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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

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Motor Fatality. Car Over Embankment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 13

A motor car, driven by James Hutchison, crashed through a fence on Willunga Hill (S.A.) on Saturday afternoon and ran down a steep…

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Remarkable Escape. Motor Car Somersaults

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 13

Mr. H. G. Elrington, of Kempsey, has a remarkable escape in a motor accident. In order to avoid the traffic he ran his car at night to the…

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South Maitland Railways. Proposed Government Purchase

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 8

The Minister for Railways (Mr. Estell) submitted to the Legislative Assembly the copy of an agreement made between the Estate Agents for…

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Tramway Accident. Claim Against Commissioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 3

The action in which Sarah Ann Charlton as administatrix of the estate of the late John James Charlton sued the Railway Commissioners of…

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Railway Inquiry. an Abrupt Ending. Executive Action Resented

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 5

Mr. Justice Edmunds Royal Commissioner inuiring into the settlement of the 1917 strike, has decided that he is unable to continue the inquiry and…

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South Maitland Railways to Be Acquired by Government

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 1

The agreement under which the Govermenent is to acquire the assets of the South Maitland Railways Company, was cabled in Parliament on Wednesday…

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Bridge over Goulburn River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 October 1921 · page 4

The Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A. has been officially informed that representations were recently made to the Department of Public Works…

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LOCAL & General News The Long Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 October 1921 · page 4

The Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has been officially informed with regard to representations on behalf of the municipal council of West Maitland…

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Road Maintenance. Lessons That Have Been Learned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 October 1921 · page 6

Australian engineers who are concerned with the hard task of keeping fair road surfaces on a limited revenue may learn something from the…

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Pierced by Shaft. Motor and Van in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 October 1921 · page 3

A head on collision between a motor our and a van occurred at Rockdale Sydney on Saturday night. As a result Harold Warren (22) a…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 October 1921 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have informed the Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., with reference to the representations made by him on behalf…

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Railway Strike Stopped. London, Sept. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 October 1921 · page 5

The correspondent of "The Times" at Dublin states that as the result, of a conference brought about by the Dail Minister for External Affairs the…

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Proposed Roads Scheme

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 3

To further the New States movement it is proposed to invite a number of public bodies to co-operate in "Good Roads" Projects for all the…

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Bridge Over Goulburn River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 4

The Under-Secrclary, Department of Public Works, has advised Mr. W. Cameron, M.L.A., that the question of carrying out the…

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Bridge for Yarrawa Crossing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 2

With reference to representations made to the Works Department by Mr W. Cameron, M.L.A., regarding & communication, dated September 13, from…

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Aeroplane Race. French Successes. London, October 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 5

A messages from Etampes states that the Aero Club's speed race for the Henry Deutsch' de la Meurthe Cup, which replaces the Gordon Bennett…

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Proposed Bridge Over Goulburn River

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 4

The Hon. W., Bennett, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the, Public Works Department: —Sir,—Representations were…

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Official Correspondence Goods Train North

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 5

Hon W. [?]tt, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following:—Dear Sir With reference to your representatives made by you on…

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Railway Requirements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 4

When the Railway Commissioners' recently visited West Maitland, the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce and representatives of the…

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Britain's Latest Aeroplane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 6

The latest type of British passenger carrying aeroplane has an enclosed cabin for eight passengers and an open cockpit for the pilot and…

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