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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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Great Motor Race. Strange Adventures. Frockcoats on the Prairie

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 3

The De Dion has burt its knees in the dangerous game of rushing ahead at top speed, and now ties in hospital at Cedar Rapids. That is the reason why we start…

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Travelling on the Railway Track. "Steel Tightrope."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 3

OMAHA (Nebraska), March 10.—The tremendous mass of dense mud through which they have travelled lately strained and injured the wheels of our Zust to such…

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Restored Train Services

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 5

Many persons who have been inconvenienced by the somewhat heavy reductions in the train services through the strike will be pleased to hear that the ordinary and increased service which was…

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Bank Clerk's Miraculous Escape. Motor and Tram

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 14

One of the clerks of the New South Wales Mono de Piete Company, Limited, named. G. A. Benjamin, had a remarkable escape from death on the Kith 16th inst. in…

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Thefts from Central Railway Station. Police Arrest Suspect

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 7

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 good by the…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 15

Two women and a little girl were crossing Pill-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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Gyroscopic Single-line Railway. Successful Test

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 10

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

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Sunday Trains and Trams

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 5

While the trains and trams were dis continued at Sydney on Sunday mornings the churches evidently benefited in their attendance. At all events, the change…

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Railway Premises Burned. Western Mail Delayed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 5

A telegram from Nyngan states that a fire occurred at Miowera railway siding on Wednesday at 2, o'clock. The sid ing, which is privately owned by…

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Railways and Tramways. Important Works

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 2

Extensive railway works are now in progress in the State, and Parliamentary sanction has been given for additional undertakings which will involve an enormous outlay. Some idea of what, is…

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Motor Launch "Parsee" in a Gale Thrilling Experience

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 2

The well-known cruising launch Parsee, owned by Mr. C. J. Britten, of Tamworth, had a narrow escape from destruction through being dashed on to the rocks at Smedley's Point, North…

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Railway Passenger Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 4

Owing to the fact that there were no cheap excursion trains either to Sydney or the country, due to the effects of the industrial trouble, the passenger traffic returns from West Maitland…

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Bishop's Bridge Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1909 · page 8

The annual races took place at Bishop's Bridge on Boxing Day. The track was in excellent order, and a record attendance witnessed the events. The finishes in the…

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Cairo to Cape Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 3

The latest section of the Cairo to Cape railway to be opened in that to Wad Medani, 120 miles southwards of Khartoum. The oponing ceremony will take place on January 1…

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Railway Holiday Traffic

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 2

The passenger truffle from Singleton station during the Christmas holidays, from the 23rd to 27th instant, showed a big falling off compared with last year…

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Cow Killed on Railway Line

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 2

A valuable cow belonging to Mr George Laycock was killed on Saturday night by the Brisbane mail train, close to the Singleton station. The train takes a…

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Timor-Gundy Road

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 3

AT the last meeting of the Warrah (Murrurundi) Shire Council, a letter from Messrs. H. E. A. & V. White, of Belltrees, was read,…

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