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Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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Motor Car run Down by Train

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

A motor car, containing a party of Bendigonians was run down by a light engine while crossing the railway line at Diggers' Rest…

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Main Road Grant. General Reduction Made

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

The Government's main roads grant and loan proposals have been agitating local governing bodies throughout the State for some…

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Fall From a Train. a Prisoner’s Complaint Perth

The Daily Express · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 1

Frank Matamin, who is charged with murder and who was said to have atten[?] to escape from train and was [?] up in a state [?] coll[?]…

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Railway Finances. Some Interesting Statistics. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 4

A bulletin issued by the Australian Bureau of Railway Statistics, shown that exclusive of Tasmania there are 22,149[?] miles of railway open for…

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Mysterious Fire. Railway Platform Destroyed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

Portion of the passenger platform at Normanhurst railway station wag destroyed by fire at four o'clock this morning. The origin of the outbreak is a…

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Train Starts a Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 2

Yesterday evening a goods train from Gundagai started a fire near Cootamundra, on Mr. Nowland's property, where 9 acres of grass were…

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New Railway Proposal

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 2

To-morrow "morning's issue of this paper will contain a full report of the evidence given before the Public Works Committee to date concerning the…

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Moon’s Siding Railway

The Daily Express · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 2

The evidence given by Departmental officials at the opening of the Public Works Committee inquiry into the proposed Railway from Uranquinty…

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RAILWAY RAlLURES BERLIN. February. [?]

The Daily Express · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 2

Two trains [?] and a third was dera[?] near [?] All were driven by Frenchmen…

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Riverina Railways Projected Uranquinty-moon’s Siding Line Inquiry Opened by Public Works Committee Official Evidence Varies As to Starting Point and Location of Terminus

The Daily Express · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 1

On Monday the Parliamentary Public Works Committee will begin an inquiry into the [?]Gap Railway which would take about [?] weeks…

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Train Starts Fire. Burning for a Week

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 2

The mail train from Gundagai yesterday afternoon started another big blaze at Coolac. Sparks blowing from the engine into a The big reflection which Gundagai has been seeing nightly for over a week past comes from a huge fire which is today…

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Rabbits on Railways Commissioners to be Made Liable Sydney. This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture told a deputation representing the Graziers' Assn. that among the clauses of the proposed' new…

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Public Works Inquiry on Proposed District Railway. Uranquinty Towards Moon's Siding

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 4

Following are extracts from the minutes for evidence given before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works on the subject of the…

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Fire on the Railway. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 2

A railway culvert on the main line to Bourke near Nyngan, was destroyed by fire Passengers and mails for Burke had to be transhipped. The cause of…

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Reduced Sunday Tram Fares. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 2

Formal approval was given by the Executive Council to-day to the Railway Commissioners' proposal to abolish extra tram fares charged on Sundays…

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Border Railways

The Daily Express · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 2

A meeting of the Oaklands Railway League was held last week at which it was decided to obtain statistics of land, wheat, stock, etc.,…

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Motor-car on Fire Sydney, Wednesday

The Daily Express · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 4

Albert Shanahan a well-known jockey, was travelling to Armidale races in his six-cylinder car with friends, when the car burst into…

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First Day Out Motor-car Fatality Wagga Dentists Mishap Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 1

Mrs Annie Hunter, aged [?] of Marriott Street, Redfern, was run over by a motor-car at the corner of Campbell and Crown Streets, on…

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Large Motor Ship Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 2

The Couisn motor-Ship, Java, 8000 tens, arrived at Sydney to-day on her maiden voyage. She is the [?]rgest motor-ship to…

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