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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

1,260 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 63

Motor and Milk Cart Collide. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 2

A collision between a motor car and a milk cart at Kensington early this morning, resulted in the two vehicles being smashed, and 6 passengers…

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Interstate Railways Minister’s Promise. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 1

The Minister for Works and Railways, replying to a deputation which urged the construction of the railway from Victoria to Balranald, said he…

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Run Down by Train. Two Men Killed Locksley

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

Lance Evans and William Fogarty were filling their billies at a stationary ballast train at Locksley, when they, were run down by a paper train from…

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Election Promises. Justice to Railway and Tramwaymen. What Mr. Dooley Will Do

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

Mr. Dooley stated on Wednesday the only effective and speedy, way to ensure that justice is done to railway nad tramwaymen is by legislation. The Premier…

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Swiss Railways Make War Against Merry Widow Hats

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 6

"Hats arrested here" is one of the signs that should be displayed on Swiss railway stations just now. Under a new regulation adopted by…

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Curious Experience of an Actress. a Comedy in a Railway Carriage

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 6

Mr. Seymour Hicks writes in "Pearson's Magazine":—A curious experience befel my wife, Miss Ellaline Terriss, when she was…

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A Railway Proposal

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

The Minister for Works told a deputation that asked him to support the Building of a railway from Victoria to Balranald that he was in sympathy with…

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[?] a Malicious [?] Railway Wages Sir George Fuller’s Pledge. Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

The special reporter of the “Herald,” who was with Sir George Fuller at Picton last night reports:— In many ways the Picton section of…

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Railway Fatality. Bathurst

The Daily Express · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 1

The midday paper train when near Locksley , ran over a ganger and a laborer engaged on a [?] train killing both…

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Assault at Railway Station

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 2

About 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon Sergeant Pye received a telephone call from the railway station, and proceeding [?] found George Franck, the leading…

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Railway Time Table

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 1

The following is the Time Table of Tumbarumba Railway Line:-- Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.-- Wag[?] depart at 10 a.m., Forest Hill…

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[?]E Roads [?] Proposal [?] Engineer’s Report

The Daily Express · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 4

[?] Shire Council is nego[?] loan for road [?] repairing. In that con[?] Engineer…

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Motor Car Smash. Man Severely Injured West Wyalong

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 6

A serious accident happened early this morning at the railway crossing, about nine miles out on the Cargellico line. Messrs. J. Wood and P. Berrill, of…

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Motor Cars Cheaper

The Daily Express · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 2

There has been a sharp decrease in the prices of leading American Cars, and this is nowhere more notice able than in the Hudson and Easer…

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A Motor Crash

The Daily Express · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 4

A collision between a motor car and sulky on the road [?]. Coolac last week resulted in an old resident of Tumut Plains, Mrs…

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Telegraphic News. Sydnay, Monday. Aeroplane Crashes

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 3

One machine crashed in the aerial flight over the route from Geraldton to Derby. Lieutenant Fawcett and a passenger were killed…

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Goods Train Crash Breakaway Near Armidale Armidale

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 4

When a goods train was leaving Warrungen early this morning five trucks and a brake van suddenly broke away, and rushed away down…

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Miraculous Escape Saved From Passing Train. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

The presence of mind of Francis Hoad, a relief night-officer at Fairfield railway station, saved the life of a woman last night. She stepped out…

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Find by the Police Burglars' Tools Arrest on a Train SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

A revolver, nickel plated jemmy, dum dum bullets; arid* property worth about £200, are now in the possession, of the police, as a result of an…

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Batlow—gilmore Railway Ambulance Classes

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 3

Mr. Harris, Ambulance Instructor on the Batlow—Gilmore Railway, has now commenced a class at Gilmore, and every employee of the…

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