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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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British Railway Commission. the Recent Strike. London, Sept. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 5

Mr. Walter Hudson, M. P., ex-president of the Amaigamated Society of Railway Servants, in giving evident before the Railway Disputes Commission yesterday criticised the…

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Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 4

An Occident occurred on the Blawarra lines this morning, through a steel rail snapping near the centre. Fortunately the break was discovered in good time, and any further…

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Railway Transferred. St. Petersburg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 5

The Czar of Russia has confirmed the sixing at £8,500,000 of the value of the Port Arthur Kwang Chingtze railway relinquished to Japan under the portsmouth treaty…

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United States Railways. Chicago, Sept. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 2

The president of the Illinois Central Railroad has refused to meet the employees who are demanding the recognition of the unions, and a strike is imminent…

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Austrian Railwaymen. Vienna, Sept. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 2

Five hundred delegates from the railwaymen's organisations in all parts of Austria met at Vienna recently and agreed to a resolution in favour of demanding a 20…

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Delayed Telegram. Causes Railway Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 15

The circumstances in which Michael O'Donnell, a railway employee, was killed near Gordons railway station. Victoria, were further inquired into by the Coroner and a jury at Gordons on Thursday. O'Donnell and two…

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Railway Congestion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 13

The passenger and goods traffic on the Great Northern line at West Maitland station, is becoming so congested through want of improved facilities that serious delay in the…

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North Coast Railway. the Third Section

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 13

Mr. Griffith, the Minister of Works, explained on Friday how it was that the Government came to take over the balance of the contract for the construction of the third section of the North…

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The Sydney Motor Show and Gymkhana

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 3

The Motor Show and Gymkhana, advortisce olsowhere in this issue, promises, to be both an attractive and a successful, event. Run under the auspices of the…

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Railway Strike Postponed. (By Cable.) Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 4

After much negotiating, the International, committee representing the employees of the IHlnois railroads, have agreed to postpone the strike which had…

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Canada's Great Railway Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 3

The anniversary of the Canadian Pacific Railway's first through train 25 years ago, from Montreal to the Pacific Count, in one that should not be overlooked. The development of…

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Railway From Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 4

The commencement of the top section of the railway from the Hunter to the Clarence was celebrated on Saturday with the turning of the first sod of the South…

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Light Railway Trains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 4

Now that we have the railway line to Dungog there is a natural and laudable desire to make the best possible use of it in the interests of the travelling public. Requests…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 5

At a cycle meeting at Liverpool, a motor cyclist, travelling at 50 miles an hour, dashed into the crowd, severely Injuring himself and six spectators…

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Motor Boat Fatalities. Rome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 5

A motor boat sank in Lake Trasimono, drowning 17 persons. The boat capsized during a squall. Fourteen of the victims were young girls;…

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Shocking Railway Accident Man Run Down by Train. Body Horribly Mangled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 5

Shortly after 11 o'clock this morning information was received at the West Maitland Police Station that the body of a man was lying in the water beneath the East Maitland side of…

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College Damages a Bridge. Traffic Disorganised. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

This morning while a collier steamer was passing through the swing bridge at Glndosville, on the Parriunatta, it crashed into the bridge, carrying a…

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Thefts at Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 5

Thomas Richardson, an army reservist was fined £10, in default two months in gaol, for stealing a number of articles from Redforn railway station…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 4

The heavy rains of the past fortnight have some-what retarded wotk on the fourth section North Coast line. A good number of men are engaged in the cutting round Brown's Hill near Tarce, the soil…

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Railway Smash. Eight Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 4

A 'collision resulting in injuries being reived by eight men occurred near Searsdale, Victoria, on Monday morning. During shunting operations a guard's van, in which…

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