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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Aeroplane Smash Pilot Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 3

An Avro machine, belonging to the Canterburg Avlation Co., Ltd., Which was on a flight from Kalkoura to Christchurch, crashed near Motuna[?]…

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Upper-Hunter Dry Road Scheme. Government's Offer

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 2

From each, of our State members, we have been forwarded for publication the following communication from Mr. J. Garlick,…

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Our Telegrams. Motor Cycle Fatality. Sydney, T[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 5

Thorn Martz, aged 9 years, was knocked down by a motor cycle at Penshurst, and die in the hospital several hours later. The police…

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Motor Fatality. Mother and Child Killed. Three Others Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 3

Two Persons were killed and three injured when a motor car containing a party of holiday-makers overturned on the main road between Healesville…

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Storm Tossed. Adrift in Motor Boat. an Anxious Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 6

Tossed about all night at the morey of the wind, two returned soldiers, who were rescued on Monday morning by the Union Steamship Company's…

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Referred to Counsel Railway Superannuation Matter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 3

The Railway Superannuation Board at its last meeting, decided to obtain legal advice in regard to employees who were dismissed after the strike of…

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Reduced Railway Revenue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

The railway revenue suffered severely in consequence of the unfavourable weather which attended the New Year holiday. From West Maitland there…

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Motorists' Close Shave

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

A motor party, members of which had apparently been spending the holidays in the country, had a thrilling experience on the Campbell's Hill…

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Sunday Train for Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 4

following on the Commissioners' action in running the train to Paterson on the recent holidays, Mr., W. F. O'-Department with a view of having a…

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Motor Smash. Medical Student Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 6

A collision between a motor car and a jinker in Macquarie-street, Sydney. on Tuesday night resulted in the death of Samuel Asher, aged 21, a medical…

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Tramway Earnings. Traffic Siffers Through Wet Weather

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 6

A comparison of the City and North Sydney tramway traffic for the past fortnight, embracing the whole of the Christmas and New Year periods,…

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Motorists Lucky Escape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

A motor car containing a party of tourists skidded near Oberon and ran up an embankment. The car completely Overturned. The occupants were…

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Aeroplane Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 3

While journeying from Kaikoura to Christchurch (N.Z.) an Avro aeroplane, owned by the Canterbury Aviation Company, crashed near Cheviot. The pilot,…

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Burst Train Engine. Bodies Blown in to a Wood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

The bursting of a locomotive boiler on a London and North-Western railway goods train at Buxton (Derby-shire) killed William Holmen, the…

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Obstacle on Line. Attempt to Wreck Train. Sydney, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 5

All attempt was made to wreck a train between Hornsby and Milson's Point last night. A bag of blue metal was discovered on the line near St…

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Carriage of Stock. Freight on the Railways. Commissioners Explain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 6

Replying to some controversy in the press in regard to the freight charged on stock travelling from Flemington to the country for re-stocking purposes,…

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A Motoring Mishap Tourists' Car Climbs Embankment. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 2

A motor car containing a party of tourists skidded near Oberon and ran up an embankment. It completely overturned, and the occupants were thrown…

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Motor Car Overturns Mother and Child Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 3

A motor car containing a party of holiday-makers overturned on the main road between Healesvi?e and Coldstream (Vic.) early on Sunday morning, and…

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Flying Motor Car. by Road or Air

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 6

Rapidly convertible from motor car to aeroplane and back again a novel machine, invented by M. Tampier, had been tested before a French technical…

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Bad Roads. Apathy of Users. What Is the Reason ?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

The good roads reform is a mach discussed subject at the present time. The question, is brought to the fore largely because of the great and Increasing use of motor cars and motor vehicles at every Kind. it is beginning to be recognised that good roads suited for motor lorry…

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