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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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To-day's Telegrams. Railway Employees. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 5

The Minister for Railways announces that railway employees absent from work as the result of the influenza epidemic will under the regulations recently issued be entitled…

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Hope Diamond Tragedies "Hundred Million Dollar Boy" Killed by a Motor-car. Mother the Owner of the Gem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 2

The famous Blue Hope Diamond has once again justified its evil reputation. Its latest owner, Mr. Edward B. McLean, proprietor of the "Washington Post," is…

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South Maitland Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 4

Commencing on Sunday next and until furthern otice, additional trains will depart from West Maitland for Cessnock on week days at 7.23 p.m., and on Sundays at 7.10…

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Knocked Down by Motor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 4

As a result of having been knocked down by a motor-car, the infant son of Mr. J. Ernst, of Sepmill-street, West Maitland, was admitted to the "Riverview" Private…

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Railway Time-Table

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 4

The Railway Department announces that a new time-table will come into force on Sunday next. Several trains, which had been temporarily discontinued, will resume…

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Bumped by Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 4

Mr. Jack Garraty, of East Maitland when crossing High-street, near Hunter-street, yesterday afternoon, was knocked down by a motor car driven by Mr. E. Wilson, of…

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Train for Steel Works Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 4

Mr. Allan Anderson, secretary to the Maitland and District, Chamber of Commerce, has received from Mr. J. S. Spurway, secretary to the Commissioners for Railways,…

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The Road to Ruin. Bank Clerk and Geisha

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 7

That human nature is the same the world over is evidenced by the story told in the Japanese papers of Isuth Yoshio, aged 22, a bank clerk, who was recently…

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Railway Coal Supplies. Instructions to Tenderers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 16

As the result of a circular issued by the Commonwealth Coat Administration, the Railway Department trill have to pay more for their coal supplies this financial year,…

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Fatal Brawl. Emu Plains Resident Falls Off Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1919 · page 3

In the course of a brawl on a tram, which was travelling along King-street, Newtown, on Saturday night, Frederick George M'Arthur, a resident of Emu Plains, lost his balance,…

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North Coast Railway. Cause of Delay in Construction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1919 · page 6

In a letter to the Casino Municipal Council, acknowledging the receipt of a communication urging the Government to complete the Coast Railway, and inviting…

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Recent Motor-Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1919 · page 4

With regard to the accident to Mr. Jack Garraty, reported in Friday's Issue, the driver of the motor-car, Mr. E. Wilson, of Illnton, explains that he was in no way to…

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Motor Car and Sulky Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 July 1919 · page 4

A collision occurred on Saturday afternoon at the entrance to Rutherford racecourse, with disastrous results, so far as the sulky was concerned. It appears that Mr…

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Train Alteration

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1919 · page 2

Another alteration has been made in the train time table. The morning train from Sydney now arrives in Dungog at 1.10 p.m. instead of 2.20…

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Lands Department and Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1919 · page 2

Mr. Walter Bennett, M.L.A,, who has been in communication with the Department on the question of the Council's being given control over all…

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Townsville Strike. Railway Employee Arrested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1919 · page 5

A Townsville message says that the steamer Otter left for Bowen to load fruit. Some passengers for Brisbane had booked by the steamer, but the crew refused to go unless…

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Buluwayo Railway Strike All Rhodesia Held Up. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Capetown, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 July 1919 · page 2

The Buluwayo railway strike is general on the Rhodesian railways. Traffic is practically suspended throughout the whole of Rhodesia…

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Belmore Bridge Footway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1919 · page 4

An effort was recently made to induce the Public Works Department to widen the footway oh the Belmore Bridge, but the proposal was turned down by the engineers…

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The Long Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1919 · page 4

When the metal and asphalt covering was laid down on the Long Bridge numbers of people with a practical eye ventured the opinion that the work would not be of a…

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Road to Success. Mr. Holman Advises Nationalists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 July 1919 · page 7

"At the present moment we have several dozens of friends who are pointing out to the National Party the plain, well-paved road which leads to the shades of theo opposition."…

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