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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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War Bridge Evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 4

A war bridge evening and dance will be held in the Soldiers' Club on Wednesday evening by the Women's Auxiliary of the Returned Sailors and…

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Raising Telarah Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 4

The Cessnock Shire Council, on the motion of Councillor Johns, has decided to carry out the work of raising the bridge over Telarah Swamp,…

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Cycling. Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 7

The Branxton Bicycle Club held a road race on Saturday last commencing from Ward's Federal Hotel, Branxton, to Greta and back. The results…

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Air Power. Great German Progress. British Aeroplane Mileage Halved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 3

With enterprise and energy Germany in the face of great difficulties, is a aintaining and extending her air services for passengers, postal packages,…

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Dastardly Act. Dynamite Attached to Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 4

Ray Stevens took a party of men in his motor car to the Melbourne Stadium last Wednesday night. He went into the stadium, and on returning…

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Railway Collision. American Disaster. Vancouver, August 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 5

A message from Saint Louis states that 35 persons were killed and 60 injured in a collision between passenger trains at Sulphur Springs…

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Safety First. Motorless Flying. London, August 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 5

Motorles flying will be thoroughly tested at a great experimental congress in France that opens on Sunday. There are more than 50…

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Telarah Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 4

Councillor Johns, president of Cessnock Shire Council, was present at the West Maitland Municipal Council meeting last evening to discuss…

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State of the Roads. the Premier Questioned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 2

In view of the state of the roads, Mr. Perkins asked the Premier in the Legislative Assembly if he would consider the question of increasing the…

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Unsatisfactory Railway Premises

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 7

Some time ago representations were made by the progress association concerning the very unsatisfactory condition of the railway goods-shed yards…

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Railway Revenue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 4

The revenue returns for the West Maitland railway station for the month of July show the following details: First-class passengers £676…

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Grant for Roads. Commonwealth Allocation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 5

Sir George Fuller, the State Premier, in the course of a statement sard that arrangements had now been completed with the Commonwealth…

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Accident on Tarre Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 4

A serious accident happened to Mr. and Mrs. William Monkley, and Miss Amy Monkley, on the road to Tarro on Tuesday morning. The horse shied, and…

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Letter to the Editor a Dangerous Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 6

Sir,—I would like you to warn any travellers driving to Melville of the danger of a small piece, of what should be called a road situated one…

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Missed His Grip. Tried to Board Moving Train Youth Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 5

A youth named Broughton, aged 18, staggered up to the night officer at Eastwood railway station last night, and said: I fell from a train between…

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Motor Omnibuses: Cabinet Against Restriction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 2

The indiscriminate competition of motor omnibuses with tramways on cortain routes in the metropolitan area was a subject which occupied the…

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A Dastardly Act Explosives in Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 2

An act of a particularly dastardly nature is reported from Melbourne. Ray Stevens took a party of men in his motor car to the stadium one night…

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Railway Disaster Many Persons Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 2

New York, Monday.—It is reported from Sulphur Springs, Missouri, that 40 to GO, persons have been killed and 100 injured in a railway wreck there…

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Dorrigo Railway

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 3

Mr R. Vincent, M.L.A., throws further light on the Dorrigo railway and its extraordinary cost of £1,000,000 for 40 miles…

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Railway Control Big Developments Impending

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 3

Important developments are believod to be impending in regard to the control of the State railways. The term of office of Mr Frasor…

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