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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1898

637 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 32

Proposed Narrabri-Walgett Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 2

Mr. J. D. Prentice, J.P., treasurer of the Narrabri-Walgett Railway League, has received the following letter from the hon. sec. of the League at Walgett, which will be read with interest by those…

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To the Railway Employees of N.S.W. (To the Editor of the Times.)

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 2

SIR,—The Railway Employees of N.S.W have been urged to oppose Federation on the ground that it will tend to being their wages down to the Victorian level. Let me point…

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The Working of the Narrabri to Moree Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 10

Grave dissatisfaction has been expressed at Moree regarding the working of the line connecting that town with Narrabri, and it is stated the late Chief Commissioner promised that if at the end…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 June 1898 · page 2

AN accident of a very serious nature occurred on Sunday evening at the Abbott-street railway crossing. The gatekeeper, William Fairley, a…

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Wingham. the Maitland-taree Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1898 · page 3

As a result of the visit of the Public Works Sectional Committee to this district it is considered the report about Maitland-Taree railway will be unfavourable. The harbour works at the entrance of…

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A Railway Station Theft

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1898 · page 3

Lowther Empson, convicted of having stolen luggage from the Redfern Railway Station, was sentenced to two year's hard labour. Judge Docker said that in his opinion the accused evidently at…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 11

The Newcastle Branch of the League of Wheelmen brought off their road race from Newcastle to Maitland and back on Saturday afternoon, a large crowd assembling at the starting point at the…

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The Proposed Railway Narrabri to Pilliga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 3

Mr. J. D. Prentice (Wolfe Prentice, and Co.) has placed at our disposal a copy of the report of the Sectional Committee of the Parliamentary Public Works Committee which recently visited…

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The Criminal Tramp

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 4

The following article from the London Spectator, may in view of present circumstances be of interest to our readers. Says that paper in a recent…

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Proposed Narrabri-Walgett Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 11

Mr. J. D. Prentice, J P., treasurer of the Narrabri-Walgett Railway League, has received the following letter from the hon. sec. of the League at Walgett, which will be read with interest by those…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 12

An accident of a very serious nature occurred on Sunday evening at the Abbott-street railway crossing, West Maitland. The gatekeeper, William Fairley, a middle-aged man with a family…

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Tram Accident. a Girl Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1898 · page 5

A young girl named Sarah Gladdle attempted to alight from a tram while in motion in Oxford-street, Paddington, this morning, with the result that she was thrown…

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Cheap Exoursion Train

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

In connection with the Annual Sheep Show and Stud Sheep sales, and to provide facilities for country residents visiting the metropolis, the Railway Department…

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Opening of the Morpeth Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 5

The Minister of Works, accompanied by the Colonial Secretary, leave town this evening for Morpeth, where Mr. Young will formally open the new bridge over the Hunter River to-morrow…

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Train Accident. Another Case of Foolhardiness. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

A YOUNG lady named Sarah Gladdle was severely injured this morning while endeavoring to alight from a Paddington train whilst it was in…

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The New Bridge at Morpeth. Opening Demonstration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1898 · page 2

The placing of the first cylinder of the magnificent iron bridge across the Hunter River at Morpeth, which now connects the town with Phoenix Park, took place on the 4th December,…

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The Soudan Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1898 · page 5

The British Government has purchased from the Egyptian Government the State railway to the Soudan…

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The Bridge Opening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1898 · page 2

After the vociferous cheering of the spectators, who assembled in such wonderfully large numbers at the opening ceremony of the Morpeth bridge yesterday, the Ministers, accompanied by Messrs…

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The Morpeth Bridge

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 June 1898 · page 2

The Minister for Works, accompanied by Mr Brunker, Colonial Secretary, yesterday visited Morpeth, where Mr Young formally opened the new…

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Opening of the Morpeth Bridge. the Banquet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1898 · page 2

As a fitting conclusion to a splendid demonstration in connection with the opening of the new Morpeth bridge, a banquet was held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, last…

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