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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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North Coast Railway. Serious Charges Against Government. Railway Constructors and Insurance Companies

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 2

Mr. Daniel A. O'Sullivan, organiser for the Railway Workers and General Laborers Association of New South Wales, directs attention to what…

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Motor Cars Collide. Four Persons Injured. Driven Through the Glass Shield

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 4

The motor cars of Messrs. F. W. Fairbairn, of Sandringham, and Victor H. Gard, of South Melbourne, came into violent collision on the St. Kilda-road with…

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Muswellbrook—Merriwa Railway

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 2

THE proposal to construct a railway from Muswellbrook to Merriwa was further considered by the Public Works Committee in Sydney on Wednesday…

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Another Train Wanted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 4

Under the above heading, the Muswell brook "Chronicle" says:—"A long-felt want on the Northern line, between Sin gleton and Tamworth, is another day…

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Muswellbrook-Merriwa Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus

The proposal to construct a railway from Muswellbrook to Merriwa was further considered by the Public Works Committee in Sydney on Wednesday…

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Railway Robberies. Widespread Operations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 9

The police have at last succeeded in putting an end, for a time at any rate, to the extensive, deprecations from railway goods trucks. The Burwood police staff, under Sub-Inspector…

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Railway Charges. Several Reductions Approved

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 12

The Executive Council has approved of the issue of a new railway merchandise and live stock rates books is connection with the State railways. The new book will come into operation as from the…

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Water Consumption at Railway

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 4

The Railway Department has com menced taking Its supply of water for requirements at the Singleton railway station and locomotive sheds from the…

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Aeroplane Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 3

While Herr Robi was flying on his aeroplane at Stettin, at a height of 250ft, his machine made a plunge, turned a somersault, and fell to the ground. Herr Robi was fatally curshed,…

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Tramway Extension

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 2

The Minister of Works has arranged to receive the deputation from the West Maitland Council and the East Greta Progress Committee with reference to the proposed…

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Railway Collision in France. Twenty Persons Killed. London, Sunday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 3

The Paris-Granville express came into collision with a show train standing at Villepreux, westward of Versailles. The carriages were telescoped. The engine was derailed. The…

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United Status Railway Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 3

Both the Senate and the House of Representatives at Washington have adopted the report of the joint conference on the Railroad Bill, the principal object of which is the more…

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Rilled During Aeroplane Flight. Champion Cyclist's Death. (By Cable). Berlin

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 3

Rohl, who in 1902 won the 100 kilo meters bicycle championship of the world was killed in Stettin during an aeroplane flight. The machine fell 200…

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Topics of the Day. More Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

Just now railways are in the air—that is, they are being largely talked about. Both State and Federal Governments are proposing great schemes of railway…

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The Baghdad Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 5

In connection with the construction of the Baghdad railway a Continental syndicate is issuing a 4 per cent, loan of £4,312,300 at £86 10s. The loan wil have a currency of 97½ years, or…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 4

The frequent showers experienced of late have considerably retarded the progress of the work on the first section of the North Coast Railway between Maitland and…

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Motor Cars Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 5

Professor Kettle, a member of the House of Commons, has sustained serious injry ina motor car accident…

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French Railway Disaster. Horrible Scenes. Victims Roasted to Death. London, June 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 5

Some of the victims of the disaster (caused by a collision between trains at Willepreux) were pinned in the wreckage, and it was impossible to rescue them…

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North Coast Railway. Progress of the Contracts. Nearly 4000 Men Employed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

Present indications are that the North Coast railway as far as Taree will be almost, if not quite ready for opening, during the first quarter…

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