road Boundary

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 2

Burrangong and Jindalee Shire Councils are still unable to agree as to how the boundary of the two shires on Temora Road should be adjusted…

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College Road Postmistress. Routs Six Assailants. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 2

The postmistress at College Road, Cork, to-day routed six men who, pointing revolvers at her demanded money. She refused and was immediately struck…

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Life a Jest. Shooting of Mrs. Marshall. Railway Fireman on Trial. Sentence of Death "Recorded." Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 4

Aloysius O'Toole, a railway firemen was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having feloniously wounded Margaret Marshall…

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Probable Effect. Railway Freights Will Go Up. Primary Industries Will Suffer

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 3

The head of a big producers' association referring to the 44 hours recommendation said that the reduction of hours would be reflected in the costs of…

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The Strike Position Railway Men May Cease Work This Evening Labor Leaders Still Hoping for Peace Statements by Lloyd George and Triple Alliance. London, April 13

The Daily Express · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 1

The Triple Alliance has decided against the official peace move. Industrial Labor leaders, including Messrs. Cly[?]es and Henderson, are making efforts to bring the Coal-owners and Miners together again. The locomotive men, engineers, and firemen, have decided to strike…

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"Go Slows." Railway Workers and Ganges Trouble at Lidcombe. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1921 · page 4

A good deal of trouble has manifested itself at the Lidcombe railway works. Some of the men declare that though they had been dismissed by the…

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