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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Train Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 4

The train service has been considerably interrupted through the floods in the north. The early train this morning from Glen Innes got through, but was running nearly two hours…

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Telarah Bridge Approaches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 4

Telarah residents complain bitterly of the disgraceful condition in which the road loading to either side of the Talarah Bridge is allowed to remain. On the West Maitland side the road is…

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Motor-car Services to Tourist Resorts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 6

THE Government Tourist Bureau, quite in consonance with its reputation for keeping abreast of the times, has for some time had under consideration the…

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Railway Catering

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 4

The possibility, of dining on a Queensland train in motion was practically illustrated, on Tuesday week, when Lord Kitchener's special train moved out from Roma-street,…

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Very Latest Cables. Manchurian Railways. Objections to Neutralisation. London. Friday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 5

There is an outery in Russia against the pfoposed neutralisation of the Manchurian railway. England has not assented, but Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, merely declared…

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Jumped over Long Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 2

An old man, Mr. Patrick Conroy, who is over 70 years of ago, and a well-known resident of the town, attempted to end his life this morning by jumping over the side of the Long Bridge. The…

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Tramway Construction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. John Gillies, M.P., has been informed by the Works Department that tenders for the construction of a tramway from Church-street station, West Maitland, to High-street will be invited…

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Railway to Merriwa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 5

Mr. W. J. Hanna, Under-Secretary of Public Works, gave evidence before the Public Works Committee, on the proposal to construct a railway from Muswellbrook…

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Washaways on Railways. Brisbane Mail a Day Late

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 2

Serious damage occurred on the railways us a result of the phenomenal rainfall. The railways in the North were…

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Telarah Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 4

The contractors for the first section of the North Coast railway (Messrs. Carson, Carey, and Simpson), notify in this issue that the railway overbridge at Telarah-street is now open for traffic,…

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Washaways on Railways

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 4

Serious damage has occurred as a result of the phenomenal rainfall. The railways in the North were severely affected. Between Moonbi…

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Cheap Railway Fares

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 4

The Railway Department announced the issue of cheap tickets to Sydney and intermediate stations by train leaving West Maitland at 5:40 a.m. on Wednesday, January 26, available for return…

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The" Brisbane Mail Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 2

Mr Thallon, Queensland Commissioner for Railways, has returned to Brisbane after a visit to Sydney, where he consulted the New South Wales…

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Smuggling Motor Cars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 3

Herr Dahlsen, an engineer, has been fined £120 at Munich, in addition to being ordered to pay £350 compensation to the State of Bavaria for smuggling Italian-made automobiles across the…

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Manchurian Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 3

The Tokio correspondent of the New York "Herald" reports that Japan politely but firmly rejects the proposal for the neutralisation of the Manchurian railways made by Mr. P. C. Knox,…

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Proposed Merriwa Railway. The Singleton Proposal

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 January 1910 · page 1

Mr W .J. Hanna, Under-secretary for Public Works, gave evidence before the Public Works Committee in Sydney on Monday on the proposal to construct a…

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The Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

The Railway Department has received the following reports from the flooded districts:— Barraba: Line dealing with traffic as far as Appleby, which is the station three miles from…

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Straved on to the Railway Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

At the East Maitland Police Court this morning before Messrs. David Lev and S. E. Beaver, J.s.P., the Chief Railway Commissioner proceeded against a person for…

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At Turn of Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

The rain poured uncompromisingly down and down, and the State street crowd swarmed unceasingly on. The girl in the waterproof raglan and the…

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Horse Jumps a Bridge. a Sensational Experience

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred on the Mandowa Bridge, near Manilla, on Thursday. Two young men named M'Donald wore crossing the bridge in a…

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