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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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Land Board. Important Road Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 3

At a meeting of the local Land Board (Messrs. W. H. Capper, chairman, Henry Crocker and W. M. Shedden), held at the East Maitland Lands Office an important…

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Railway and Tram Revenue. Sydney Breaks Records

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 3

The number of passengers booked at Sydney and suburban stations on Easter Monday was 230,475 and the revenue received amounted to £7113. During Easter week…

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Railway Freights. Motor Train Services. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 5

The Chambers of Commerce Conference carried a resolution to-day that the Railway Commissioners he asked to revise the rates for the carriage of goods, with the object of…

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Good Roads Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 6

Sir,—With regard to our roads, it is unquestionable that we do not get good value for the money that is expended upon them. Manual labour is too expensive nowadays for…

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Sensation on a Train Alleged Assault and Robbery Two Ladies Roughly Handled

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 3

The Singleton police were informed by telephone from Rix's Creek on Saturday night that a sensational case of assault, and robbery had occurred on the…

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Reducing Railway Carriage Costs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 2

The universal rise in railway rates has led to inereused afternoon being given to reducing the bulk of goods transported. For this purpose a ballingpress is in…

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Cessnock District News. Railway Traffic. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 6

The Easter traffic on the South Maitland Company's railways was fairly heavy, a large number of the bookings being to the Newcastle district and also a fair percentage to…

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The Tram-car Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 5

The death of Doris Cullen, who was shot in a tram-car last month, was inquired into by the Coroner to-day. Walter Cullen, chauffeur, and the husband of the dead woman…

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Cycling. To-morrow's Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 7

Following are the handicaps for the road race, to be run over the Campbell's Hill-Black Hill course to-morrow, to start at 3 p.m. sharp:—J. P. McMahon ser, V…

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Sensation on a Train. Alleged Assault and Robbery. Two Ladies Roughly Handled

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 3

The Singleton police were informed by telephone from Rix's Creek, on Saturday night, that a sensational case of assault and…

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To Defeat Profiteers. U.s. Railwaymen's Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 6

American railwaymen have decided on a great scheme of co-operative buying, producing, and selling in conjunction with the farmers, as they cannot make ends meet…

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Run Down by Tram. Scone Lady Succumbs to Frightful Injuries

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 2

The sad intelligence was received in Scone yesterday morning of the death, in the city, under shocking and sad circumstances, of Miss…

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Labour Leader and Railway Resumption

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 2

Mr. D. Storey, leader of the Labor Party, has expressed sympathy with the resumption of the Aberdare railways movement. Writing in reply to…

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Railway Freights Motor Train Services

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 3

The Chambers of Commerce Conferonce in Sydney carried, a, rsolution on Thursday that the Railway Commissioners be asked to revise the rates for the…

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Railway Freights. Motor Train Services. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 5

The Chambers of Commerce Conference Carried a resolution to-day that the Railway. Commissioners be asked to revine the rates for the carriage of good with the objects of…

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The Road to Fortune

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 13
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The road to fortune is the road to health Success and the ability to enjoy it, can only be the properly of those who keep their bodies fit and their brains clear. If…

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Land Board. Important Road Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 5

At a meeting of the local Land Board (Messrs. W. H. Capper, Chairman Henry Crocker and W. M. Shedden), held at the East Maitland Lands Offices an important…

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Coonamble Mail Train. Collision with Coal Trucks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 9

A collision occurred at Eskbank, on the Western railway line, between one and two o'clock on Friday morning, the Coonamble mail, on its way to Sydney, coming into…

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Sir Ross Smith's Experience Train and Car Travel

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 1

On his arrival in Sydney on Wednesday by the Melbourne express, Sir Boss Smith said that the bumps on the railway line were much worse than any he…

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