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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Railway Carriage Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 November 1908 · page 2

Several doors of a railway carriage on the train which arrives at West Maitland from Newcastle about 7 o'clock, were smashed last evening. It appears that the train had shunted out of the station…

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The Maitland Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 4

A large and influentially-signed potition has been prepared and presented to the Mayor of West, Mainland (Major Craeknell) requesting him to convene a public meeting to protest against the…

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Tramway Strikers. Crown to Intervene Before Wages Board

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 3

Mr W. A Freeman, the solicitor for the Tramway Employees' Union, has received a letter from the Crown Law Office, which reads as follows:—…

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Motor Car Accident. Driver Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 1

At Sydney Water Police Court on Friday a young man named Cecil Frederick Norris, a motor-car driver, was charged with having inflicted grievous bodily…

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Railway Steamer Founders

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 3

The, steamer Yarmouth, 806 tons, a cargo "vessel of the Great Eastern Railway Company, foundered In a heavy sea between Holland and Harwich…

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Local and General Cheap Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 4

The Railway Department announces the issue of cheap tickets at the rate of single fare and a quarter by the train leaving West Maitland at 5.45 a.m. on Monday…

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The Proposed Railway to Merriwa. Railway League Formed at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 2

The meeting convened by the Mayor to take steps to cooperate in the movement organised with the object of having a railway constructed from Mus…

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Muswellbrook. the Proposed Railway to Merriwa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 3

On Monday night a meeting of the residents, convened by tho Mayor, was held in the School of Arts to consider what action should be taken with regard to the proposed railway from Muswellbrook…

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Railway Bridge Traffic

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 2

It may not be generally known that the portions of the railway bridge closed for traffic during necessary repairs are again opened for transit of horses,…

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Late Tram Strike. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 2

With the exception of one, all the tramway men suspended for three months, on account of participation in the late strike, returned to work…

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North Coast Railway Progress of the Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 5

Having been, favoured with fine weather for some weeks, Messrs. Carson, Carey, and simpson, the contractors, have been able to continue the work of constructing the North Coast railway…

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A Foolhardy Act. Man Jumps 40ft. Off a Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon a man. known as "Handkerchief" Jones, in response to a challenge, dropped from the iron bridge into the river at Forbes, a…

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The Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4

A public meeting is to be held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening next for the purpose of protesting against the action of the Railway Commissioners in delaying the opening of the Maitland…

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28,000 Miles on a Motor Car. New York to London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 13

Athletic, tall, with a swarthy complexion, bright black eyes, the volubility of the Italian, and the happy smile and gorgeous attitudes of a here of 21, Signor Antonio…

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Overhead Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 4

The overhead foot bridge, at the East Maitland Railway Station has been completed, and though it has been used in the day time, when traffic on the line is busy…

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Seven Months in a Motor Car. Across Three Continents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 3

(Signor Searfoglic, the Italian competicor in the New York to Paris motor-car race, reached the end of his journey on Friday, September 18, after more than…

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A Railway Smash to Order

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 3

A train-wrecking scene, pro-arranged, and witnessed by 40,000 people, is a notion which beats the late Mr. Barnum on his own ground. Yet such a "show" is an…

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Injured on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 4

Alfred Apthorpo, a resident of Sawyer's Gully, met with a severe accident at the East Maitland railway station last night, but luckily it was not as serious as it…

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Mudgee Railway Extension

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 4

While at Mudgee on Monday, the Premier was waited upon by a depuation, which urged the railway line now being extended from Mudgee to Dunedoo should be…

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Tramway Strikes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 5

Judge Street, sitting at a special meeting of the Tramway Board upheld his previous decision disallowing the claim of the union in which the Chief Railway…

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