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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Tram Fatality. Wan Killed at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 4

A fatal tram accident occurred in East Maitland shortly after six o'clock last evening a man named James Archer being killed…

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Motor Accident. Exciting Experience. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 10

An exciting motor-car accident happened on the Great Northern-road on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Gus Lipman, with four other persons in the car, was proceeding to Aberdeen to…

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Straying Cattle on Railway. Magistrate's decision Uphold

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 6

Judgment was delivered by Mr Jastice Ferguson on Wednesday in an a[?]peal from a decision of Mr H. G. Shaw, P.M., of Cootamundra The special…

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Bad State of the Country Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 June 1913 · page 2

Owing to the exceptionally heavy fall of rain during the past winter the roads in various parts of the outlying areas of the district are in a very bad state, so that the farmers…

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Aeroplane in War. Success in Mexico. San Francisco, June 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 June 1913 · page 5

The first use of aeroplanes for dropping bombs on warships occurred in Guaymas Harbour, Mexico, last week, when M. Mason, a French airman, who is in the employ of the…

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Guarded Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 June 1913 · page 6

In consequence of a warning by the Bedford police suggesting that an organised Suffragette outrage has been contemplated on the Midland Railway near that town,…

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Proposed Minimbah-morisset Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 June 1913 · page 4

Under the auspices of the Cessnock District Railway League a public meeting to further the movement for a railway from Minimbah to Morisset, was addressed from…

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The Railways. Increase in Fares and Freights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 June 1913 · page 7

It is proposed by the Chief Commissioner for Railways that railway fares and freights shall be increased by about the sum of £147,000 per annum…

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Aeroplane in War

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

San Francisco, Sunday.—The first use of aeroplanes for dropping bombs on warships occurred in Guaymas Harbor, Mexico, last week, when M. Mason, a…

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Fosterton Suspension Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

The residents of Fosterton are at present busily engaged in the work of re-erecting the suspension bridge over the river near the school…

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News by Telegraph. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon. Killed by a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 5

Mrs. Christie Hall, while crossing the line at Ryde railway station, last night, was knocked down by a passenger train and carried a distance of 40 or 50 yards, the body…

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Burning Bridge. Girl Warns Express. Hot Springs, Arkansas (U.S.A.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 5

Bertha Kay, a farmer's daughter, seeing a bridge burning on the Iron Mountain railway, frantically ran along the line waving her sunbonnet, and succeeded in stopping an express…

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Can't Be Ignore Government and Railway Men

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 4

At a meeting of the executive of the Transport Workers' Federation, the action of Mr. Justice Heydon in cancelling the registration of the association…

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The Railways. Increase in Fares and Freights

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

It is Proposed by the chief Comanssioner for Railways that railways fares and freights sha? be Increased by about the sum of £147,000Per annum…

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That Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 4

One of the planks of the State Liberal platform reads thus:—"Permanent communication between Sydney and North Sydney." Fortunately for…

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The Long Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 4

Repairs to the Long Bridge roadway are urgently needed. Some time ago representations were made to the Department by the Municipal Council, but nothing has so…

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Produce Markets John Bridge and Co. Ltd., Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 3

Rabbit Skins- An increase of about 24 tons in the offerings was responsible for a little weakness in the poorer qualities Late high rates were, however, firmly maintained…

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Railway Trains Collide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 2

A railway collision occurred near Walcha Road on the Northern line last night. A goods train bound north did not go far before it got into…

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Railway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 2

The passenger train which leaves Sydney at 9 a.m. for Armidale run into a special goods train at Kentucky platform on Monday night. The result…

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Fourth Section, North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 4

The rails are now laid to within three miles this side of Camden Haven, and ballasting is being done on that section (says the "Manning River Times.") The…

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