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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Gretna Railway Smash. Verdict of Manslaughter. London, June 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 5

The inquest into the collision between a troop train and a passenger train at Gro[?]na, near Carlisle, on May 23, when some hundreds of lives were lost, has been concluded…

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Railway Cut

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 13

The Italians at Plava cut the [?]rans-Alpine railway, capturing in the tunnel an armo[?]red train containing cannon, machine gun, and a quantity of ammunition…

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Gretna Railway Disaster. London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 7

Signalmen Meakin and Tinsley. and Fireman Hutchinson have been found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the Gretna railway disaster…

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Patriotic Railwaymen. Seventeen Hundred at the Front

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 June 1915 · page 2

Mr. Edmund Milne, Railway Superintendent at Orange, recently revisited [?]lburn, in which district he had been stationed for 30 years prior to his transfer to his present…

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A British Aeroplane. Bombing the Turks

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 3

London, Sunday Night—A British aeroplane threw bombs into the forts at Pourla, not causing much damage. It then flew over Smyrna, dropping three…

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Railway Viaduct Destroyed. Berne, June 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 5

The Allies' airmen destroyed a railway viaduct at Tegolsheim, severing communication between Altkirch and Mulhausen (Alsa[?])…

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Claim Against Railway Commissioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 5

The nation Austin Samuel Callachor versus, the Railway Commissioner concluded to-day, The jury awarded plaintiff £1700 compensation…

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Motor Cycling. Reliability Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 7

Maitland District Motor Cycle Club held the second of a series of four reliability trials in the Capper Cup Contest on Monday last, ever the…

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New Railway Commissioner. Appointment Not Yet Considered. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 2

The Premier stated to-day that the appointment of a new Railway Commissioner in succession to Mr. Richardson had not yet been considered; but it…

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Tram Fatality in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 4

News was received in Morpeth this morning of a very sad fatality which occurred last evening at Redforn, when Mrs. P. K. Haydon, licensce of the Royal Hotel, in…

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Present Motor Ambulance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 4

The Rugby Football league has decided to present a fully equipped motor ambulance to the military authorities. As a result of the matches played at the Sydney Cricket…

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Motor Car Tax Act

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 10

A seriour flaw was discovered in the new Motor Car Tax Act during the hearing of a case at the Bathurst Police Court, in which Donnelly…

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A Motor Trip to the West

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

On Tuesday, June 22, a party from Cessnock, comprising Messrs A. G. Litchfield, S. W. Snape, A. E. Howard and John Hill left, per motor…

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The Cross Roads of Love Chapter Xii

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 4

Just at that moment there happened to occur a simultaneous stoppage of three or four of the nearest machines, and in the resulting hush Marion's last…

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Clarence Town Motor Services

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 4

Mr. V. T. Osborne, of Clarence Town, is now running a fast and up-to-date daily motor service between Clarence Town and Maitland. Car leaves Clarence Town at 8.45 a.m.,…

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Railway Viaduct Destroyed. Berne, June 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 13

The Allies airmen destroyed a railway viaduct at Tagolshem, severing communication between A[?]kirch and Mulhausen (Alsace)…

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Railway Commissioner. Mr J. Davis Mentioned. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 6

The name of Mr J. Davis, DirectorGeneral of Works, is mentioned as likely to succeed the late Mr Richardson as Assistant Railway Commissioner…

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Railway Workers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 July 1915 · page 5

Claims by the Federated Ironworkers Association for higher wages for junior came before the Railway and Industrial Wages Board to-day. Over thirty unions are…

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John Bridge and Co., Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 3

Wool.—Firm prices characterised the closing sales of the statistical year. Both crossbreds and merinos being the highest prices of the…

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Shots Fired at a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 5

While a train was running between Nowra and Sutherland this morning several shots were fired by some unknown person. The carriage windows were splintered by…

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