Letter to the Editor. Railway Travellers' Grievance'
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 6
Sir —I crave a space in your paper to show the public how absurd regulations are, especially when operated as by the Railway Department. It is an understood regulation that the travelling…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 6
The following communication, which speaks for itself, has been received by the Mayor of West Maitland (Alderman C. J. Mannall):—…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 4
The prompt action of a tram driver averted a serious, If not fatal, accident this morning. Mr. Taylor, of Buttai, with his wife and three children, was driving in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Desolate Dead Sea Region. Turkey's Klondyke. a Motor Boat Trip Around the Lake
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 6
The Jerusalem correspondent of the "Birmingham Post" writes:—There is every possibility of the Dead Sea, in Palestine, becoming a centre of great…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 3
Whilst returning to Gunnedah from the Tamworth races in a motor car, Mr R. J. Nowland, a very old resident of Gunnedah, and proprietor…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 4
During the week and the Sydney Tramway Mission Party of song and story evangolists will be in Maitland. devoting their annual holiday to mission work…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 4
John [?] railway porter, was committed for trial on a charge of assaulting leslie Moore, and robbing him of jewellery and money, of the total value of £50. [?]…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate
A San Francisco undertaker has built a funeral car that is far more than a hearse, for, in addition to the space for the casket and flowers, there are…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 3
Whilst returning to Gunnedah from the Tamworth races in a motor car, Mr R. J. Nowland, a very old resident of Gunnedah, and proprietor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Disaster. Troop Train Wrecked. Capetown, Sept. 11
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 4
A colonial troop train, which was conveying 500 men belonging to the kallrarian Rifles, was crawling down a steep winding pass at dusk when the engine left the reils…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 12
The Taube aeroplane, which has been dropping bombs into Paris, was brought down with a well-directed shot at Champigny, and the two airmen in it were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Local and General. Classification of Main Roads
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 4
The Public Works Department has forwarded to Lieut.-Col. Nicholson, M.L.A., an acknowledgment of letter from the East Maitland Municipal Council in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In with Catherine. Coiners' Gang Broken Up. the Story in the Train
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5
What one of a gang of coiners told a detective while travelling in the train from Edinburgh was related at Durham Assizes when the three brothers Fowles, of Birmingham,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Lark" and the "Sack." Eton Boys' Motor Trip. Mother and Son's Honor
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5
What savors more of a Conan Doyle detective yarn than of commonplace, everyday life at Eton is the story of an Eton boy's "lark," followed by his expulsion from the…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 3
A San Francisco undertaker has built a funeral car that is far more than a hearse, for, in addition to the space for the casket and flowers, there are…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 4
The representatives of seven big railroad companies have conferred with President Wilson on financial conditions due to the war, and in regard to the financing of…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 13
A company of Uhlans attacked a motor car, conveying the Duke of Westminster and an officer carrying despatches from Sir John French. Extra speed was put on,…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 5
Traffic on the northern railways of France has been partially resumed. Yesterday trains were sent to districts where, a few days ago, heavy fighting…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 5
Twenty-one trainloads of booty from the Marne have been brought to Vincennes. It includes eleven guns, seven motor waggons full of ammunition, four machine…
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