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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

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Water Conservation on Roads

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 4

MR. O'SULLIVAN designs to have carried out a number of small water-conservation works. That is a design which may be heartily approved. He also purposes in the more…

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Along the Dusty Road

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 11

It is a great deal easier to be up to the occasion in some shining moment of a man's life, when he knows that a supreme hour has come, than it is to keep that high tone when…

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Dungog. Opening of a New Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 3

Sir William Lyne and party arrived at two o'clock, and were met and welcomed by the Mayor and townspeople coming into town. Then a procession of children, the Town Band, and numerous…

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Northern Railway Changes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 4

The Districe Superintendent of the Railway Department has made the fo;lowing promotion and transfers, with the approval of the Commissioners,—j. Kibble…

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Railway Restored. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 2

The from Pretoria to Natal has been restored. Trains are running to Grelingstad from Natal…

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The Cobram Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 4

THE Public Works Department of this colony is now preparing plans and specifications with a view to inviting tenders for the erection of this…

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The State of the Roads. in the Assembly on Tuesday night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 2

Mr Austin Chapman moved the adjournment of the House to refer to the necessity of increasing the expenditure on the roads of the colony…

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Railway Proposals. [By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 3

IN reply to a deputation to-day, the Minister for works said he was considering the Moree-Mungindi, and Moree to Collerencbri railway lines…

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Railway Return Tickets

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have been askedd to extend the time within which return tickets on long distances from 200 to 300 miles will be available. At present,…

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The State of the Roads

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 4

IN the Assembly on Tuesday night, Mr. Austin Chapman moved the adjournment of the House to refer to the necessity of increasing the…

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Our Sydney Letter the Road Vote

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 2

PARLIAMENTARY proceedings, as usual, show how history repeals itself. The innocent lamb is beguiled into a quagmire and then it bleats piteously to be pulled out. Last…

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Fatal Tram Accidents. an Old Lady Killed. Death of a Man Owing to a Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 3

Another fatal tram [?]coldent occurred this morning in George-street West. It appears Margaret Farrell, aged 70, attempted to cross the street whon the electric tram same along. The old…

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Transvaal War Free State Officials Surrender. Australasian Prisoners Released. a Railway Threatened. Exemplary Punishment of Officials. London, July 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 3

All the members of ex-Precedent Steyn's Government of the last Orange Free Rate have surrendered to the British. The ex-members of his Government are pressing on Mr. Steyn the…

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Bridge Over the Page River at Blandford

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

A public meeting was held at the Plough Inn, Blandford, on Saturday evening last for the purpose of taking steps to urge upon the Government the necessity of erecting a…

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Petition re Bridge over the Page River at Blandford

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

We have been requested to state that the petition to the Under Secetary for Public Works regarding the election of a bridge over the Page River at Blandford will be…

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Transvaal War Nitral's Nee Mishap. Two Hundred British Captured. British Successes. Railway and Telegraph Lines Cut. London. July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 3

The Boars have captured at [?], is miles from [?] 200 British and two guns. Five comp[?] of the Li[?] Regiment, a Squadron of the Royal Soots G[?] 2nd [?]),…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 3

The man who was killsd in the [?] morning has been Identified to-day as Edward Bi[?], a painter, who resided at Newtown…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. [?] Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 3

A young man named William Jordan collided with a tram in Oxford-street this morning. with the result that his skull was fractured, and he s[?]ived other injuries which will probably result in his…

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Shocking Fatalities. Killed by the Sydney Trams. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 5

A FARAL tram accident- occurred this morning in George-street West. It appears Margaret Farrell, aged 70 attempted to cross the street when the…

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A Railway Threatened. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 6

A Boer force is demonstrating on the railway between Pretoria and Johannesburg, where the guards have been reinforced…

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