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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Fatal Motor Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 3

Ronuld Baldry, aged nine, lately residing with his parents at the Surrey Club Hotel. Cleveland-street, Redfern, died in Nurse Muuro's private hospital,…

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The Suffragettes. Latest Outrages. Railways Attacked

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 3

Loudon, Saturday.—A party of sufragettes nearly succeeded in blowing up the railway station at Oxted, Surrey. Another band partly wrecked an empty…

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The Railway Strike Still Continuing. Outlook Gloomy. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 3

The railway strike still continues. The porters employed in the parcels department of the Central Station came out this morning…

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Sandy Creek Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

It its officially notified in another part of this issue that Sandy Creek bridge will be closed to all traffic on Monday, 23rd insta[?]t, for the…

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The Railway Strike. a Serious Position

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

The shunters and fuelmen employed within the metropolitan area joined the Darling Harbour porters on strike on Saturday…

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The Railway Strike

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

No one will object to an investigation into the working of the industrial law, mid the amendment of that law, and therefore the Royal Commission proposed by Mr…

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Railway Improvements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 4

Some time, ago the necessity of providing for refreshment rooms in the scheme or railway improvements at West Maitland was urged by the Maitland and…

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Land Slip on The Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 4

Owing to the effects of the continued wet weather, a land slip occurred in a cutting on the North Coast railway this morning, about two miles on the Gloucester side of…

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Road Communication with Aberdeen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 6

The local shire authorities, finding that repairs are needed for the Sandy Creek bridge, which Is on the Great Northern Road between Muswellbrook and Aberdeen,…

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Death-trap for Motorists. Murder by Wire Across Road Berlin. March [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 2

Heir Rudolf Plinz, a Berlin jeweller [?] his wife were killed in extraordinary [?]stances while motoring last night near [?]…

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Meat Famine Feared. Difficulties of Road Travelling

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 4

"If the stock trains are stopped there does not seem to be anything to prevent a meat, famine, said Mr G. AT. Badgery on Monday night…

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End of Sensational Trial Motor Bandits' Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 3

The concluding scenes in the trial of the motor bandits in Paris are described by the correspondent of London "Daily Telegraph." The jury deliberated for 25 hours before it…

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Railway Porters' Wages. Sydney, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

Members of the Now South Wales Amalgamated Association state that the Chief Railway Commissioner has instructed his representative on the Traffic wages Board…

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The Maitland Coalmines. Railway Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 4

Respecting the complaint of the Kurri District Chamber of Commerce at the delay in despatching trains from Maitland to the coalfield towns, and in connection with…

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Railway Fares and Freights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 4

A deputation representative of the Kurri District Chamber of Commerce, and other bodies on the South Maitland coalfied, yesterday waited upon the superintendent of…

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The Railway Strike Trouble Spreading. Passenger Trains Suspended. Mr Johnson's Ultimatum

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 2

For the first time on Tuesday, passenger traffic was directly interfered, with, as the result of the porters strike. The disaffection spread during the…

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Spurious Tickets. Tram Conductors Charged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 2

Vivian Ernest Humphery and Alfred Ernest Eccleston, tram conductors, appeared at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Tuesday on a charge of having,…

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Railway Strike. Government Terms Rejected No Signs of Settlement

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 4

Two mass meetings- of the railway men on strike were held on monday at the Sydney Trades Hall.- At the morning meeting' the Government scheme was…

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After the Railway Strike. Back at Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

Darling Harbour yards wore a most animated appearance yesterday. The strikers, without exception, all returned to work in the morning. A good…

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Mammoth Railway Engines

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 7

Orders have been received in Crowe railway works to build a large number of locomotives, which, when completed, will be the most powerful in the…

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