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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Railway Workers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 11

Fusion of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants with the General Railway Workers' Union and the United Pointsmen and Signalmen's Society is believed to…

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Another Motor Smash. a Youth's Folly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 9

Toorak-road, South Yarra, was the scene of another serious motor smash early on Thursday morning. Five men, John Ware, of Buangor; Richard King, of Tarrant's motor…

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Trial of Motor Bandits. Paris, Feb. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 3

The trial of the 20 motor bandits was resumed. A bank messenger named Caby identified Dieudonne as the man who attacked him…

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Taree Railway Time-table

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 7

Railway passengers to and from the Manning may be congratulated upon not haying to become familiar with the "mixed" trains for passengers and goods that many…

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Power House Explosion. Tramway Service Held Up

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 3

A terrific explosion took place in the Tramway Power-house at Ultimo on Thursday afternoon, caused by the bursting of the main steam pipe in the…

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Transcontinental Railway. Turning the First Sod at Kalgoorlie

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 4

The ceremony of turning the first sod of the transcontinental railway took place on Wednesday at Kalgoorlie, in glorious weather…

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Motoring in the Riviera. the Road to St. Raphael

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 6

"A Wanderer" writes in a recent issue of the London Daily Mail:— In a general way I am one of those heretics who hold it less comfortable to travel…

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Railway and Tramway Men. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 5

The annual conference of the Amalgamated, Railway and Tramway Service Association commenced in the Trades Hall to-day. Eighty -five delegates were present,…

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Serious Motor Accident. Four Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 3

A party of motorists driving along Purramatta-road, towards St. Marys, met with a disastrous accident at a late hour on Saturday night. When approaching…

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An American Motor Bandit. Sensational Capture. Chicago, Feb. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 2

Robert Webb, the automobile bandit, who recently murdered a policeman, has been captured through information given by a telephone employee, who overheard a…

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Railway Workers Amalgamate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 4

The Amalagamted Society of Railway Servants, the General Railway Workers' Union and the United Pointsmen and Signalmen, have amlagamted under the title of the…

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Pelaw-main Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 6

The movement Initiated by the Kurri District Chamber of Commerce having for its object the construction of a bridge over the Pelaw-Main railway to provide direct…

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Commercial. Sydney Produce Markets. John Bridge and Co.'s Report

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 4

Hides.—Owing principally to a prominent shipping buyer dropping out, the market, after going through a lengthy period of buoyancy, declined an ?d to a…

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Transcontinental Railway. Fremantle

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 2

The opening of the western end of the transcontinental railway proved a fiasco in many respects, so it is stated. Th municipal receptions at Kalgoorlie…

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COMMERCIAL. Produce Markets. John Bridge and Co. Ltd., Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 3

Hides.—Owing principally to a prominent shipping buyer dropping out the market, after going through a lengthy period of great buoyancy, declined [?]d to ¼d. Prices…

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East-west Railway. First Sod Turned. Kalgoorlie

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 1

The ceremony of turning the first sod at the western end of the East-West railway was performed by Mr. Fisher to-day, about three-quarters of…

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State Railways and Public Convenience

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 4

We have no doubt-that our State railways very frequently provide more liberal, services than would be attempted on railways operated for private profit. There are,…

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Serious Railway Accident. (By Cable.) London, Tuesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 2

A railway accident occurred in Petersburg, with the result that 10 persons were killed, and 30 seriously injured…

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Chinese Babies. Passings the Girls "Under the Bridge."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 7

The custom of exposing or destroying infant girls is often quoted as proving the indifference to female life in China (says lady Blake in the "Nineteenth Century"). It is…

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Hundred Miles an Hour. Motorist Breaks Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 3

Percy Lambert, driving a 25-h.p. Talbot car, has covered a distance of 103 miles in 60 minutes on Brooklands track, England, according to a cable message received by the…

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