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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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A Motor Car Incident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 4

There are motor-cars in Wellington (N.Z.), And this is a new, true story of one (says, an exchange). The wellington man and his friend were taking a morning spin at…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 4

Another step in the important national work of providing railway facilities for our people on the North Coast, and of linking our isolated coastal line at the northern…

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North Coast Railway. the Third Section

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 6

The construction of the third sec[?] the North Coast railway from [?] to Taree, for which a tender has excepted at a cost of £455,000, is the…

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The Tramway League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 4

The committee of the Maitland Tramway League are invited to attend a meeting in the Mayor's Room, Town Hall, on thursday evening for the consideration of business of the utmost importance…

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North Coast Railway Doctor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 4

Dr. Charles O'Halloran, who has arrived to attend to patients in connection with the North Coast railway works, and who was last night elected a member of the medical staff of the…

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North Coast Railway. Deep-water Station Wanted. Cundletown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 5

A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the School of Arts at Cundletown to consider the North Coat railway. A resolution was unanimously carried "That in…

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The Maitland Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 4

Excellent progress has been made with the work of constructing the connecting link between the railway line and the tramway at East Maitland, and it is now practically completed. Headway is…

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North Coast Railway. Work for 1000 Men. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

Tenders were to-day accepted for the third section of the North Coast railway line, from Gloucester to Tarce, at a cost of about £435,000. This is the most…

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Railway Smash in America. Great Loss of Life. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

A serious railway accident has occurred at Colorado, in America, through a passenger train colliding. Sixty-seven persons out of 68 in one car were killed…

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Bridge Carpenter's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 4

The unfortunate man, Lawrence Jorgen[?], who was admitted to the Maitland Hospital on the 4th instant, in an unconscious condition, having been found…

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The Road Grader

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 2

This machine was given a trial at Main Creek last week, but on account of the dry weather was only worked 4 hours. The work…

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The March of the Motor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

It is somewhat early to British War Office is a laggard in respect of mechanical transport, but Germany is wide awake. Britain leads the world in…

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The Maitland Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. T. Johnson), accompaneid by Mr. J. Knee shaw, Superintendent of Tramways paid a visit to maitland to-day and made an…

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Maitland Tramway League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

A meeting of the Maitland District Tramway League was held was held in the committee room of the Town Hall last evening. The Mayor (Major Cracknell) presided, and there were…

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A Railway Accident. Train Runs Off the Line. Harden

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 5

A train ran off the line at 4 o'clock this morning, seven miles from Harden. an engine and three trucks and a suburban carriage ran off the line, and tore it up for…

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Railways and Tramways. Quarterly Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 2

Mr Johnson, the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways, has issued his report for the quarter ended 31st December, 1908…

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Maswellbrook to Merriwa Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 2

A MEETING of representatives of the Muswellbrook. Merriwa Railway League ws held in the School of Arts, on Wednesday night last. There were…

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The Muswellbrook-meruiwa Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 6

A meeting of residents representing M[?]wa, Denman, and Muswellbrook, having interviewed Mr. W. M. Fleming, M.L.A., the deputation to the Minister on the…

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The Maitland Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 4

Following upon the statement a few days ago that part of the rolling stock for the Maitland Tramway would be delivered on Sunday, a special weekly railway time-table has bee issued,…

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A Motor Car Incident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 14

There are motor-cars in Wellington (N.Z.). And this is a new, true story; of one (says an exchange). The Wellington, man and his friend were taking a morning spin at…

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