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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Railway at Leeton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

The following letter has been received by Mr. W. C. Barker, president of tho Leeton Progress Association, from) the Office of the Railway…

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Country Roads. More Trees Wanted. a Plea for the Kurrajong

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

A correspondent of the "Australian Forestry Journal" calls attention to the "execrable folly" of shire councils under the guise of the safety of the…

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Stolen Rabbit Skins. Railway Employee Sentenced Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 4

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Thomas Carpenter, a railway employee was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment in the Goulburn in the Goulburn gaol [?] to charge…

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French Railway Disaster Ten Persons Killed. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 4

Ten persons were killed-and 47 injured as the result of a head on collision between a passenger and a goods train near Limoges…

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Steam Tram Derailed. Five Passengers Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 2

The front axle of a steam tram locomotive broke yesterday while it was leaving the main railway track line at Kogarah. Attached to the…

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Tram Accident Broken Axle Causes Smash Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 4

The front axle [?] train broke yesterday [?] when leaving the main railway track at [?] The train was [?] and…

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Local and General Motor Car Hits Cycle

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon, at the interception of Wallendoon and Button streets (near Bartley's Garage) a motor car, driven by two young men, who…

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Warning to Motor Drivers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 4

Drivers of motor cars and motor cycles not adhering to the rule of keeping to the left side and going round the lamp posts when coming round…

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Marrar Railway Business

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

For the month of January 97 trucks (1348 tons) of chaff were despatched from Harrar. The wheat stacked up to the end of January represents…

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Big Tram Smash. Sixteen Persons Injured. Brakes Fail to Act. on Steep North Sydney Hill. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

Another big tram smash occurred at North, Sydney to-night as a result of which 16 persons were injured. Just before the rush hour a tram…

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Motor Car and Sulky Collide

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

Shortly before half past 8 o'clock on Sunday night a collision occurred between a motor car and a sulky in Urana Road, near the railway…

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Motoring Accident

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

A motor car driven by Mr Frank Benfield, of Wagga, and carrying five passengers three of whom were ladies collided with a sulky 2[?] miles…

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Motor Smashes Three Lucky Escapes. Macksville, Monday

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 1

Three motor accidents occurred on the roads leading from Kempsey to various seaside resorts yesterday. A car driven by a one-armed…

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Handling the Wheat Victorian Railways' Record

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 4

Recognising the assistance given by the railway employees in establishing a record in the transportation of the wheat harvest to the seaboard, the…

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Big Trip Motor Across Australia Federal Members Journey, Melbourne

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 1

The Secretary of the Federal Parliamentary Committee on Public Works plans to take the Committee across Australia and back again In…

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Bridge-builder Hurt Cootamundra

The Daily Express · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 1

A serious [?] at [?] on Monday morning. George [?], on the duplication works, while engaged in bridge…

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North Sydney Tram Smash. Injured Doing Well. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 2

Thomas Greenaway, a tram driver, who was injured in the tram collision at North Sydney yesterday, regained consciousness to-day, and his…

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Killed by Tram. Melbourne, Tuesday Night

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 2

Whilst watching the results of the cricket match England and Victoria being posted at the "Age" office this afternoon George Backhouse, and…

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Railway Workers. Federal Parliament. Question of Finance. Sydney, Wednesday. Gain for New South Wales. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

The secretary of the railway workers' industry branch of the A.W.U. has been advised by the Acting Premier that he and his colleagues fully After the next census, a redistribution of seats in the House of Representatives will be made. According to the latest wital…

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Tram Smash Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 1

The Tramway Employees, Union has demanded to be represented, at the Departmental inquiry into the tramway smash at North Sydney. The union…

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