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Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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Road Grants Shire's Association's Complaint

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

The executive committee of the Association at a conference on Tuesday complained of the delay in the allotment of the Federal and State grants…

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Road Grants. Explaining the Delay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Minister for Local Government, was questioned regarding the statement by Mr. Stewart, the Federal Minister for Works and…

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The North Shore Bridge All Tenders In

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 1

At the Public Works Department on Wednesday, another stage in the North Shore Bridge busineess was reached, the tender box being opened in the…

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North Shore Bridge. Twenty Tenders Received. From Six Firms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 7

Tenders closed yesterday for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Tenders were submitted by the English Electric Company of Sydney, Goninan Bridge…

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Motor Racing. Control of Speed Tests

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 11

The Minister for Health has informed the Shire Association that the municipal and shire councils have the right to regulate and control motor speed…

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British Railways. Strike Intervention. London, Jan. 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 2

Reuter learns that the general council of the Trade Union Congress has intervened in the railway dispute. It has decided to appoint a committee…

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State Owned Railways Co-operate for Efficiency

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 11

Our State railways are huge business concerns. For their efficient working, they need sympathetic co-operation on the part of the public. The Victorian…

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Newcastle Chamber of Commerce. Railway Expenditure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 3

A meeting of the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday, Mr. J. Paton, president, in the chair…

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Motorists Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

At Greta Police Court, on Thursday, before Mr. A. R. Perry P.M. Edwin Arthur Stokes was charged with driving a motor vehicle along…

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Fire In Motor Garage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

While a patent cigarette lighter was being filled from the drips off a benzine tin at Davey and Olsen's garage at Dungog, the end accidentally…

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British Railways. Strike Almost Certain. London, Jan. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 5

Mr. Arthur Henderson, who has been in communication with both the parties all day, states that he can see no possibility of trouble being…

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Motor Tour 2000 Miles in a Buick Four. (Contributed.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 5

Mr and Mrs Olde, of Kirkton, accompanied by Mr and Mrs C. V. Nichols, of Singleton, spent three weeks louring the southern part of N.S.W., and…

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British Railways Serious Situation. Unionists Differ. LONDON, Jan. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 5

The railway managers declared yesterday that they had no alternative but to apply the decision of the National Wages Board to their…

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Accident to Motor 'Bus

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 4

A mishap occurred to one of the Marble Bar 'buses on Saturday afternoon, while on a trip from Kurri Kurri to West Maitland, but the…

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Motor Cycle Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 4

The members of the Maitland District Motor Cycle Club spent a most enjoyable outing on Sunday, when they were given a launch outing at…

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Cycling. Carnival on Show Ground. Exciting Motor Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 6

The motor and cycling carnival on the Maitland Show Ground on Saturday night was the most successful yet held by…

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Federal Road Grant £1,000,000 for Main Roads

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

The Minister for Local Government (Mr Fitzpatrick) states that be has arranged to get the £1,000,000 of Federal loan money for main roads in two…

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Federal Road Grant £ 1,000,000 for Main Roads

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 4

The Minister for Local Government (Mr Fitzpatrick) states that he has arrauged to get the £1,000,000 of. federal loan money for main roads in two…

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The Lake Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

A letter from the Wangi Wangi Progress Association was read at the last meeting of the Newcastle Chamber, of Commerce, asking for…

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Explosive in Coal Startling Train Mishap

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

According to a press message from New Zealand an explosion occurred in the fire box of an excursion train running between Christchurch and…

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