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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Stolen Railway Ticket. Arrest at Albury. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 2

Returning from Adelaide to Sydney, Miss Vera Stephens, a school teacher, arrived in Melbourne on Friday and stayed overnight with friends in…

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Local and General Sydney Motor Show

The Daily Express · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. Ltd have just been appointed sole distributors for Rolls-Royce, Ltd., and are exhibiting a magnificent chasses of [?] make…

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Railway Services May Be Improved. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 1

It is possible as supplies are coming forward for railways the train services may be improved at the week—[?]d…

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Aeroplane Coming Avro Due To-day. Goulburn

The Daily Express · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

Captain E. W. Percival, late R.F.C., landed here at dusk this evening in a 3-seater. Avro aeroplane. He will spend the night at Goulburn…

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Fatalities and Accidents Motor Cycling Mishaps. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

A motor cycle, owned and ridden by Harry Harding, of Henry-street, West Kogarata, collided with a horse and sulky owned and driven by Mrs…

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Russian Railways an English Contract. London, Jan. 31

The Daily Express · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 1

It is reported that Armstrong's Ltd. have contracted with a Russian delegation to repair practically all Russian railway locomotives…

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Another Strike Queensland Railways Brisbane

The Daily Express · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 1

The ballot taken amongst the locomotive railway employees on the question of a strike to secure better conditions than are covered by the…

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The Aeroplane [?]For[?]

The Daily Express · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

Wagga was keenly disappointed ye[?] terday at the non arrival of Captain Percival in his Avro acroplane He was expected to land here at 9.30 and…

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Fatalities and Accidents Motor Car Overturns. Lady Forster's Maid Killed. Launceston

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

Just before noon to-day Lady Forster's maid was killed in a motor fatality in St. Peter's Pass, near Oaklands, through the car overturning. The…

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Railway Employee Sentenced. Thefts From Goods Trains. Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

Leonard Hughes, a railway cleaner was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment at the Quarter Sessions to-day for stealing a quantity of merchandise,…

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Railway Revenue. Increase of £440,516. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

The quarterly railway report shows that earning increased by £440,616, made up of £851,588 additional receipts by coaching traffics, and…

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Shipping [?] Rapid Railway [?] Sydney [?]

The Daily Express · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 1

No fewer than 1600 [?] [?]ing used by the [?] [?]ent to convey wheal [?] of the State to [?]arlin[?]…

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Trams and Trains Su[?]stantial Revenue Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 1

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the last quarter shows a[?] increase in revenue of £440,516, compared with the corresponding pertol…

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Vice-regal Accidents Lady Forster’s Maid Killed Motor Car Overturned. Launceston

The Daily Express · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 1

Lady Forster’s maid was killed in a motor accident near Cakqands to-day, through the car overturning. The Vice-Regal Party was going to…

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A Glass Road

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 3

An experimental stretch of what is termed a glass road has been laid down on a portion of [?] New Lincoln Highway in Illinois. Thirteen barrels of a…

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Ireland. Road Mined Auxiliaries Amsushed, London, February 3

The Daily Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

Rebels in ambushing auxiliaries near Ballinalea, employed a road mine to blow up a motor lorry. They killed two and wounded nine…

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Motor Cab and Cycle Collide

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

Norman McDonald, employed at the local railway, met with a painful accident on Tuesday night, last. He was cycling along Wallendbeen street when…

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Sand-drags on Railways

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 3

Sand-drag's are generally employed on falling gradients to intercept wagons that run back or trains that get out of control. The usual method of…

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Motor Car Overturns. Six People Injured. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

Six persons were injured when a motor car struck the side of a stationary tram on Prince's Bridge and overturned, pinning its occupants to the…

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Railway Workers. to Start Co-operative Stores. Doctor and Hospital for Mirrool-griffiths. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

The executive of the Railway Workers' Industry Branch of the A.W.U. has decided to establish a number of co-operative stores. The resolution…

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