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Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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Direct Electric Lighting for Motor Cara

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 2

The benefits of electric lighting on motor cars are obtained at the expense of putting up with the drawbacks of accumulators. Inventors in Great…

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Motoring

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 8

1,500 American motor cars will arrive by the steamer Canadian' Crulser to-morow. Consignments from Europe, especially Britain and Italy, are…

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Rogues on the Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 4

From near and far the public are getting, ugly, reminders, from time to time, of , the amount of reguery, obtaining in the railway service. Petty…

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[?]Der Railways Author of the Scheme Credit Where It Is Due

The Daily Express · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 2

In the course of a speech at the lunche[?] at [?]gopian, yesterday in co[?] with the turning of the [?] of the Railways from. The…

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The Rock to Pullitop an Important Development Railway Started Mr. Ball Turns the First Sod at Mangoplah Work to Commence at Once; Line Ready for Next Harvest

The Daily Express · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 1

Mangoplah was en [?]ete yesterday on tho occasion of the turning of the first and in the railway from The Rock to C[?]on, through Plahgoman,…

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Motor Cars Galore Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 3

Fifteen hundred American motor, cars will arrive by the steamer Canadian cruiser on Saturday and [?] from Europe, especially…

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Good Roads

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 4

While the Minister for Works and Railways, the Hon. R. T. Ball was stating on Thursday at Mangoplah that the Nationalist Government was taking up…

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A Bad Crash Motor-car and Train Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 4

Samuel Southall, 24 an Englishman who has only been in Australia a week, was driving a motor-car out of Centennial Park this morning…

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Modern Travel an Interstate Train Motor Car Easily Faster

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 5

Under the heading of “Sydney-Melbourne S[?]ilway,” the “Sun” (Sydney) says:— “Why can’t we go as fast at that”…

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Best-street Bridge. Deputation to Mr. Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 4

There is perhaps no one who takes an interest in the development and progress of the town of Wagga who is not fully conversant with the question…

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The [?] Street Bridge. Deputation to Mr. Ball a Favourable Reply

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 2

Last night Minister for Works and [?] Mr. R. T. Ball, was waited on by a deputation from the Wagga Municipal Council regarding…

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Correspondence. Wagga-albury Road. (To he Editor, "Daily Advertiser.") (We do not necessarily endorse tbe views at our Correspondents.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 7

Sir,—Kindly permit me space in your columns to draw attention to the deplorable condition of the main Waggs Albury-road, between the three and…

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Tram and Car Smash. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 7

A tram clashed into a motor car at Moore Park this morning. The driver of the car, Samuel So[?]thall was thrown through the wind-screen and…

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Another Railway. Deputations Interview Mr. Ball Proposed Harefield-the Gap-currawarna Line. "Construction That Is Advisable."

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 4

Yesterday morning a deputation from the Harefield-Currawarna Railway League waited on the Minister for Works and Railway (Hon. R. T. Ball)…

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The Railway Frauds Further Hearing

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 2

The case in which three railwaymen —Norman M’Leod, William Gunner, and Eugene Trim—changed with defrauding the Railway Department of…

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Railway Station Additions

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 2

In the near future the Wagga Railway Station will be enlarged. It is understood that the Railway Commissioners contemplate building a…

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Riverina Railways Minister Asked to Cause Inquiry to Be Held. Mr. Ball, After Inspecting the Route, Promises to Have a Survey Made

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 1

After traversing the proposed route yesterday of the Harefield to Currawarna railway line, the Minister for Works and Railway,[?]…

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Fall From a Train. Gloucester

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 2

The body of an elderly man was found yesterday beside the railway line three miles north of Gloucester. having evidently fallen from the…

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Killed by a Train. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 2

The mangled body of a man was found on the railway line at Pon Waratah yesterday by a fettler. The body was identified as that of…

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IRELAND. Captured Letters Reveal a Split. A Train Collision. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 1

The "Observer's" Dublin correspondent says importance is attached to the capture of letters from Mary McSwiney to De Valera. They…

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