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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

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Australian Railways Compare with Other Systems

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 6

Mr. G. A. Hobler chief engineer of the Commonwealth Railways, who has just returned from a tour of the world, said that, considering the…

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Proposed Railway. Commissioners Favour Construction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 3

The prcliminary report of the railway Commisioners regarding the proposal to build a railway from Bourke to Parringun was presented to the…

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Motoring Notes. the Home Painter. How the Owner-driver May Renovate His Car

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 5

Some time ago we spoke of the way in which the owner-driver should clean and polish the paint, and metal work of his car, and of…

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An Open Verdict. Destruction of Motor Bus by Explosion and Fire Papers To Be Sent To Attorney-General

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 8

The inquiry concerning the destruction by fire on December 29 at Cessnock of a motor bus owned by James Cain, which was opened by the…

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Home-made Aero-plane. Laundry As Workshop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

Within a few weeks. Mr. George Murray, a carpenter, of Clinton street, Goulburn, hopes to ascend in an aeroplane which he has made himself. He…

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Main Roads Tax. City Council's Protest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 11

Indignation is running high at the Sydney Town Hall over, the main roods tax, the imposition of which is strongly protested against by the City…

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North Shore Bridge. Preliminary Work Commenced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 7

Preliminary work in connection with the construction of the North Shore Bridge was Commenced at Dawes Point and on the North Shore…

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Rubber Road Block. Sydney Invention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

Adelaide is soon to have a stretch of roadway of a type of composition and rubber road block, which has been invented in Sydney. The Tram Trust in…

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Allyn River Crossings. Shire Road Expenditure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

In another column we give a letter from an old ex-Eeelestonian taking the people of the Allyn and others to task for alleged neglect to the needs of the district in the matter of roads and of river crossings. It would as if our correspondent has been asleep for some time…

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Inventor's Claims. Diesel Engine for Road Traffic

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 7

A development which, it is claimed, foreshadows, nothing less than a revolution has made its appearance in the world of mechanical transport. This is…

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Lord Maclay. Development of Motor Ships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 6

Lord Maclay, who was a member of the British War Cabi[?] in 1918, and who held the responsible post of Controller of Shipping from 1916 to 1921,…

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Motor Danger. Heavy Loads on Footboards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

At a meeting of the Byron Shire Council Councillor J. W. Banner drew attention to the heavy loads frequently carried on the running boards…

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Northern Area. Railway Management

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

The northern railway area, to the control of which Mr. W. C. Quinton has been appointed includes the main northern line to Wallangarra,…

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Special Motor 'Bus Trips

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

Stokes new motor 'bus Ceramic will make a trip to Newcastle to-morrow (Sunday) leaving Homeville at 10.30 a.m. On Monday the…

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Drunken Motorists. Departmental Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 10

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick) has received a communication from the Chief Secretary's department reforming to…

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Boy Killed. Hun Over by Motor 'Bus. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

Sydney George Ellis, aged 17, was run over and killed by a motor 'bus at Annandale this morning. A woman, who is believed to have…

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Girl Killed. Motor Collides with Buggy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 16

Another motor fatality happened early on Sunday morning on the Lavton road, three miles from Albury. Rose Ella Perrin, 19 daughter of…

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Dominion Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 6

A board of inquiry has been set up to report upon the question of the utilisation of New Zealand and other coals on the dominion railways…

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Driver Suspended. the Railway Collision. Safety Record

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 14

It is understood that the driver of the empty car train, which was proceeding from Ashfield into Sydney, and was involved in the…

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Record Trip. by Motor Ship. Swedes' Eyes on Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 14

The Swedish motor ship Hemland arrived on Friday in Newcastle. It made the trip from Sandsvaal in 54 days…

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