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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Main Roads. Conference at Hamilton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 14

Alderman Townsend (the Mayor) presided over the adjourned Main Roads Conference at Hamilton last week. There were present: Aldermen Tod…

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Road Maintenance. Wheel Tax

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 14

America is waking up to the need of finding some other revenue for the enormous cost of modern roads (says "The Shire and Municipal Record.")…

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Good Roads and the Living Area

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 4

We are advocates of good roads suited for motor lorry traffic generally instead of branch lines of railway mainly because for a given sum of money more…

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In Collision. Car and Motor Cycle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 2

Early on Friday morning, at the corner of Wentworth and Parramatta roads, Burwood, a motor car containing six people collided with…

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Construction Work. New Rail and Tram Award

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 7

The Government Railways and Tramways Constraction Award has been varied. The following clause is inserted covering the hours of labour:—…

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Motor Accident. Smash in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 15

In attempting to avoid a side-on collision at the corner of Bourke and Cleveland : streets, Sydney, an automobile and a motor cycle crashed…

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Car Somersaults. Motor Smash in Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 3

A sensational collision occurred in Melbourne on, Monday evening between, two large touring cars, one being owned by Peter Stoke, 40 years of age,…

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Motor Bus Case High-street Collision. Alleged Dangerous Driving

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 6

Before Major F. W. C. Crane, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday, Eric Arthur Allomes was charged with, on March 17,…

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Railway Unions. Arbitration Act Appeal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 9

The appeal of the railway unions upon the construction of section 26 of the Industrial Act came before the Full Industrial…

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Motor Car Theft

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 2

Reports of thefts of motor cars are familiar enough in the metropolitan area, but such a species of crime has been practically unknown here. On…

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Police Court, Tuesday, April 13th. (Before Major Crane, P.m.) Piracy of a Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 5

A young man named Alexander Stewart Orchin, aged 21, whose face is by no means unfamiliar in the Court, was charged with having, on April 12,…

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Tram Smash. Derailment at Wallsend. Several Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 2

Several persons were injured in a tram smash of a startling nature which occurred on Saturday afternoon on the Wallsend-West…

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Motor Fatality. Young Woman Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 7

A fatal motor accident occurred about a mile from Hamilton (Vic.) on Saturday. Mr. David Trevor Fenton was…

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Accidents on Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 4

Mr. J. M. Stevenson, an elderly man, who resides in Cessnock, met with a serious accident about seven o'clock on Saturday evening, and he…

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Side Car Smash. at Bathurst Motor Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 6

During the progress of a motor cycling carnival at Bathurst on Saturday afternoon, a serious smash occurred in the second heat of the…

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Motor and Tram Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 5

Skidding in Spencer-street, Melbourne, last night, a motor car containing seven people crashed into a tram. Four of the motor party and…

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Railway Revenue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 4

Compared with last Easter, there was a slight shrinkage in the railway revenue at West Maitland station this year. The total takings from last…

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Our Telegrams. Tram Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 5

The body of the man who was run over and killed by a tram at Kensington last night, has been identified as that of George Cram, aged 74, who…

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Narrow Escape. Four Persons Fall Under Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 2

Mrs. Jane King, of Camden-street Newtown, had a narrow escape with three children, from death on Monday night…

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Serious Collision. Motor Cycle and Sulky

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 2

Two young women named Lawler, and two men named Gabban, were driving in a sulky to a bull at Yetholme, near Bathurst, on Monday night, when they…

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