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Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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Railway Management. Speech by the Chief Commissioner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1902 · page 2

Speaking last evening at the Annual meeting of the Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps, Mr. Charles Oliver, Chief Commissioner for Railways, referred to the question of railway management…

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Victoria Railways. Threatened Strike of Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1902 · page 4

The railway employes in Victoria are resenting the proposed reduction of wages under the re[?]reuchment scheme of the Government; and there is every probability of a serious strike…

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Threatened Railway Strike in Victoria. Protest Against Reduction. The Whole Public Service Involved

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 August 1902 · page 2

THE employees in the locomotive branch of the Railway Department have completed what can only be regarded as a preparation, for a strike…

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Friday, August 15, 1902. the Victorian Railway Men

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 August 1902 · page 2

MR. WADDELL has this week, in reply to a question in the Assembly, said that the Government of New South Wales will not interfere in the dispute between the Victorian…

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Expenditure on Roads

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 16

The sum of £300,000 having been voted for roads and bridges on the Supply Bill, tho Minister of Works (Mr. O'Sulhvan) has had instructions issued to the road superintendents that expenditure…

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The Dunolly Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 4

Boring operations are proceeding apace for a site for the proposed bridge over the Hunter at Dunolly. The party is now engaged on the second, site—immediately…

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[All Rights Reserved.] Romances of the Road. a Canterbury Tale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 5

In December, 1832, there was a memorable general election, for it was the first after the Reform Bill. There were many exciting contests, but one of the strangest was that for…

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Local Railway Matters. To the Editor of the Chronicle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 2

SIR,—I notice a letter by "Observer" in the Chronicle of the 13th inst., re the above. This letter shows how different people "observe" different things. I,…

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Railway Accident on the Sydney Line. a Man Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 3

Considerable uneasiness was caused early this afternoon to residents of the town who had relatives journeying to Newcastle and Sydney by train, by a rumour which gained currency, and quickly spread,…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 3

As an empty tram was being shunted at Enmore tram terminus this morning it ran down hill on to another car, which was stationary, and the collision resulted in a good deal of damage done to the…

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The Victorian Railway Men

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 4

MR. WADDELL has this week, in reply to a question id the Assembly, said that the Government of New South Wales will not interfere in the dispute between the Victorian…

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Victorian Railways. Threatened Strike of Employees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 3

The railway employes in Victoria are resenting the proposed reduction of wages under the retrenchment scheme of the Government, and there is every probability of a serious strike…

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Railway Management. Speech by the Chief Commissioner

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 11

Speaking on Tuesday at the annual meeting of tho Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps, Mr. Corps, Mr. Charles Oliver, Chief Commissioner for Railways, referred to the question of railway management…

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Threatened Railway Strike in Victoria. Hops of a Settlement. MELBOURNE

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 4

The whole of to-day has been spent by the representatives of the employees in conference with the Acting Railway Commissioner, Mr…

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Merriwa and Cassilis Railway

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 4

On Wednesday, in the-Legislative Assembly, in answer to Mr J. C. L. Fitzpatricik, the Minister for Works said that he hoped this session to refer to the Public…

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Latest Hews by Wire. Sydney. Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 August 1902 · page 3

Frank Brierly, a resident of Hurstville, was mangled by a railway train and instantly killed this morning. He was attempting to board a train for Sydney near the rear end, when somehow he lost his…

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Monday, August 18, 1902. the Victorian Railway Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 August 1902 · page 2

WITHOUT inquiring too closely into all the moving causes which induced the Victorian malcontents in the railway service to withdraw their threat and to trust to the clemency…

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The North Coast Railway. Maitland to the Clarence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1902 · page 4

It may be remembered that last month Mr. Usher, traffic inspector, of the Railway Department, visited West Maitland in order to initiate a thorough inspection of the route…

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Killed on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1902 · page 3

The man killed on the North Shore railway yesterday has been identified as Henry Bird, a grocer, aged 35, who resided at Erskinville…

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Railway Signalling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1902 · page 6

An article on railway signalling, in the Pall Mall Magazine for July, describes (with illustrations) notable improvements which have recently been introduced in divers forms…

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