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Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Car and Train. Smash at Level Crossing. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

A motor car and rail motor train collided at a level crossing on a point on the Nepean-road near Frankston this morning…

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Our Good Roads Tribute to the North. Special N.r.m.a. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

One of the surprises experienced by the N.R.M.A. road reporting party, which has just completed a tour of nearly 3000 miles…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

A sensational motor accident occurred in High-street yesterday when a motor car driven by Mr. McCreadie of W.E. Bramble and Sons…

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Motor Fatality. Charge Against Lorry Driver. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Mervin McCarthy motor driver was charged with having Meloniously stain Thomas Brunton, also with having on…

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Motor Cycling. High Speed at Maroubra

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

Mr L. P. Reynolds, of Richmond, N. S. Wales, mounted on a Harley Davidson motor cycle, at the Maroubra Speedway carnival on Boxing Day,…

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Floods in Europe Extensive Damages Reported. Railway Train Abandoned. LONDON, Jan. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

News comes from Amsterdam that the water has fallen a yard below yesterday's highest level in the Maestricht district, so that trains to…

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Train Derailed Permanent Way Damaged. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

A Rockhampton-bound goods train was deralled between Nambour and Kulangoon this morning. One waggon of the train left the line, and…

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Wireless Telephoned Successful on Fast Train. a German Triumph. London, Jan. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that the installation of a wireless system of telephony on a train Proceeding from Berlin to Hamburg…

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The Trams. Commissioners Against Penny Sections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 3

Sir. Flannery, Minister for Railways, has made available the report of the Railway Commissioners on Penny train sections…

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Attack on Judges. by Tramway Employees Paper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 2

The Australian Tramway Employees' Association, through its official organ the "Record" has made a most Pamazing attack on…

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Motor Collision. Cyclist Has Legs Fractured. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

As the result of a collision between a motor cycle and motor car at Brunswick to-day, the driver of the former was thrown into the car and…

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No Lights on Motors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 4

At Kurri Police Court this morning before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., Eric John Turner and Walter Orchard were each fined 10/ with…

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Year's Fatalities. Increase in Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

Motor accidents during 1925 were responsible for 27 more deaths than in 1924. A return issued by the City Coroner…

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Portuguese Strike. Delagoa Bay Railways. Capetown, Jany. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

For some weeks past there has been a railway strike at Delagon Bay, which is Portuguese territory, in regard to wages. A strict censorship was…

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Goods Train Derailed. Through Spreading of Rails

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 2

A message from Brisbane says the Rockhampton bound goods train was derailed between Nambour and Kulangoar this morning. One waggon left…

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Wireless Telephony Successful Experiment on Train. (By Cable) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 2

Renter's Berlin correspondent says the installation of wireless telephony on a train from Berlin to Hamburg was opened to-day, and was a great success…

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Motor Transport. Problem of the Future

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 3

Motor transport offered the most suitable means for opening up new suburbs and country districts as yet unserved by railways said the Chief…

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Local and General Railway Revenue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 4

The revenue received at the High-street railway station for last year totalled £5951. For 1924 the amount received was £6052…

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Railway Trouble on South Maitland Lines. Aggregate Meeting To Be Held. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

when the agreement under which the enginedrivers and firemen were working on the South Maitland railways expired in November, a…

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The Singleton Argus THURSDAY, 7th JANUARY, 1926. LOCAL & General News Holiday Railway Figures

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 2

Figures supplied by the railway authorities indicate that 481 more persons travelled by rail from Singleton during the recent holidays than in the…

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