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Railways, roads & transport, 1912

1,744 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 88

The Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 7

314 railway men are now working at lpswich railway workshops as against 203 yesterday. The men have until 7.30 tomorrow, when the whistles blow to return…

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Trams Again Running

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 7

Monday was the sixth day of the strike, and a new phase of the position was heralded with the dawn. The city began to resume its business life. The reawakening…

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Railway Men Loyal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 7

The strike committee is much chagrined at not being able to get the railway men out. The Railway Commissioner received…

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Our Railways. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 3

Sir, —Singleton, it would seem, is of not much importance in the eyes of the Hallway" Commissioners, or they would endeavour to make better provision for…

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Brisbane Strike Volume of Business Extending. Railway Men and Others Back to Work

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 5

Mr coyne, M.P., addressed the striker at the Brisbane Trades Hall on Thursday morning. His remarks were brief, and were confined to refuting…

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Theft From Railway Carriage

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 5

The Detective Department has been informed that while Miss E. Clutterbuck, of Summer Hill, near Lucknow, In the Orange district, was travelling from…

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Railway Employees Dismissed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 2

It is announced by the Railway Department that the men who strike having failed to report themselves for duty when given the opportunity of doing so have forfeited thier…

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

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

Hides:- Extreme lights were 1/8d lower, but other weights were sometimes 1/8d higher, and taken 'all' round' the market was one of the best on record, such…

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Tram Accidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

Scarcely a day passes without a tram accident in the metropolis On Saturday two cases were reported, and one of the victims was terribly injured…

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Tram Strikes in Other Countries. How They Terrorise Towns

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 4

Except, perhaps, railway strikes, train strikes are, of all lobour wars the most deeaded by the authorities. The reason for this is that the "lines of…

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Train Wrecked. Minneapolis, Feb. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

A Great Northern train, the Oriental Limited, was wreeked near Devon, North Dakota, Several persons were killed, and many injured, Physicians have been rushed by special train…

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Good Roads' Movement. Ottawa, Feb. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

A "good roads" movement is spreading throughout Canada. The provinces are taking steps to cstablish an interprovincial highway running from end to end of the Dominion…

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Railway Collision at Sutherland Seven Carriages Smashed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

A railway collision occurred at Sutherland this morning through an engine land three cars, which came through from Waterfall, dushing into a set of standing…

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Motor Lifeboat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 7

After 20 years of work and many disappointmets, an inventor at present in Toronto, Canada, believes he has perfected a non-sinkable, non-capeizable, motor driven…

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Killed by a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

■Patrick Mulligan, "a labourer, employed afc Glcnbrook raijwny deviation works, wns run over by a train lust-night mid Killed. It ap­pears deceased stepped off the train, while it was still moving, missed his footing and fell between tho train and tho platform. His body wns shockingly crushed und mutilated…

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The Road to Happiness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 3

He sought the road to happiness Through weary, weary years, And all the ways he travelled o'er Were sprinkled with his tears…

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Detachable Boat Motor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

A very convenient detachable boat motor, Which has many things to recommend it, has been introduced have by Mr. W. B. Tipper, the well-known printer and lithographer, and after submitting the…

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Railway Accidents in America Extraordinary Epidemic. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

All epidemic of train wrecks has occurred in North America. Two freight trains came into collision in North Yarmouth, and the wreckage took fire, three of the train men losing their…

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North Coast Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 2

From time to time misleading paragraphs appear in the city papers concerning the progress of the work on the second section of the…

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Train Wrecked at Toronto. Toronto, Feb, 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 5

Another train wreck has been added to the many recent disasters. Nine passenger carriages of the transcontinental express were derailed owing to…

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