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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Motor Oars Cheaper

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

There has been a sharp decrease in the prices of leading American care, and this is nowhere more noticeable than in the Hudson and Essex Cars…

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Serious Motor Accident

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

A motor car containing a number of people skidded while the driver was endeavouring to avoid a collision with another car, and bumped…

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Race. Motor. afternoon next, a 14

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

On Saturday [?] will be held. mile motor [?] Vance's residence Starting fro[?] Gogeldrie boundary) to Five [?]hations close to-day…

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Khyber Pass Prince Motors Over on the Afghan Frontier London. Mar. 8

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

The Prince of Wales visited the camp of Peshawar yesterday. All the bills, forts, and watchtowers of Khyber were manned to-day when the…

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Riverina Railways Moama to Balranald. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

Referring to-day to the proposed Moama to Moulamein and Balranald railway, Mr. Estell, Minister for Railways, stated it was intended to…

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Detective Instinct Arrest in a Train. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 1

While Detective Ferguson was in a train, between Gosford and Point Clare he concentrated his attention upon a man in the same Compartment. The…

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Car and Tram Accident. Ballarat

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 1

Following a blow-out a motor car crashed into a tram in Ballarat on Saturday night. The train was crowded with picture show patrons returning…

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A Railway Smash. Armidale

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 1

When a goods train was leaving Warrungen, near Armidale, carly this morning five trucks rushed down a steep grade at a terrific pace, finally coming…

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Shocking Fatality Motor Accident Two Cars Collide MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 1

A shocking motor fatality occurred at 2 o'clock this morning, at Fitzroy near Melbourne. It appears that two cars collided…

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"O'er the Bridge He Goes!" Unknown Suicider SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 1

An unknown man jumped over Pyrmont bridge early this morning, despite the efforts of a civilian to check him…

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Another Motor Accident Car Topples Into Gully Four Occupants Hurt MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 1

A motor car containing four persons toppled off a hillside near Kew, Victoria, and fell 100 feet into a gully. All the occupants were more…

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Motor Smash Woman Killed. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 1

A motor accident at Coogee to-night resulted in a woman being killed and the driver of the car being taken to hospital in a serious…

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Motor Fatality Early Morning Smash. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 1

A collision between two motor cars at Fitzroy early this morning resulted in the death of Annie Gleeson, 24, o’Lygon Street Brunswick, who was in…

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Shot Fired at Train No one Injured SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 1

A shot was fired at a train in motion at Auburn railway station last night. Fortunately, no one was injured…

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President's Minute. Rolfe's Bridge-Culvert Work. President and Engineer Differ

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 2

At the shire meeting on Tuesday President Fraser said ho had written a minute in connection with a statement made at last…

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Good Roads Association Circular to Candidates Spend Three Millions SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 1

The council of the Good Roads Association has sent a circular to each candidate, whether Labor, Progressive, or Nationalist, urging on…

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Ye Gods. Railways That 110 Not Pay

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 3

We hear no end of our railways in these times, and generally what we hear worries us a bit, but oftener we just hear it and then turn over and…

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Fatalities and Accidents Motor-car Smash. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 1

A motor-car containing 4 persons toppled over the hillside near Kew, Victoria, and fell too feet into a gully. All the occupants were more or less…

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The Motor in Australia

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 1

The March issue of this illustrated monthly is to hand, and a considerable portion of its space is devoted to a description of the commercial cars…

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Our Railway Service. When in a Hurry—Walk

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 2

Sydney "Telegraph" astounded its readers last Tuesday by informing them in big, black type, on the authority of Mssrs. Smith and Johnson, a…

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