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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Pigeon Shooting. Bishop's Bridge Handicap

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 7

A handicap pigeon shooting match of £10 will take place at Bishop's Bridge wineshop on next Pay Saturday. June 17. Entries close at 11 o'clock on the…

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Railway and Tramway Institute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 4

The Maitland district branch of the Railway and Tramway Institute, which was opened last week, has arranged for a number of classes for…

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Sleepers on Railway Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 4

The two boys, each 13 years of age, who were remanded at the Kurri Kurri Children's Court on Saturday morning on a charge of…

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Victorian Tragedy. Run Down by Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 4

Two sisters-in-law, Mrs. J. Bones, 42, of Tooronga-road, Hawthorne, and Mrs. Minnie Bones, living at 66 Wattle-road. Hawthorne (Victoria),…

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U.S.A. Railways. Resisting Wage Reduction. Vancouver, June 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 5

More than 1,000,000 railway workers in the United States are taking a strike vote as to whether they will accept a reduction in wages…

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Stroud Road News

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 3

There was a strange occurrence at a party held at the residence of Mrs. Hooke on Tuesday evening last. Everything was going O.K. when a…

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The Lake Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 5

The President of the Cessnock Shire Council reported at the meeting of the shire council yesterday that he had attended a meeting of delegates and…

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Kearsley to Abernethy Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 7

Referring to the above road J. M. Baddeley, M.LA.., submitted the copy of a wire from Mr. Farrar, Minister for Labor and Industry, to the Shire…

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General News. Sleepers on Line. Train's Close Shave

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 6

Two boys, aged 12 and 13 years respectively, appeared before the Kurri Kurri Children's Court charged with having wilfully placed an…

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No Reduction. Railway Freights. Mr. Fraser Tells Why

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 6

High working costs and the price of coal are against lower railway freights at present. Graziers were so informed by the…

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Motor 'Buses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 6

Sir,—Kindly permit me to draw the attention of East Maitland residents to a decision of the local council in regard to the motor 'buses, now…

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South Maitland Railways, Ltd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 4

Commencing on Sunday next, the superintendent of the South Maitland Railways, Ltd., announces that the name of Stanford-Merthyr station…

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Train Derailed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 4

A set of empty suburban carriages which was on its way from Newcastle to Maitland met with mishap at Hexham at 5.30 this morning. One of…

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Railway Smash. Runaway Goods Train. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 14

A runaway goods train collided with an incoming mixed train near Edungalba, Queensland. The break-van of the goods train was…

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Main Roads Vote. Minister Replies to Criticisms. Not Intention to Reduce

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 11

According to a telegraphed report of a speech at Glen Innes, Mr. Drummond, M.L.A., expressed fears that Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local…

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The Lake Road. Cessnock to Wangi Wangi Another Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 13

Residents of the coalfields have for some considerable time been, agitating for a road to Lake Macquarie, and several deputations have waited on the…

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U.S.A. Railway Strike Vancouver, June 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 2

A message from Cincinnati states that more than a million united states railway workers are taking strike votes whether they will accept…

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Railway Economy. Campaign in Victoria. Increased Efficiency Results

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 14

An economy campaign, which aims at clunfighting unnecessary railway rolling stock construction and operative costs by marking the best possible use…

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Hay to Morgan. Proposed Railway Line

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 3

The S A. Minister of Railways (Mr. Hague) has received a telegram from Mr. bice, Acting Premier, who is in Sydney, stating that a number of New…

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Motor Overturns. Collision with a Cow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 16

While Mr. A. Pearson, a fruit inspector, was returning with his wife and four children in a motor our from ,…

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