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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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District News. Broke. Railway League Meeting

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the Broke Railway League was held on Sat urday evening, June 25th, in the School of Arts, Mr J. G. Ferrier in the chair…

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Motor Carrying Co

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 2

Reported Unit stops are about to be taken at Gloucester to form a company to institute a motor service to run between Dungog and…

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Death Recalls Train Mystery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 5

A ferocious crime is recalled by the death, which has just occurred at Presj ton, Brighton, of Mrs Gold, widow of the retired merchant who was…

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Letter to the Editor. Church-street Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 2

Sir,—"Townsman" deserves every credit for his letter that appeared in your issue of last evening. The Mayor and aldermen, if they are true to their pledges, should bring it under the notice of the…

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Tramway Extension

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 4

The delay in the construction of the Church-street branch tramway, caused through want of material has received the attention of Mr.John Gillies, M.L.A., who brought the matter under…

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My Romantic Ride. a Novice on a Railway Engine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 14

Head at the W.M. Y.M.C.A. Literary and Debating Society:— "No old man, consider yourself stranded here for the next eighteen hours. The…

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Merriwa Railway Approved. By Public Works Committee

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 1

At Wednesday morning's meeting of the Public Works Committee, further consideration was given to the expedi ency of constructing a line of railway…

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The Old Way and the New. the Road to Manchester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1910 · page 3

Swinging down the Brighton road in Mr.Alfred Vanderbilt's Viking coach a few mornings ago I watched the tot[?]ering rsutle, grandsires and the strong-armed young men…

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Train Door Swinging. Accident to a Child

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 8

Through a door on a railway carriage being left open, a little girl as hurt on Monday night on the train from West Maitland to Sydney. The train as travelling between Awaba and…

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A Motor Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 4

Mr. L. Morris, cordial manufacturer, of West Maitland, has introduced a motor lorry for the distribution of his lemonade and cordials to customers. The novel…

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Railway-extension

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 4

Canowindra was jubilating yesterday on the occasion of the opening of the railway line from Cowra, which opens up a large area of wheat growing country, and thus advances the…

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Motor Traction Co

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 2

We are informed by Mr B. Broue, that arrangements are almost complete for the flotation of a company to institute a motor service…

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North Coast Railway Deviations

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 2

Mr Price asked the Secretary for Public Works,—(1.) Has he had an opportunity of inquiring into the various…

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Camping in Railway Carriages. Reno

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 2

Hundreds of Pullman cars are side tracked at Reno, and are being used as hotels. No beds are available. Johnson yesterday boxed before a…

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Mr Lonsdale on Reduction of Railway Freights

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 2

The member for Armidale in his speech on the Address-in-Reply, urged very strongly that the interest on the coat of railways and tramways should be…

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Trans-continental Railway. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 2

The Minister for Home Affairs is con sidering a now route for the Trans-continental railway to avoid South Austia lian territory…

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Railway Collision in Ohio. Thirty-one Bodies Recovered. London, July 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 5

A passenger train at Dayton, Ohio, came into collision with a freight train, whose engine crashed through a smoking car of the passenger train and a car filled with…

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International Railway Congress. Technical Discussions. London, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 5

The International Railway Congress at Berne, which will deal mainly with technical subjects, has been opened, and is attended by 1300 delegates…

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Our Singleton Letter. a Railway Wanted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 2

Eighteen and a half miles distant from Singleton, situated in one of the richest and most fertile portions of the electorate, the township of Jerrys Plains stands as a monumental example…

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Future of Railways. Free As Roadways. London, July 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 3

Mr. Sydney Buxton, President of the Board of Trade, replying to Mr. W. Thorne (Labour), in the House Commons, promised to consider whether it would be possible "to arrange that…

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