How Brilliant Organisation Has Enabled the French to Hold Fast to Their Line at Verdun. the Light Rail Road at Verdun Enabling Rapid Changes of Front
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 2
This interesting photograph shows a section of the French artillery front at Verdun. and reveals the quick facilities organised by the French for making rapid change of front By means of a rail road at the rear they are enabled to move their heavy pieces at very short notice, thus giving. them the advantage in case of retreating for better location. They have by this means been saved from sacrificing the big guns which have proved so effective…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 4
Mr. Leonard Barry announces in our advertising columns that he will run a special car from Allynbrook to Paterson, meeting the special trains on Wednesday and Thursday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor Traffic
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 4
It is satisfactory to note that the council is at last taking steps to regulate motor traffic within the Municipal boundaries, Speed posts are being erected at various…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Rule of the Road
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 4
If a mine you see ahead, Say your prayers, you'll soon be dead. If to starboard smoke appears…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Railway. Statement by Mr. Cann
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2
The Minister for Public Works, Mr. Cann, stated yesterday that a shortage of structural steel is delaying the construction of the city railway. Two new blast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tramway Fatality. Deceased Identified. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2
The man killed by falling from a tram last night has been identified as Campbell Pratt, of Randwick…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kut-el-amara. Aeroplane, Relief. London
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 5
In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. H. J. Tennant, under Secretary for War, stated that British aeroplanes conveyed 18,800 pounds of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Goods Railway. Government Congratulated. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 2
The Premier has received a letter from thr Conference of Chambers of Commerce conveying congratulations up on the construction of the now goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rilled on the Railway. Death of Robert Whitson
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 3
The adjourned inquest touching the death of Robert Whitson, a resident of Adamstown, who was killed on the railway near Farley, on the 4th instant, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brazier Motor Car
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4
A Brazier motor car, six-cylinder, [?] in tip-top order, and almost equal to now, will be offered for sale by auction at the Raymond Terrace yards on Tuesday next by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Over Deal
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 12
It Is officially, stated that an enemy aeroplane dropped. six bombs on Deal railway station this afternoon. Several houses were damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Upper Paterson. a Beautiful and Fertile District. Progress Hindered by Bad Roads
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 9
The trip in the little river-steamer along the navigable portion of the Paterson is a delightful but short one Many places of interest ar passed, and perhaps one of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Italian Campaign Cardona's Steady Progress. Austrian Roads Seized. (By Cable.) London, Thursday Night
Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 7
General Cardona is steadily making his way in Trent, his campaign passing almost unnoticed outside Italy. The Italian army has advanced 18…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wounded Arrive Tomorrow. a Record In Cot Cases. Train Ambulances to be Used. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 6
In the batch of sick and wounded soldiers arriving on Sunday there will be more cot cases than on any previous occasion. For the first time the tram…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Crossing's. Visit of Divisional Engineer
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 2
Mr. Vogon, Divisional Engineer for Railways visited Muswellbrook on Thursday, in pursance of promise made by the Minister, to confer with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East-west Railway. Building the Carriages
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 5
In order that a complement of cars, sufficient at least to make up two trains, must be ready for service on completion of the East-West Railway, expected early next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Muswellbrook Letter. Local Railway Crossings. Muswellbrook
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 2
Headers will remember that lengthy reference to the proposed abolition of certain local railway crossings recently appeared' In the "Mercury" report of a visit of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Robbery. Clever Device. London
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 5
Jewellery worth £200 was stolen from the clerk-room of the New-street railway station at Brimingham. It is believed that a confederate placed a trunk containing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dodge Brothers Motor Car. Opportunity for Inspection
Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 8
Arrangements have been made for a visit to this district at an early date of Mr C. H. Kloster, the representative of Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Latest. Huns' Trenches Gone Trench Repulse Morning Attack. Bombs for German Railwaysieeds. (By Cable.) London, Thursday Night
Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 6
A Paris message reports: "We have demolished the German trench for a lenth of 100 metres south-east of Tahure. The German attack at 2 in the…
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