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Railways, roads & transport, 1912

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Muswellbrook-Merriwa Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 4

It is notified in the "Government Gazetter" that there is now open for inspection at the office of the Minister of Public Works in Sydney a plan of the line now being…

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Local and General News. Homeville to Telarah tramway proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 4

Mr. W. J. Hanna, Under-Secretary for Public works, has written officially to Mr. R. F. Stapleton. secretary of P.L. League, West Maitland, intimating with reference to his letter of the 16th ultimo, urging…

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Timber for Railway Building

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 4

We have been requested to direct tention to an advertisement in this [?] from the Department of Public [?] which is calling for quotations for [?]…

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Railway Officer on Leave

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 2

Owing to a breakdown in his health Mr. A. Sheldon, clerk in charge at the railway goods shed, was relieved from duty at the beginning of the week, and…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 3

Paris, Tuesday.—A shocking tragedy occurred on the railway, near Boulogne, the victim being William Anderson, a youth of 18. Anderson, who was the son…

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Tram and Sulky Collide

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

The lonely occupant of a sulky, bound towards the East figured in a collision with a Campbell's Hill tram, just beyond the High-street crossing yesterday afternoon, and had an extremely…

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Railway Statistics

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

It is just twelve months since the first section of the North Coast Railway was opened to Dungog, and through the…

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Dunolly Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 4

Attention has been directed to the condition of portions of the decking of the Dunolly Bridge, especially at the approach from Dunolly. Some of the…

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Old London Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 10

In the "Fall Mail Magazine" [?] Percy Collins deals with Mr. Thorp's [?] ful methods of Old London Bridge [?]cerning which the writer remarks:—…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Market. John Bridge and Co.'s Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 3

There has been a fair amount of inquiry during the past week, and business has been transacted at rates showing a slight improvement over our last…

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State Railways and Tramways. Annual Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 6

The report or Mr. T. R. Johnson, Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways, for the year ended June 30th, 1912, was presented to Parliament on Tuesday…

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Tram Car Fatality. Extraordinary Street Scene. New York

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

An extraordinary scene took place when an Italian was killed by a street car. Twelve hundred Italian workmen knelt around the decapitated body in the middle of the street…

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Dangerous Railway Crossing. Another Fatality. Abermain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 15

A youth named Walter Hill (16), was killed at Abermain Railway Crossing yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, almost at the identical spot where Stationmaster Keating…

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Manufacture of Railway Plant the Lithgow Works

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 10

Tho Chief Engineer for Commonwealth Railways (Mr. Deane) recently visited iron works of G. and C. Hoskins, Ltd., [?]Lithgow, New South Wales, with a view a[?]…

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Railway Collision-preventer. Tests in England

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 10
Also in Singleton Argus

The special correspondent of the "S.M. Herald" in London, on July 12, wrote:— The experiments lately made in New South Wales with Mr. Angus's invention [?]…

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Railway Returns

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 4

By the courtesy of the local officials the undermentioned1' particulars of business in connection with the Singleton station have been placed at our disposal…

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Killed on the Railway. Batte[?]ed Body Found

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 8

On Wednesday morning, as the railway ganger was making his usual inspection of the line between Stanwcll Park and Otford. he was borrified upon…

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Railway Crossing Prosecution Defendants Pined One Shilling

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 6

At Newcastle on Wednesday, Mr G. F. Adrian, S.M., delivered his reserved decision in the ease of the prosecutions instituted by the Railway Commissioner…

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Lunatic in a Train. Berlin, Aug. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 August 1912 · page 5

A youth, apparently a lunatic, armed with a long knife, attacked three ladies in a suburban train, and inflicted serious wounds upon them. The alarm cord was…

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