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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Over the Top Motor Car Smash. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 1

Owing to grass growing on the a[?]e of the road and deceiving the driver, a motor car in which tour people were seated [?]pied, over the hillside…

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Assault at Railway Station. Police Court Sequel

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 4

On [?] Peter Smith, 32. who it was alleged had broken a bottle over the Leat of Leading police Frank at the Coolamon railway station on Thursday of…

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Shot Fired at Train. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 4

A shot was fired at a train in motion near Auburn railway station last night, but fortunately there was no injury to any person. The bullet went through…

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Wicked Sabotage Mail Train Derailed. Capetown, March 3

The Daily Express · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 1

The most serious happening last night in connection with the strike was the derailment of the Cape mail train, near Germiston. There were…

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Motor Transport

The Daily Express · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 5

The hauling and dollar problem in practically every [?] business is a question of getting [?] dependable and lasting servie[?] the lowest…

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Safe Blowers. Chelsea Railway Station Entered. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 3

Chelsea railway station was broken into at 3 o'clock this morning. Constables Hall and Pattison went to the place, and hearing a noise in the scrub…

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Fatalities and Accidents Another Motor Smash. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 3

A motor car, containing a man and two women, crashed into a post at Randwick late last night, and the occu[?]ts were thrown out and more or…

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To-day's Wires and Cables South Africa's Troubles Police Drop 32 Bombs Fight by Light Horse Strike Chairman Captured Railway Blown Up Fighting Continues Smuts Taking Charge CAPETOWN

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 1

The revolutionaries in Brixton area were surrounding two squadrons of police, but after the police had dropped 32 bombs causing many…

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A Motor Smash Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 2

Three persons were injured in a motor s[?] at Randwick yesterday. Their [?] a post and [?] the occupants out. Ladline Ball [?]…

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Stealing Motor Tyres

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1922 · page 2

John Edward Brown was charged with on January 7, 1922, at Coolamon, breaking and entering the promises of Ernest-Oswald Mutton, and having…

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Motor Cycling

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 March 1922 · page 2

The "speed kings'!, of Leeton hold their first road race last Saturday afternoon, if ho rape was a 14-miler for a gold medal presented by Messrs…

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Tram Fatality Elderly Man Killed. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 14 March 1922 · page 1

A man named Sandford, about 60 years of age, residing at Str[?]field tell from a moving tram in Central [?] the busy hours of this…

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State Elections. Sir George Fuller at Goulburn. Riverina and Victorian Railways

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1922 · page 2

Sir George Fuller made his first campaign speech outside his own electorate at Goulburn on Monday night. He said he took it as a compliment since he…

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Stealing Motor Tyres. 12 Months' Hard Labor

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1922 · page 2

John Edward Brown was charged with on January 7, 1922, at Coolamon, breaking and entering the premises of Ernest Oswald Mutton, and having…

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Railway Proposals What Australia Needs. London, March 13

The Daily Express · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 4

Mr. T. R. Johnson, formerly Chief Railway Commissioner in New South Wales, and lately engineering adviser to the Peking Board of…

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Motor Car Case. Commission Awarded

The Daily Express · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 2

At the Wagga District Court yesterday, His Honor Judge Bevan gave his reserved decision In the case in which Terence Smith sued Albert Edward…

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Victorian Railways Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 16 March 1922 · page 4

An official re turn, of the Railway Department shows that the revenue for the financial year will exceed £10,000,…

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District News. Ash bridge

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 3

The united festival under the suspires of the Anglican Presbyterian and Methodist congregations was celebrated on Sunday and Monday 12th and 13th…

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Loyal Workers Where Railwaymen Stood. Capetown, March 15

The Daily Express · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 1

An important official report' has been issued of a deputation of railway men to the Ministers for Railways and Mine and Industries,…

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Good Roads

The Daily Express · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 2

The Mitchell Shire Council is determined to reduce complaints within the Shire to a minimum and to attain that end the following tenders for road…

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