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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Mitchell Shire Roads

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 4

Ratepayers of the Mitchell Shire should not complain about having bad roads this year. The Council has allotted the money for the various parts of…

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North Shore Bridge. Prospect of British Tenders. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 4

Inquiries at Clyde engineering firms disclose that there is little present prospect of tenders being submitted for the Sydney Harbor bride. The…

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Hit by Express. Two Railway Men Killed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 4

Two men wore run over and killed, by the Melbourne express at Glenfield near Liverpool this morning. Gau[?] Digman and letter Mylrea, with…

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Currawarna Railway League

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 1

A large and representative gathering attended the annual meeting of the Currawarna Railway League, held in the Currawarana Hall on Wednesday…

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Tram Fatality Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 2

Cecelia Kelly 5 years of age attempted to alight from a tram before it stopped in Oxford Street to-day and felt. The wheels passed over…

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Bridge Lighting

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

One part of the Wagga electric light scheme which will be very ornate will be the lighting effects on the bridge joining Fitzmaurice and Baylis-streets…

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Railmay Commissioners at Tumut. New Butter Factory Disabilities. Directors Crouch and Elliot Put Some Pertinent Queries. £323 for Short Line of Rails. Alternating Trains. Mayor Gordon's Schemes. Slow One Day; Quick the Next. an Ultimate Motor Service

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners on their half-yearly tour of Inspection of existing lines reached Tumut at 10 minutes to 6 o'clock yesterday…

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Railway Camp Tradedy. Husband Sent for Trial. "Murdering Kelly" of Gilmore—batlow Railway Construction Works

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

A Bathurst wire on Saturday says: "The inquest into the death of Ethel Kelly, wife of a railway laborer on the Oberon—Tarana railway…

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Australian Railway Union. Mr. Quilty First Preference

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

A well attended meeting of the Australian Railway Union took place at South Wagga on Sunday. Mr. W. J. Price's report of the annual conference…

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[?] Soldier’s Tram Pass Much Interest Heavy Fine Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

At the Central Summons Court to-day, J. C. Stuart was charged [?] having unlawfully used a tramway pass which was issued to a cripple…

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Support for Quilty Labor Dissention Australian Railway Union

The Daily Express · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

A well attended meeting at the A.R.U. was held at South Wagga on Sunday. Mr. W. J. Price’s report on the…

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Painting the Railway Station

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 2

It is generally agreed that the Wagga Railway Station needs renovating and some time ago when painters were seen at work there it was…

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Local and General Hampden Bridge

The Daily Express · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 2

The attention of the Wagga Council was last night drawn by Ald. Gi[?]sing in the state of disrepair of the Hampden Bridge which be cl[?]ssed as…

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Motor Cycle Challenge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

H. Halford, the Cootamundra rider, who won the six days' motor cycle reliability trial, is also a first-class racing man. Riding the same 3½-h.p. machine,…

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Mr. Quilty Disowned. Wagga Labor Candidate Cast Out. Sensational Pronouncement by Mr. O’brien. Australian Railway Unionists Also Banned

The Daily Express · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 1

The sensation of the election so far as The Murray Flectorate is concerned was an eleventh hour pronouncement last night by Mr W. J…

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Light Railway Lines

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 4

At the last Narraburra Shire Council meeting, Cr. [?] after reviewing the [?]…

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Hampden Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 4

The bad state in which the Hampden Bridge has been for some time was strongly commented on by the aldermen at the meeting of the Wagga…

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Motor Cars Collide

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 4

Just at dusk on Thursday, two motor cars came into collision at the corner of Broadway and the entrance to the railway gates, Junee, known as Spier's…

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