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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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Electric Railways in Sweden

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 3

Within the near future, the definite plans will be formulated for the electrification of the more important State railways of Sweden…

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The Railway Commissioners. Coal Suitlies

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 7

Mr. Charlton asked the Premier in the Assembly yesterday if, in view of the great inconvenience caused to the travelling public of Newcastle and Maitland, he would…

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Railway Commissioners' Coal. Where Does It Come From?

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 7

"I'm very glad to hoar the Railway Commissioners have found coal," said Mr. Hughes. "It is a jubilation in which the whole of the public ought to join, expressing, no doubt, mild…

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Maitland Railway Grievances

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 15

Mr. J. Gillies. M.L.A., speaking on the Rail-way and Tramways vote in the Supply Bill of December 7, said he desired to bring before the Committee a few disabilities which the people of…

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Bank Clerk's Miraculous Escape. Motor and Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1909 · page 5

One of the clerks of the New South Wales Mone de Plete Company, Limited named G. A. Benjamin, had a remarkable escape from death on Thursday afternoon in…

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Motor Car Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1909 · page 4

Strange, in a Fiat car at Mainopolis,. has coverd five miles in 198 seconds, an automobile record…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 December 1909 · page 8

Two women and a little girl were crossing Pitt-street, Sydney, on Friday afternoon, when a motor car, driven by John Fenwick Hedley Paterson, struck and knocked them down. They were…

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Restored Train Services

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 5

[?] has lost no time after the collapse [?] sympathy strike" in restoring the full train [?]. The local station-master has received [?] the full express, mail, passenger, and…

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The Strike. Position Unchanged. Alleged Conspiracy Charges. Western Miners. Hughes on the Situation. the Train Services

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 5

There is change strike situation The western miners decided by a large majority to return to the mines from…

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Gyroscopic Single-line Railway. Successful Test

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

Two years ago Mr. Louis Brennan, C.B., the distinguished inventor of the torpedo which hears his name, astonished the learned members of the Royal Society by exhibition at the…

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Thefts From Central Railway Station. Police Arrest Suspect

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 6

For some time past a system, of theft has been worked at the Central Railway Station Booking Offices, the considerable sums of money have had to be made and by the…

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Gyroscope Railway. Cquired by Navy and Army. London, Dec. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 4

[?]Brennan has transferred his rights in [?] of the gyroscope railway to the Brit[?] navy in consideration of assistance [?] British Government during the…

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North Coast Railway. Progress of the Work. Through Charming Country

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

Seeing that a brief "adjournment" is now being made in the work of constructing the North Coast railway, it will, perhaps, be fitting to give a…

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Killed by a Tram

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

Elodie Chapman a girl of 13, was knocked down by a tram car near the corner of Cleveland and Riley streets, Sydney, on Saturday night, and…

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Holiday Railway Fares

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 4

It appears that the resumption of the ordinary railway time-table was accompanied by the resumption of the usual holiday concessions to railway travelers, including school children travelling…

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Tramway Men's Christmas Greetings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 4

We have received a neat Christmas card, adorned with a picture of native flowers, which states that "the officers of the Tramway. Department in wishing you the…

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The Railways

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 4

The railways are rapidly coming back to their normal condition The full pas senger and mixed train services on all lines were restored yesterday, and the…

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Safe Blown Up. Burglars at a Railway Station

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 4

A telegram from Glen Innes states that on Monday the acting stationmaster at the railway station there, on going to work, found that the office safe had…

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Brennan Mono-railway. Trial in England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 5

The railway train of the future—the self-balancing single-rail car fitted with gyroscopes—ran on its first trial trip to-day (says the correspondent of the "Daily Express" on November…

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Lady Harroway's New Motor Car

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 6

"How heavenly! Are they for me?" Lady Harroway possessed herself impetuously of the tea-roses I held in my hand and pressed a velvety check to mine…

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