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Railways, roads & transport, 1920

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South Maitland Railways. Another Rise in Fares. Campaign of Protest to Be Entered Upon

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

Time and again the South Maitland Railways Co. have risen the fares on their lines, and the public have paid them without complaint. Commencing…

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A Glant Aeroplane

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 4

London Thursday.—The Vickers Company is building, a gigantic aeroplane for the Royal Air Force. It will carry 50 persons, and have six engines of 700…

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Bouquets for British Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 7

A distinguished American writer, Mr. Owen Wister, in the "Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post," hands out some handsome bouquets for British railways. He writes:…

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Trans-siberian Railway. Guarded by Czecho-slovaks. London, December 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 13

In view of Koltchak's retreat in Siberia and Japan's determination to stem the flow of Bolshevism towards Japan the whole situation is being reviewed by the Japanese…

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More Irish Outraces Smashing Motors. Tired of Delays. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 12

Reuter's Paris correspondent says the Supreme Council has decided that all measures relating to the enforcing of the Treaty must be arranged before January 6, when it is…

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Railway Workers. Wages Advanceed. London, January 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 12

The Government agrees to pay the lowest grade railway worker's a minimum of £3 weekly, with proportional increases in the higher grades. The wages will…

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Farm Engineering. the Motor Tractor. Its Possibilities in Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 14

When during the war the necessity of increasing the home food production laced the british Government, the motor tractor came as a solution of the difficulty with some of…

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Tram Fatality. New Zealand Sensation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 11

A serious train accident occurred at Wellington on Saturday evening, as a result of which one person was killed and sixteen injured. The motor man on the tram from…

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British Railway Men. Leader Turned Down. London, January 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 2

As concessions but not as our ultimate aim." Mr. Thomas, general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, speaking at Birmingham, accepted the Government's…

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Running the Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 4

Britain and the United States have each recently had to face serious national situations in connection with their railways, and while the wheels are turning again…

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Motor Fatality. Accident Near Cooma

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 8

Returning to Cooma at 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning, John James Thornton. a labourer, of Nimmitabel and a driving party of six met with a motor…

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Alleged Faulty Work. "Go-slow" Policy Ix Railway Workshops

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

It is reported from a reliable source that a number of men have been dismissed. at the Islington Railway Workshops, South Australia, for what in regarded as…

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Motor Smash. Five Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 10

Two motor cars each travelling about 35 miles an hour, collided at the intersection of the cross roads at Wallacetown and Southland near Wellington (N.Z.) One of…

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Railway Charges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 2

At next Monday's meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council, Councillor Brown will move "That council records its emphatic protest against the excessive charges for…

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Railway Revenue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 4

In the coaching department at the West Maitland railway station, the total revenue for last year amounted to £32,973, compared with 533,764 for the year 1918. The…

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Tarro Railway Station. Trucking Yards and Goods Shed Wanted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the Miller's Forest Progress Association, held on Monday night last, Messrs. A. Williams (president) and H. Bussell (secretary) of the Tarro…

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British Railway Crisis. Prolonged Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 5

Mr. Thomas, the railwaymen's secretary, in a speech at Kettering said the railway crisis was dark and very serious, but if the extremists participated in the deliberations…

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Governor's Escape. Train Window Smashed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 6

The State Governor, Sir Walter Davidson, had a narrow escape from injury whilst travelling in a train near Maldon, near Pleton, on Friday…

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East Maitland Railway Revenue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 4

In all departments, expcept hay, chaff, etc., the figures, in connection with the East Maitland railway station, for the half-year ended 19191231. show…

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Northern Railway Needs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 4

Newcastle people are up in arms against the Government, because of delays in connection with the railway equipment of the port, and purpose inviting representatives of…

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