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Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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Sensational Motor Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 3

[?] in the Vanderbilt Cup race, [?] several persons were killed, cut the [?] protecting the course, and reck[?] to move until the cars…

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The Tramway Proposals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 2

The Tramway proposals of the Government as far as they go are right, but they do not go far enough. In proposing the construction of the line from East Maitland to…

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State Railway Records

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 3

Mr. John Harper (Chief Traffic Manager), speaking at the annual picnic of the metropolitan coaching branch of the New South Wales Government railways at Botany, in…

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Manchurian Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 3

The South Manchurian railway loan has been oversubscribed in Tokio. The Chinese declined to subscribe owing to the absence of funds. The railway is purely Japanese…

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Dangers of Motor Racing London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 2

No less than 200,000 spectators witnessed a great motor car race near New York. M. Wagner, of France, with a 100 horse-power…

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Railway Commissioners Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 2

To-morrow the Government will invite Sydney applications for the positions rendered vacant by the dissolution of the Railway…

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Reduced Railway Freights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 2

"In consequence of the excellent financial position of the railways, and in accordance with a promise made by the Commissioners some time ago, important reductions in the…

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Turmoil in Russia. Constitutional Democrats in Congress. Millions Embezzled in the Railways. LONDON, Monday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 2

Five hundred delegates attended a congress of Constitutional Democrats at Helsingfors. The congress endorsed the manifesto issued by…

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Carlingford to Singleton Railway

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 4

Several large meetings have been held in the Hawkesbury district with a view of arousing interest in an agitation for the construction of…

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Send Off to a Popular Railway Officer

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 2

The many friends of Mr. Robert Small, fonnerly Railway Station Master at Ardglen, and for the past 5½ years occupying a similar…

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The British Railway T[?] Fewer Killed, But Mc[?] Hurt in 1005

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 1

A Blue-book has been issued [?] taining the record of accidents ported to the British Board of [?] as having occurred on the [?]…

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Railway Freights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 2

Our attention has been directed to a statement made by a member of the Kurri Kurri Progress Association a few days ago with respect to the alleged anomalous charges for…

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Gresford Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 4

Mr. G. Grey, of Gresford, has received word from the Roads Branch of the Public Works Department that steps are being taken to erect a now culvert cm tho road to the Pass…

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Reduced Railway Freights

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 2

IN consequence of the excellent financial position of the railways, and in accordance with a promise made by the Commissioners some time ago, important reductions in the freights…

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Railway Freights. Some Important Reductions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 6
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Some time ago the Railway Commissioners promised, in view of the favourable state of the railway finances, that they would consider reductions in the…

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Armed Burglars. Robbery at 'A' Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 5

'A' daring robbery was committed at the Wandong railway station, Victoria, on Thursday night, two armed men entered the premises, gagged Braddish, the assistant…

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A Motor Race

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 2

Two hundred thousand spectators witnessed the Vanderbilt Cup motor race at Long Island. M. Wagner, of France, with a 100 horse-power Darracq, was the winner…

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State Railway Records

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 11

Mr. John Harper (Chief Traffic M[?]speaking at the annual picnic of theo-politan coaching branch of the New [?] Wales Government railways at Botan…

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The Tramway Proposals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 4

The Tramway proposals of the Government as far as they go are right, but they do not go far enough. In proposing the construction of the line from East Maitland to…

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