To the South Pole by Motor Car
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 October 1910 · page 4
Motorists will be interested to learn that part of Captain Scotts equipment, packed away on the Terra Novn, consists of a unique motor-sledge Terra Nova, consists of a unique motor-sledge tractor, designed by an English engineer, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Boom
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 October 1910 · page 1
The railways during the quarter ended September 30 had a record increase of revenue amounting to £227,174 over the receipts for the corresponding quarter of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Smash at Sydney Empty Trains Collide at Central Station. (By Telegraph). Sydney
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 October 1910 · page 2
At 8 o'clock this morning an empty train at the Central Station was crashed into by another train of empty carriages during shunting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bridge and Co, REPORT
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 October 1910 · page 1
Rabbit Skins.—The conditions under which business was transacted were exceedingly bright, biddings coming spontaneously from a large…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grime in Great Britain. Outrage in a Train. London, Oct.25
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 October 1910 · page 5
A man named Simpson, who was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment, for shooting William Frost in a first-class carnage of a train on the Metropolitan Railway at Swiss Cottage, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 October 1910 · page 5
A special train, carrying Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian - Pacific Railway, struck a farmer 's waggon near Winnipeg. The farmer was fatally injured, and his horse,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Fatalities. Madgeburg, Oct. 26
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 October 1910 · page 5
Lieutenant Gentle while flying on an aeroplane here fell from a height of 60 feet with his machine, He was killed under the aeroplane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Railway Strike. Government Against Anarchy. Paris .Oct. 26
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 October 1910 · page 5
The late railway strike and the action which the Government took in suppress it were debated in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. M. Briand, the Premier, made a brilliant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Championships. Prize Pugilist Worsted. Vancouver
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 October 1910 · page 5
Jack Johnson, the champion pugilist, showed to poor advantage against Barney Oldfield in the five-mile motor-car championship. Oldfield led throughout, and finished up a quarter of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Wrecked in Oregon
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 5
A train was wrecked on the interurban electrical line, in the vicinity of Burlington, Oregon, yesterday. Five people were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road to Kurr Hospital
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 4
The Tarro Shire Council is in receipt of a communication from the Public Works Department, with reference to report from shire engineer, dated August 25, presented…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lost Railway Ticket. an Unusual Prosecution
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 3
A peculiar case came before the Central Police Court, Sydney, when John William Larter, of Palmer-street, Woollomooloo, was proceeded against for attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 2
The earthwork on the Gloucester-Taree section of the North Coast Railway, will, we, understand, be finished by the end of the year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warning to Mothers. Hamilton Road, Newcastle, 6/8/10
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 12
DEAR MADAM,—I wish to tell you I am delighted with your "Baby's Friend" Teething Syrup, for I am sure only for it my baby would never have pulled through that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railways and Tramways. Chief Commissioner at Newcastle. Justification of Differential Rates. Newcastle, Friday afternoon
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 13
The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Johnson) visited the city this morning and received many deputations with regard to local and district matters. Most of the questions brought…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Crime in Great Britain. Outrage in a Train. London, Oct. 25
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 3
A man named Simpson, who was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for shooting William Frost in a first-class carriage, of a train on the Metropolitan Railway at Swiss Cottage, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Railway Strike. PARIS, Oct. 22
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 3
The Lyons Mediterranean (Railway Company has allocated £100,000 to reward the men who were faithful 10 the company during the strike on the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Railway Strike. Government Against Anarchy. Paris, Oct. 26
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 5
The late railway strike and the action which the Government took to suppress it wove debated a the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. M. Briand, the Premier, made a brilliant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accidents
Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 3
A railway fatality occurred near Dingee (Vic.) this week. A young man named Thomas Mossop, who was leaving Dingee for his home at Janiember in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cape to Cairo Railway
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1910 · page 3
Another section of the Cairo to Cape railway—a Soudan section—from Wad Medani to Senar, has been completed, and will be opened for traffic on Tuesday…
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