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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Recent Railway Transhipment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

In connection with the recent transhipment of mails and passengers on the railway, consequent on the flood damage to the line between…

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Railway Building Scheme. Private Firm to Do the Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 1

When the State Parliament meets. it is likely[?] the Minister for Wooks (Mr Griffith) will ask for [?] hori[?] [?] let a contract to Griffiths Australia,…

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Children Drowned in a Motor Car. Famous Dancer's Lost Babies. Paris April 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 11

The two young children of Mine. Isadora Dunean, to whom in great measure is due the revival of classical dancing, and their governess were drowned yesterday through…

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North Coast Railway. Deputation to Minister

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 13

A large and influential deputation, representing settlers and various public bodies in the North Coast district, and numerous business firms in Sydney, was introduced to the…

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500 Miles Race. International Motor Contest. Indianapolis May 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 2

Driving a French Peugeot car, Jules Goux, yosterdaywon the 500 miles automobile race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, his speed averaging 76 1/2 miles an…

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£3,000,000 Scheme for Railways a Company's Offer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 7

When the State Parliament meets it is likely that the Minister of Works (Mr. Griffith) will ask for authority to let a contract to Griffiths Australia, Ltd., for the…

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Railway Construction. New Policy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 10

Speaking to a deputation representing the residents of the Stockinbingal district on May, 29, the Minister of Works (Mr. A. Griffith) hinted at a now railway construction…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Farmer's Wife Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 1

A fatal motor accident occurred near Temora on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Dennis O'Keefe, senior, of Duck Creek, together with her eldest daughter and…

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Walked in His Sleep. Fall from Railway Carriage

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 4

Early on Thursday morning Conrad Heekenberg heard a man whistling near the Parramatta railway, station. On investigation he found Arthur Percival…

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Tramway Employee Injured. Right Leg Cut off. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 4

Donald Waugh, a middle-aged employee, of the Tramway. Department, attempted to alight on the wrong side of a moving tram in Oxford street this…

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Marriage As a Joke. Adventure of Men and Girl Motorists. New York. April 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 8

At a mass meeting of women held in Chicago to discuss proposed new divorce laws a resolution was adopted in favour of making marriage harder and divorse…

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Motoring Fatality. Drowned in the Medway. London, Sunday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 June 1913 · page 5

MR. Englebert, a member of the Stock Exchange, when motoring to Tonbridge, crashed into a fence protecting a birdge, and dropped sixteen feet into the Medway…

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The Recent Floods and Shire Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. O.G. Morton) furnished a lengthy report on the condition of the roads under his supervision…

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North Shore Bridge. Mr. Abbott's Protest

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 2

The proposal to spend something like three millions of money in the construction of a bridge across to Harbor to North Shore, has led [?]…

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Railway Extension

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 4

On Saturday the State Premier, Mr. McGowen, turned the first sod of the Wyalong-Cudgcllico- railway line. The two politieal parties are agreed that this is a line which…

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Great Railway Tunnel. Engineering Difficulties Surmounted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 4

Some very interesting operations are in progress in connection with the building of the Distelraseu tunnel, on u deviation of the Prussian State railways, near Elm…

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Labour. Railwaymen's Demands London, June 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 5

At a meeting of railwaymen at Burton-on-Trent, a resolution was agreed to in favour of an eight-hour day and a minimum wage. Mr. Bellamy, the president, declared that…

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Railway Fares. Increase Foreshadowed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 4

The financial, year of the Railway Department ends on June 30, and the Treasurer, Mr. Cann, announced recently that for the period…

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Wyalong to Cudgellico. a New Railway

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 1

The Premier, Mr. M'Gowen, speaking at the turning of the first sod of the Wyalong-Cudgellico railway on Saturday, declared himself strongly in favor…

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Railway Passenger Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 3

J. G. Mustard, 26 years of age, telegraph operator at Ipswich (Q.) railway station, received fatal injuries while travelling in a train between Wolston…

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