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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Railway Officials

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 5

At a meeting of the Staff-officers Association of New South Wales, a representative gathering of foremen, timekeepers, storekeepers, gangers, and others from the…

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Shocking Motor Fatality. Mother and Daughter Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 5

A shocking motor fatality occurred late yesterday afternoon, resulting in the death of Mr. W. F. Duane and her daughter, and injuries to Mr. Duane and others of the…

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Motor and Sulky Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 4

When Mr. A. L. Lindsay, the Maitland district representative of Messrs. Robert Reid and Co., was returning from Kurri Kurri in his motor car last evening he…

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News by Wire. Trams in Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 5

Two trams collided in George-street West this morning. The conductor of one was thrown from a car and picked up unconscious. He is suffering from concussion of…

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Shocking Motor Fatality. Mother and Daughter Killed. Wagga

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 6

A shocking motor fatality occurred late this afternoon, resulting in the death of Mrs. W. F. Duane and her daughter, and injuries to Mr…

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Aeroplane Not Salved

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that the aeroplane was not salved. Grieve and Hawker Will reach London on Tuesday night…

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Postal Aeroplane Mishap

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Boulogne correspondent reports that a British postal aeroplane crashed in the harbour, and was towed into dock. The mails were landed. The bodies of two…

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Experts Impressed. with Richmond Aerodrome

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 16

The Minister for Education (Mr. James) recently discused with Colonel Goble and Major Berryman, of the Commonwealth Air Board, means for securing a co-ordination…

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West Maitland Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 4

Some of the roads in West Maitland are always bad, especially those in the eastern portion of the town. During the present long spell of wet weather, as was only to…

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Changes at Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 7

Night-Officers L. Cartwright and F. Jones, of the Singleton railway staff, have been ordered to take charge at Mullion Creek and Tullamore (Orange district)…

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£400,000 Railway Engine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 13

Gassen. editor of the Petrograd "Retch," on his arrival at Copenhagen from Russia, said that lack of coal has caused the last 75 factories at Petrograd to stop. The…

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Air Raid Secrets. Bombs at Three Great Railway Stations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 9

Official reports just issued by the London Fire Brigade give details of the grave railway damage caused at three London termini—Liverpool-street, St. Pancreas, and…

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Shocking Motor Fatality. Mother and Daughter Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 8

A shocking motor fatality occurred late Wednesday afternoon, resulting in the [?] of Mrs. W. F. Duane and her daughter and injuries to Mr. Duane and others of…

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Railway Officers' Award. Progress Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 10

The following additional decisions have now been given by the court, and this completes the salaried section of the claims put forward by the N.S.W. Railway and…

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Railway Staff Changes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 2

Owing to changes necessitated by an adjustment of the award governing railway officials, several changes have been, ordered at the local station…

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Motor Fatality. Mother and Daughter Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 3

Late on Wednesday afternoon a shocking motor fatality occurred in the Wagga district, resulting in the death, of Mrs W. F. Duane and her daughter,…

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Rubber Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 2

Reviving an old experiment, the Southwark (London) Council has encouraged a new rubber company to lay 400 yards of Borough High-street with a rubber paving…

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Restrictions on Motor Travellers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 4

The proclamation regarding persons travelling by motor north and north-west from West Maitland, which required that they must me provided with a medical…

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Killed by Express Train

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 2

The exprpss from Albiiry to Sydney ran ovor a man three miles from Culcairn station at midnight on Friday. The body was badly mutilated, and…

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News by Wire. Suspension Bridge Mystery. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 5

A straw hat was found lying on the Suspension Bridge, North Sydney, inside of which was a sheet of paper on which was written, "Have suffered long enough. Am…

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