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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

1,194 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 60

Motor Car Overturns. War Campaigner Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 August 1919 · page 4

Lieutenant-Colonel Sweetzer, late Commandant of the Trentham, N.Z., Millitary Camp, was accidentally killed as the result of a motor car overturning and pinning him…

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Motor Joy Riders

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 August 1919 · page 4

Word was received by the police in Maitland yesterday that a motor car, the property of Mr. C. J. R. Hart, chemist, of Newcastle,was found to be missing…

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Boys in Railway Truck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 August 1919 · page 4

At midnight on Saturday, Porter Moore, of the West Maitland goods-shed staff, discovered three boys in a truck which was bound from Paterson to Darling Harbour…

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Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 4

To welcome home Signaller A. Thomas, after spending several years on the other side. the residents of Bishop's Bridge gathered at the local school on Saturday last. The…

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Collapsed in Train. Macleay Resident's Death. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 2

Mrs Jones, a Macleay resident,, collapsed in a train on arriving at Sydney today. She died while being taken to Prince Alfred Hospital…

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Final Decisions. Claims of Railway and Tramway Officers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 6

His Honor Judge Rolin, in the No, 2 industrial Court, gave the following final decisions in the claim by the Railway and [?]ramway Officers' Association for an…

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The Latest. Attack on Military Guard. Train Derailed. Fight with Sinn Feiners. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 3

A mysterious night attack was made on an island off Queenstown, where a small force was guarding the military stores.Men, hiding on the peninsula…

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Our State Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 4

The able and Informative speech by Mr. Fraser (Chief Commissioner of Hallways) at the Commercial Travellers' banquet in Sydney on Saturday night, and the report of the…

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Townsville. Railwaymen's Appeals. Against Reduced Status. Townsville

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 1

The Railway Appeal Board met to hear a number of appeals by railway employees against reduction in rank for refusal to do duty in connection…

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More Production Needed Railway Commissioner's Views

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 2

At the annual dinner of the Commercial Travellers of New South Wales on Saturday night Mr James Eraser, Chief Commissioner for Railways, in reply to…

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Motor Cars in Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 2

A collision between motor cars of a sensational nature, but fortunately unaccompunied by any personal injury, took place at the junction of Pitt and…

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Train Strikes Motor Car. Eight People Killed. Vancouver, August 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 August 1919 · page 5

A Cleveland message states that all the members of one family, Mr. John Trainor, his wife and four sons and two daughters, were killed when a train struck their…

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The Latest. Attack on Military Guard. Train Derailed. Fight with Sinn Feinees. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Suntlay Night

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 August 1919 · page 2

A mysterious night attack was made on an island Queenstown, where a small force was guarding the military stores. Men, hiding on the peninsula…

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New York Episcopalians. Startling Report. Strike on Railways. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 August 1919 · page 5

The New York Episcopal Church may adopt the revision report of the Book of Common Prayer at the Church Convention in October. The report provides for faith…

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Motoring Fatality. Car Overturned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 August 1919 · page 4

A fatal-motor car accident happened on the Macquarie Pass, midway between Albion Park and Moss Vale, on Monday night. Mr. Thomas Timbs, coach proprietor at Albion…

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Australian Made Goods Preference in Railway Department

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 August 1919 · page 7

Speaking in Sydney at the launching of the publicity campaign by the Chamber of Manufactures in favour of the use of Australian-made goods, Mr. J. Fraser, Chief…

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British Nationalisation Coal Mines and Railways. Angry Debate in Commons. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday-Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 August 1919 · page 2

A scene occurred in the House of Commons in the late stage of the debate. Mr Hartshorn (Glamorgan) asserted…

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The Railways. Deficit of £193,369

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 August 1919 · page 1

The annual report of the Railway Commissioners has been presented to the Government. Railway earnings for the year were £9,958,173, and…

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Motoring Fatality Pinned Under Car. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 August 1919 · page 2

As a motor car was conveying Mr J. Moore from Albion Park to Moss Vale if struck an obstacle while rounding a sharp bend in Macquarie Pass. The…

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Where Abe the Roads?

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 5

AMERICA'S highways are being motor[?] so are Australia's motor [?] the faith [?] victories against the…

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