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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Wrecked German Aeroplane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1915 · page 6

At Flushing Dutch fisherman picked up two German airmen floating on a wrecked aeroplane, near Nordhinder Lightouse. The airmen were conveyed to Flushing…

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Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1915 · page 5

Yet another railway accident occurred on the western line yesterday morning. A goods train travelling from Eskbank to Bathurst crashed into the buffer stop at Rydal, with the…

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Church-street Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1915 · page 4

On April 16 Lieut-Colonel Nicholson M.L.A., wrote to the Chief Commissioner for Railways in regard to the withdrawal of the train service between High-street and West…

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Railway Accident. On Western Line. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 3

A railway-accident occurred on the western line yesterday, when a goods train from Eskbank to Bathurst smashed into the buffer stop at Rydal…

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The Motor Tax. Interesting Case at Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 3

At the Bathurst Police Court, Thomas Donnelly, a local motor car proprietor, was proceeded against for having failed to pay a tax of £3 on a [?] car. The case…

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Railway Rolling Stock. Government Policy Criticised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 3

At a meeting of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association Consideration was given to the following motion: "That it is in the best interests…

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Run Down by a Mail Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 4

William Powell, a middle-aged man, and a resident of Hamilton, was run down by the Taree mail at Hexham last evening. He was admitted to the Maitland Hospital about 11…

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The War. the Western Front. the St. Julien-road. Canadian's Experience

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 6

A Canadian soldier who taught near Ypres states that all his comrades were intensely strung as the Germans approached, and when the chance came they…

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Road Heeded

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 4

Residents of Aberdare have been often inconvenienced by the fact that there is no road to the Aberdare Railway Station. The tracks used…

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Road at Tester's Hollow. Ender Water. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 4

It was reported this morning that there is about a foot of water over the main road at Tester's Hollow, a spot between East Greta and Heddon-Greta, and that the water is still…

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Peculiar Railway Mishap. Carriages Left Stranded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

An unusual kind of railway accident, which resulted in an interruption of traffic on the Bankstown line, occurred yesterday morning. A train from Lakemba, due to…

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Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 4

The dead body of a railway employee named Benjamin Riley was found on the railway line near Thirroul late last night. It is thought he was run down by a train…

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Motor Trench Digger

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

One of the most wonderful of the motor appliances in use in the war is the motor plough to be seen at work in the Gorman lines. It cuts a trench…

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Wrecked German Aeroplane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 12

At Flushing Dutch fisherman picked up two German airmen floating on a wrecked aeroplane, near Nordhinder Lighthouse. The airmen were conveyed fo Flushing…

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Stock Roads in Town

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 6

It was decided in the Council meeting on Thursday night that boards (be erected in town indicating the streets along which stock may be driven…

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The St. Julien-road. Canadian's Experience

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 3

A Canadian soldier who fought near Ypres states that all his comrades were intensely strung as the Germans approached, ami when the chance came they…

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The St. Juline-road. Canadian's Experience

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 5

A Canadian soldier who fought near Ypres states that all his comrades were intensely strung as the Germans approached, and when the chance came they…

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The Very Latest. Dardanelles. Airman's Good Work Bridge Destroyed. Athens, May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 5

As the result of a British airman destroying a bridge at Panderma, communication between Smyrna and the Dardanelles is interrupted, and the transport of the troops…

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Motor Cars in British Army

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 8

Leading authorities have proclaimed the 2-seater car is incomparable[?] for the reason that rough, hard, or boggy roads are all the same to it. The…

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