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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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French Railway Strike. Passionate Debate. Paris, Oct. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1910 · page 3

A disorderly and passionate debate took place in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday on the resumption of consideration of the manner in which the Government suppressed the railway…

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Long Motor Cycle Ride. Through United States. Vancouver, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1910 · page 5

Volney Davis, a motor cyclist, has reached San Francisco, having travelled 10,000 miles to the Atlantic and return…

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Great Motor Car Race. After the £5000 Prize. Vancouver, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1910 · page 5

Many noted racers in automobile contests are reaching Atlantic City, U.S.A., to race for the £5000 prize…

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Fatal Attempt to Board a Tram. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 November 1910 · page 2

Nwes was received this morning of the death in Auekland of Grederick Smyth Willis, of the [?] of F. S. Willis and Co., public neeountounts…

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Industrial Court Chief Railway Commissioner Fined. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 November 1910 · page 2

At the Industrial Court the Chief Railway Commissioner was fined £3/10/ for not paying workmen, whon ineapacitated, the rates prescribed by the award…

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Tram and Drag Collide. Eleven Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 November 1910 · page 3

A sensational collision occurred on Sunday night in Newtown-road, near Forbes-street, Syduey, between an outward bound tram car and a drag…

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John Bridge and Co, REPORT

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 November 1910 · page 1

Furskins.—Rabbit skins again com manded keen competition, and realised highly satisfactory rates, as did also kangaroo, wallatoo, bear and goat…

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Railway Fatalities. Two Men Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1910 · page 5

About 1.20 on Tuesday morning, a police constable observed a body lying between the rails at the Ipswich (Q.) railway crossing. He found the dead body of a man in a…

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French Railway Strike. Paris. Nov. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1910 · page 3

The railway strikers appealed to British trade unions for aid. Mr. Appleton, the president, replied that the British needed all their available resources, and that it was extremely difficult to…

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Mr. Henry Farman and the Aeroplane

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 5

With which he Won the Deutsch-Archdcacon Prize of £2000 on January 13. Mr. Henry Farman accomplished the longest flight ever made by aeroplane yesterday (says a Paris message of January…

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Railway Station Complaint

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Kurri Progress Association, which was to have been held last evening, lapsed for want of a quorum. However, the members present…

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The Stranded Motor-car. An Incident of the Pekin-Paris Race

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 3

On Wednesday early in June, 1907, a motor would have been noticed (if, indeed, there was anyone to see it in such a lonely place) ploughing its way across…

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Serious Railway Accident. Boarding Train in Motion

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 4

A young woman named kathleen [?]ark ness. employed by a guildford a(W.A) medical man as a nurse, met with a shocking accident at the Guildford…

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Sale of a Big Queensland Station John Bridge and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 1

Having effected a sale of the well known "Cassilis Station," in the Richmond district, Queensland, comprising 298 square miles; also "Oxford…

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The Stranded Motor-car An Incident of the Pekin Paris Race

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 3

On Wednesday early in June, 1907, a motor would Lave been noticed (if, indeed, there was anyone to see it in such a lonely place) ploughing its way across…

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New York Street Duel. Motor Mystery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 3

The extraordinary spectacle of a duel fought in broad daylight in a fashionable section of Broadway by two men in motor cars has provided the excitement of…

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Maitland Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 4

The member for Maitland (Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A.), has laid before Mr. Arthur Griffith, Minister for Works, the desirability of the continuation of the tramway from West Maitland…

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Urgent Railway Needs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 4

There are several-matters in connection with the West Maitland railway stations which are so urgent that they ought not to be allowed to wait until the big alternations that are…

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High-street Tram Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 4

The awkwardness of our tram sections for the traffic of the business section of High-street is accentuated now that the Church-street tram is running. Between the "Mercury" corner and the…

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A Repeated Railway Grievance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 4

The new summer railway time table continues the serious inconvenience for persons desirous of travelling from Maitland to northern townships on Saturday evenings that has obtained for some…

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