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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Fight for Hill 60. Motor. Machine Guns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 11

The "Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury" of April 22 publishes the following letter from a Liverpool officer to his lather in Liverpool regarding the desperate fighting for Hill 60:…

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Singleton-carlingford Railway. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 5

Sir,—In the issue of your paper of the 20th May I notice that Mr. J. Fallick, M.L.A., during the course of a speech on the above matter, is reported…

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Market Reports. John Bridge and Co. Ltd., Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 3

Wool.—We offered 2700 bales on 27th May. The market for faulty wools was practically unchanged, but for free combing wools in the grease, irrespective of…

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High-Level Tramway Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1915 · page 4

The tramline having been constructed over the high-level tram and trallie bridge at High-street, which will take the place of the level crossing, a big gang of men…

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Dubbo-young Motor Car [?]

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1915 · page 3

Th[?]ay of high cost in [?] travelling has past, judged [?] Dubbo-Young run by the [?] berette, 2-seater car (costing [?]…

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Binalong Railway Smash. Night Officer Acquitted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1915 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury, John Sylvester C[?]tter, night officer at Binalong, was charged with having caused the death of Robert…

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Collanse of a Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1915 · page 4

The Cessnock Shire Council's steam motor waggon, while passing over Black Creek Bridge, in Main-street, Cessnock, on Tuesday afternoon, with a load of metal, broke…

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Accident on Main Street Bridge. Shire Lobby Goes Through the Decking

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 2

An accident occurred to the shire council's steam Foden lorry on Tuesday afternoon. It appears that the lorry was proceeding over the bridge…

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Uniform Railway Gauge. Appointment of Experts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 2

The State Premier (Mr. Holman) has taken steps to give effect to the recent resolution of the Premiers' Conference respecting the need for a uniform railway…

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Cessnock to Cockle Creek Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 4

At a meeting of the West Wallsend Distress Committee a letter was read from the Public Works Department with reference to the communication urging construction of…

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Huge Fire in London. Motor Car. Works. Damages £50,000. LONDON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 5

The works of Brown. Hughes, and Strachan, motor body builders, at. Royal Park, Ealing, covering three acres, have been burnt down…

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Tramway Inspection

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 4

Mr. E. J. Doran, superintendent of tramways, and Mr. G. S. Cowdery, chief maintenance engineer, paid a visit of inspection to Maitland to-day. The tramway…

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Victorian Motorist. Negligent Driving

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 6

The second trial of Clifford Nash, on a charge of having driven a motor ear so negligently at Elsternwick, on December 4, as to cause grievous bodily harm to a boy…

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Motor Cycling. Reliability Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 7

Taking advantage of last week-end holidays Maitland District Motor Cycle club held the first of a series of four reliability trials for points in the Capper Contest Cup…

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Good Roads Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 8

The Millions Club has awakened a lively interest in this in many parts uf the State, but what about this district' The motor man with the light two…

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The Cross Roads of Love Chapter V.—(Continued.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 4

"Murdered! Where?'" "In India. Ensnismore then went to Uncle Vincent, while my father got all his father's money at the old,…

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Battle in the Sky. British Aviators and German Aeroplane. New York, April 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 16

A thrlling sky battle, is described, in a despatch from Mr. W.G. Shepherd, special correspondent of the United Press with the British Army, published here to-day. Sent…

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Enemy Subjects From Railways and Tramways

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 2

A strong agitation has started in various branches of the railway and tramway services against the employment of enemy subjects. Several…

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Clarence Town Motor Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 4

Mr. V. T. Osborne, of Clarence Town, intimates by advertisement in this issue that on and after June 21 a fast and up-to-date motor service will br carried on by him…

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All Steel Railway Carriages

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 9

In America and other railways all-steel railway carriages have been proved to be the most scientific form of construction for railway rolling stock yet used. In…

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