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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

1,358 stories in Riverina's papers · page 24 of 68

Fired at a Goods Train. Small Boys As Marksmen. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 2

The driver and fireman on a goods train had on exciting experience between Ashfield and Croydon stations last night. The train was moving…

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Run Over by Train. Body Left Unguarded. Verdict of Accidental Death. Maitland

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 2

At the inquest concerning the death of Jeremiah Sheeley, who was killed near Mailtand last week, his daughter gave evidence as to the finding of the…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 2

Charles Simmons, aged 20, was fatally injured hear Bowral to-day. He was riding on a motor cycle, having in the sidecar a lady companion and a…

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Double Dyed Traitor. Railwaymen's President Denounced. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 2

Mr. Cook, member of the miners' executive, speaking at Pontypridd Wales, said that the miners would resist the district settlements to the…

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Railway Accidents a Sensational Trip. Brisbake

The Daily Express · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 3

A woman named Maud Hilton, living at Tara, alighted from the Western Mail at Dalby last night, while it was still moving. She fell, and…

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Clever Flying Landing in Main Street Tryst Keeping Aeroplane

The Daily Express · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 1

Major H. T. Shaw, of the Shaw-Ross Aviation Company, has astounded the residents of Deniliquin. He stat[?] last week that it would not only be…

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State of War. Inside of a Fortnight. Unless Things Are Altered. Railway Secretary's Opinion of Coal Strike. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 2

The coal situation was unchanged during the week-end, and a number of district associations have shown up uncompromisingly in regard to the…

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Motor and Tram Collide Three Women Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 2

A collision between a tram and a motor car in Phillip-street to-day resulted in the motor car being severely damaged three women occupants…

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Instant Death! Standing on Platform Knocked Off by Train SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 1

Charles Jackson, a resident of Stanmore, was standing on the edge of the platform at Newtown railway station, when a Sydney bound train passed and…

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Fatalities and Accidents Run Over by Train. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 2

Charles Jackson, a resident of Stanmore, was standing on the edge of one of the platforms at Newtown Railway Station this morning when a city bound…

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The Border Railways

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 2

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A. for the Murray, wired to the "daily Advertiser" last night from Sydney stating that Mr. J. Estell, Minister for Works and…

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Goal Strike. Railway Facilities. Curtailed Services. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 2

Owing to the coal shortage the train facilities on Whit Monday will be smaller instead of larger than usual Indeed the Great Eastern railways…

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Ministers in Riverina. Tour on Railway Business

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 4

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., furnishes the following particulars of a visit to Riverina by Hon. J. Estell, Minister for Works and Railways, N.S.W., and…

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Sly Grog Prosecution Liability of Motor Car Proprietors

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 2

At 12.30 a.m on April 21. Robert George Gladstone, labourer, William Cope, groom and Patrick Mason, laboure were arrested at Wilbriggie by…

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Border Railways Ministerial Consideration. Inter-state Consultation

The Daily Express · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 3

Mr. It. T. Ball, M.L.A., has been able, after certain exchange of correspondence to arrange an [?] between the Minister for Works…

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Railway Weights. Reduction Asked Poe. Deputation to Commissioner. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 6

The leader of the Progressive party introduced a deputation from the Producers' Association Central Council representing the Graziers' Association of…

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Riverina Railways Victorian Ministers to Inspect Tour Arranged

The Daily Express · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 2

Accompanied by the chief engineer for railway construction (Mr. Kernot), the Minister for Railways (Mr. Barnes) will leave Melbourne on…

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Over the Line Railway Crossing Wanted Soldiers League Takes Action

The Daily Express · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 2

The question of a crossing over the railway line to provide direct communication between the main position of the town and-that portion…

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Railway Works Construction Programme. Several Homes to Go

The Daily Express · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 6

The report of Mr. Storey’s success in raising money on the London market has led Junee people to believe that the deviation and constructional…

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Oaklands Train. the New Time Table. Connecting with Albury Mail

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 May 1921 · page 3

With reference to representations made by him on behalf of the Shire Clerk and the business people at Lockhart relative to the proposed alterations…

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