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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Canadian Railway Strike. Winnjpeg, Oct. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 5

The better makers and machinists of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway of the to-day, 350 being Affected. Negotiations a settlement had been…

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Irish Railway Strike. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 4

At a conference of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants a resolution was passed regretting that the railwaymen on the Great Northern line in…

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Railway Returns

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 2

By the courtesy of the local railway, officials we are enabled to give particulars of coaching and goods traffic at the railway station for September. The…

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Latest News by Telegraph. Sydney, Friday afternoon. Injured in a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 5

William Taylor met with a shocking accident this, morning. He wan resting his right ami on one of the window bars of a train from Rockdale, when another train…

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Our Railway Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 4

The new summer time-table has been published, and there appears to be an unusually large number of alterations and additions Very acceptable additions to the…

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The Maryvale Railway Leagee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 6

A brunch of the above railway extenside league has been established here with (?) Mayor us president, and Mr. J. C. (?) secretary…

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North Coast Railway. Third Section

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 2

It is currently reported that the Minister for Public Works, in order to have complete control of labor in carrying out works in…

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Geology of the Northern Railway Line. Maitland to Barraba

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 5

By W. N. BENSON, Sydney University. MAITLAND is on the eastern side of a great arch of rocks, now worn down to a gently undulating surface. Soon…

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Mawson's Aeroplane Wrecked. Aviator and Passenger Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 16

The aeroplane which was to have accompanied Dr. Mawson s expedition to the Antarctic regions is lying a broken mass at Cheltenham racecourse, near Port Adelaide,…

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Road-making Machinery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 9

Many, loud, and widespread are the complaints that are made or the bad condition of our roads in municipalities and shires. The trouble is largely one of insufficient funds…

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John Bridge and Co.'s, Ltd., Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 3

John Bridge and Company, Ltd., report that for their fifth sale of the' season they brought forward on Wednesday, the 11th October, a catalogue of 2861 bales and…

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Good Roads in the Old Country. a Maitlander's Comments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 10

Dr. J. W. Harbison, of West Maitland writes as follows from Carlisle, England, Sept. 1st, 1911, to the editor of the "Mercury":—"Reading, a copy of the "Mercury"…

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Accident on a Train. Man's Arm Shattered. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 4

William Taylour a man of 53, living at Rockdale, met with a serious accident yesterday. While travelling home he had his arm resting on the window bars,…

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Geology of the Northern Railway Line. Maitland to Barraba

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 5

MATTLAND is on the eastern side of a groat arch of rooks, now worn down to a gently undulating surface. Soon after we leave the town we puss over…

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Railway Signalling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 2

The recent strike on the English railways shows among other things the immense importance of the system of signalling. Unless this is working efficiently, it is impossible to…

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East Greta Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 4

The East Greta Railway Company intends introducing a system of workmen's trains on find after Monday next until further notice. Workmen's weekly tickets are not available on Sundays, and…

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Motor Car Ablaze

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 7

A well-known north-western grazier, Mr. Bushan, narrowly missed losing by fire a valuable motor car. A few minutes after his arrival at the Percy Hotel, after a run from Sydney, something was…

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Railway Workers in India. a Dastardly Plot. Calcutta

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 2

The anarchists who attempted to derail 30 trains in Eastern Bengal, tore up eighteen feet of the railway in order, to wreck. the Darjelling mail that was crowded with…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 4

The now summer timetables, to come into force on mid after Sunday next have been issued by the Railway Department, and we arc indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Thomson,…

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Song of the Tramps. Ode to an Irish Workhouse

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 8

At a meeting of the Rathkeale (County Limcrick) Union, says the "Cork Examiner," the clerk mentioned that a deputation of trumps waited on him and handed him a piece of…

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