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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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The North Coast Railway. Satisfactory Progress. Work Extended to Beyond Wallarobba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 4

Satisfactory progress continues to be made by Messrs. Carson, Carey, and Simpson, with the first section of the North Coast Railway, extending from Maitland to Dungog. Railway…

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Railway Tickets

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 9

The following by-laws regarding the sale and purchase of railway tickets has just been gazetted and the previous bylaws cancelled:—II. Tickets are the property of the…

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Electric Railways. Rapid Progress in America

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 9

The superiority of electricity over steam, not alone for suburban railways, but for all kinds of railroad operation, is strikingly illustrated by the experience of the St. Clair…

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The Damaged Railway. Two Men Committed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 2

[?] Rosser Joseph Lyons, and Edward A. Kingsley appeared it the Police Court at Broken Hill on Wednesday, on remand, charged with having with…

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Insanitary Railway Cars. Protest from the Country

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 5

The disgraceful sanitary conditions of the lavatory railway carriages on the Tamworth-Barraba, railway have recently been the subject of much…

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The Maitland Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 4

Inspector Murray, who has charge of the tramway traffic arrangements at Newcastle, and periodically visits Maitland to attend to matters in connection with the…

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The Railway Engineers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 5

A deputation of railway engineers interviewed the Treasurer to-day, and complained of the Commissioners disobeying the arbitration award, and paying less wages…

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North Coast Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 2

The contractors of the north coast railway are making splendid progress with the work. The main work in the construction of the…

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Tramway Stopping Place

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 4

Mr. F. Finedon has received a communication from the secretary to the Railway Commissioners with reference to a letter from his presented by Mr. J. Gillies, M.L.A., asking that a stopping place…

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Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on the body of John Coleman, who was killed from the effects of injuries, due to falling from a train…

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Letter to the Editor. Tramway Arrangements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1909 · page 3

Sir,—Mr. Finedon may be congratulated on [?] strong political influence in having a stopping place "again his own door." I hope a few more people will be as lucky. Ift the trams are to be any…

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King Alfonso and the Aeroplane. Why He Made No Ascent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 6

Kin Alfonso, who arrived at Pau on Friday evening, January IS), motored out early next morning to the aviation ground at Pont Long. It was generally expected…

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Railway Construction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 5

It is of interest to learn that on june 30 last there was one mile of railway in Australia for each 281 inhabitants That included private lines On that date the…

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Letter to the Editor. Tramway Stopping Places

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 5

Sir,—In your issue of yesterday there appears a letter signed "East End," congratulating the in my strong political influence in having a tram-stopping place "agin my…

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The Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 5

Blr. David Kirkeaidie, the second Railway Commissioner in New South Wales, denies the report that he is an appllieant for the vacant Commissionership of Victorian railway…

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To the Editor. Tram Stoppings and Bungles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 7

Sir,—There is no one who [?] who has not the highest appreciation of [?] in every respect and my letter had no usual significance whatever. But I wrote…

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The Maitland Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 4

Residents of Campbell's Hill and vicinity, and those who have occasion to visit the locality, will find a good deal of satisfaction in the knowledge that the matter, of completing the tramway viaduct…

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North Coast Railway. Contract Plant From Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 5

The Melbourne Steamship Company's s.s. Monaro took on board 71 draught horses, 50 drays, and other vehicles, and a large quantity of contractors' plant, at Port…

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Late News by Wire. Sydney, Saturday Afternoon. Killed on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 5

Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning a shunter named John Allingham, working on the main line at Darling Harbour, somehow managed to fall between two trucks on…

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The North Coast Railway Satisfactory Progress. Work Extended to Beyond Wallarobba

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 15

Satisfactory progress continues to be made by Messrs. Carson, Carey, and Simpson, with the first section of the North Coast Railway, extending from Maitland to Dungog. For the…

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