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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

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Parson's Cully Bridge

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 2

A meeting of subscribers in connection with the above was held on Saturday evening last, at Campbell's Chambers, when there were…

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Damaging a Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 3

At the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday before Major Crane, P.M., Arthur Phillips wase harged that by driving a bullock team on the…

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Cycling. Ten-mile Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 6

The road race held by the Maitland District Bicycle Club from Rutheford to Bishop's Bridge and return (10 miles) on Saturday afternoon resulted;…

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Passenger Train to Bellbird to Be Urged

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 5

In the coures of a week or so there will probably be an agitation for Bellbird for the running of passenger trains to Bellbird. The Cessnock Jockey Club…

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Main Roads Grant

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 14

The Manning Shire Council has had a serious dispute with the Local Government Department with regard to the Main Roads Vote. The council…

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Grant for Roads. Commonwealth Allocation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 8

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

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Air Power. Great German Progress. British Aeroplane Mileage Halved

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 14

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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State of the Roads. the Premier Questioned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 3

In view of the state of the reads, Mr. Perkins asked the Premier in the Legislative Assembly if he would considers of increasing the…

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Federal Road Grant. £96,627 for N.s.w

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 11

The Prime Minister announced in the Federal Parliament that the £ 250,000 to he made available by the Commonwealth for read work to…

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A Large Creosoting Plant for Railway Sleepers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 1

Railway engineers are in fairly general agreement that creosoting is the most satisfactory method of preserving timber which has to be used in places…

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British Railways. Big Fusion. London, August 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 12

The "Daily Mall" states that it is believed that regotlations are nearing completion for the fusion of the Great Control, Eastern, Northern,…

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Safety First. Motorless Flying. London, August 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 2

Motorless 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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Dastardly Act. Dynamite Attached to Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 14

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 Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 2

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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Motor Omnibuses. Cabinet Against Restriction

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 5

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

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Railway Gauge. Modified Uniform Scheme. Prime Minister Agrees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 9

Proposals for linking up the trains-continental railway from Port Augusta with the New South Wales railways system have been agreed to by the…

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U.S.A. Strikes. Miners. Hopeeul. Railway Position Critical. Vancouver, August 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 5

When the situation a was [?] strike is at its worts, the news regarding the optimistic statement of Mr. Lewis, the…

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Motor 'Bus to Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 4

Mr. F. Sties, proprietor of the local motor buses, intimates that from Mondays to Fridays (public holidays excepted) a service will be run…

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Railway Engineers' Dream. Chess Tournament. Coming True. London, August 11. Win for Watson. London, August 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 5

The dream of railway engineers is believed to the realised in connection with railway coaches running on roller bearings, when have passed In the international chess tournament Watson (Australian) beat Atkins (England), who, by a blunder, lost his queen in returtn for a rook…

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Mysterious Fires Outbreaks on Trams

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 6

Mysterious fires, the cause of which is unknown, broke out in two trams in George-street, Sydney, on Thursday morning…

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