Harbour Bridge. Acceptance of Tender. Dorman, Long & Co. to Cost £4,217,721
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 3
The tender of Messrs. Dorman, Long and Co., Middlesbrough, England, for the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, was accepted by the Government on Tuesday afternoon, after a three-hours discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor's Leap. Dash Through Fence
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 1
A sensational motor accident is reported from Kandos (says a Lithgowniessage). A car containing seven men got out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed by Motor. Charge Against Chauffeur
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 6
Robert O'Brien, the Governor's chauffeur, appeared at the Brisbane Police Court, charged with unlawfully killing Katherine O'Keefe by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trees Knocked Down Motor Car's Wild Dash
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 16
While demonstration a motor car near Bundarra, says an Armidale message, Mr. C. D. Jeffrey was showing a prospective layer how to drive…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Vessels. Passenger Traffic. London, Feb. 20
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 12
"Lloyd's List" draws attention to 10 motor passenger vessels now being constructed in European ship yards, of which eight exceed 10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Overturns. Two Persons Injured
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 14
On Sunday night, about 9.45, a motor car owned and driven by Mr. Arthur Teece, junior, of Abermain, was proceeding with three passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railwaymen's Strike. London, Feb. 23
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 2
Railwaymen struck to-day owing to dismissal of one hundred checkers employed at docks and railway warehouse. The strikers are of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tasmanian Railways Reorganisation Recommended
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 11
Mr. Webb, South Australian Railway Commissioner, reporting on the Tasmanian railway system, recommends the Government to secure a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Collision at Cessnock. Motor Car Badly Smashed
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 13
A collision between a motor car and a char-a-bane occured on Monday at the corner of Vincent and Aberdare-streets. Councillor J. Cousins was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fatal Collision. Motor Car and Motor Cycle
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 11
A collision with fatal results between a motor car and a motor cycle occurred on the Rylstone Road, says a Kandos message…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Record. Sydney to Melbourne
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 7
In driving a 17 h.p. Itala car during the wee-end from Sydney to Melbourne, in 12 hours 34 minutes, Messrs. A.V. Turner and A. O'Connor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Claims. Australian Railway Men
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 14
The Australian Railways Union has completed a log, covering the wages and working conditions of between 90,000 and 100,000 railway servants in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Proposed Railway. Yass to Canberra
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 9
The Federal Public Works Committee heard evidence in Sydney concerning the proposed railway, from Yass to Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ceased Work. Sydney Railway Workers
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 7
As a protest against the dismissal of one of their number, the men engaged on the Hyde Park section of the Sydney railway ceased work on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boy Injured. Alleged Callousness. of Motor Driver. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 5
Great callousness is aliened to have been shown by a motorist, whose car knocked down and ran over it little boy in Liverpool Road, Ashfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Tram Accidents
Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 3
The Double Bay tram line was the scene of two sensational tram accidents within a quarter of a mile of each other on Wednesday night. Cars…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Fatality Young Man Killed
Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 1
Clarence M' Donald, aged 21 years, a clerk in the Valuer-General's office, Sydney, was killed in a motor car accident on Wednesday afternoon between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Lorry Drops 200 Feet Driver Gets Clear
Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 6
(A motor lorry, owned and driven by Mr Alfred Heany, of Dungog, tppoled over an embankment at Dusodie on Thursday. At the time of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Duplication
Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 6
Mr W. J. Morris, secretary to the Railway Commissioners, acknowledges receipt of representations from Mr W. Bennett, M.L.A., in relation to letter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Light for Dunolly Bridge
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 3
Dunolly Bridge is to he lighted by electricity, and it is expected that the current will lie switched on early next week. The necessary…
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